Dionne  Heard

Dionne Heard is an intellectual property attorney who has extensive experience assisting clients with their trademark, copyright, and patent needs. This includes prosecution, maintenance, enforcement, and litigation. Ms. Heard has over a decade of experience prosecuting both domestic and foreign trademarks as well as negotiating and drafting licensing agreements in corporate and private practice.

Ms. Heard’s clients range from start-up companies to large private and public corporations. She counsels clients on intellectual property matters related to product research &development, marketing, and advertising from the initial stages of product development to launch. Ms. Heard also advises clients on data privacy, cybersecurity, licensing, IP assignments, and IP contracts related to buyouts and mergers and acquisitions.

Ms. Heard is also an adjunct professor of trademark practice at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. She has a passion for teaching intellectual property law and the importance of brand protection to students at every level including high school students who are involved in STEM or other science-based high school programs.

Prior to joining OBWB, Ms. Heard worked as intellectual property in-house counsel to one of the largest restaurant equipment distribution companies in the country where she managed their extensive trademark and copyright portfolio, advised on trademarks and branding, litigated trademark and copyright infringement matters and monitored and protected the company’s brand through online enforcement. Ms. Heard continues to advise other restaurant equipment distribution companies on product development related to trademark clearance, prosecution, monitoring, and enforcement.