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Troy, Mich.— March 4, 2025—Intellectual property law firm Fishman Stewart PLLC is pleased to share that Michael D. Fishman has been listed in the 2025 World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals. He is a multi-year honoree on the WTR 1000, considered the definitive tool for those seeking stellar trademark expertise and partners worldwide.
Fishman is a founding firm partner of Fishman Stewart and a veteran trademark attorney. He has built a successful practice managing trademark portfolios of varying sizes, serving a wide range of industries including banking, insurance, automotive, consumer goods, publishing, sports, entertainment, building products, certification programs, computer hardware and software, food and beverage, telecommunications, and medical, scientific, and laboratory products and services.
Throughout his career, Fishman has filed and prosecuted thousands of U.S. trademark applications and managed the filing, prosecution and maintenance of countless more foreign applications and registrations in more than 200 jurisdictions globally. He has conducted thousands of availability searches and has substantial experience in leading worldwide naming projects and intellectual property due diligence. He also manages numerous contested matters involving the trademark rights of clients across many industries and jurisdictions.
Fishman has lectured on a variety of trademark law topics and is an active, decades-long member of the International Trademark Association (INTA). For several years, he has received the “Top U.S. Trademark Filer” award, which annually recognized the top 20 application filers in the United States. He has consistently been named a Super Lawyer® and Best Lawyer, and received the AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Fishman is also a member of the Michigan Lawyers Weekly 2022 class of Leaders in the Law.
About WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
To compile this elite group of 1000 trademark attorneys worldwide, a team of full-time WTR analysts in Asia, Europe and the United States conducted telephone interviews with brand specialists across the globe to cover more than 80 jurisdictions. Now in its 15th year, the WTR 1000 has firmly established itself as the definitive ‘go-to’ resource for those seeking stellar trademark expertise and partners worldwide. For more information, visit https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/rankings/wtr-1000.
About Fishman Stewart PLLC
Fishman Stewart helps turn client creativity into valuable intellectual capital. Since its founding in 1996, the firm has obtained tens of thousands of patents and trademark registrations and represented clients in hundreds of cases in Federal Court. As strategic advisers to CEOs and senior executives, Fishman Stewart attorneys develop IP management strategies for U.S. and foreign-based companies to safeguard their business assets throughout the world. To discover how Fishman Stewart leverages intellectual property to effectively increase enterprise value, visit fishstewip.com.
