Using Your IP Rights with U.S. Customs to Fight Counterfeits

Jake Feldman is the Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Kenvue, maker of iconic brands such as Listerine®, Johnson’s®, BAND-AID® Brand, Benadryl®, Tylenol®, Aveeno®, and Neutrogena®. Jake is responsible for managing the Trademark, Patent, Global Brand Protection, and IP Operations teams at Kenvue. Jake also provides counsel on generative AI, social media, and on various policy issues.

Zach Keegan is an Attorney-Advisor in the Intellectual Property Enforcement Branch, Regulations and Rulings Directorate in the Office of Trade at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In this role, Zach provides guidance to CBP personnel stationed at the Ports of Entry regarding the detention and seizure of merchandise suspected of violating intellectual property rights. Zach also adjudicates administrative petitions seeking remission of goods that have been seized for infringing protected trademarks or copyrights. Finally, Zach reviews right holder applications for CBP’s IPR e-Recordation system and conducts domestic and international training on border enforcement of IPR. Zach holds a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and a B.A. in Political Science & International Relations from The State University of New York, College at Geneseo. 

Sanjiv Sarwate is Senior Legal Director - Trademarks with Dell Technologies and has been with Dell since April 2011. Before that, he was in private practice in Chicago specializing in trademark and copyright law. He is the primary attorney with responsibility over trademarks at Dell, with an emphasis on anticounterfeiting and online trademark enforcement. He is a frequent speaker on trademark issues, including before the US Patent and Trademark Office, the European Intellectual Property Office, and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, as well as a past chair and current member of IPO’s Anti-Counterfeiting Committee. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a masters’ degree from the University of Chicago.  

Chris Weimer practices trademark, unfair competition, trade secret, and copyright law with a focus on disputes and enforcement. He is a Member of Pirkey Barber PLLC and resides in Austin, Texas.  He currently serves as Co-Vice-Chair of the IPO Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy Committee.