Shanna K. Sanders is an intellectual property attorney who assists clients in the procurement, enforcement and defense of intellectual property rights.

She focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation, with counseling that covers related IP matters:

• Trademarks
• Copyright registrations and reconsideration appeals
• IP transactions
• Domain names
• Advertising and marketing
• Design protection
• Strategic portfolio management

Shanna has litigated cases involving claims of patent, trademark, copyright and trade dress infringement, trade secret misappropriation, false advertising and unfair competition in U.S. district courts throughout the country. These courts include New York, Vermont, California and North Carolina.

She also represents clients in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Before joining Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C., she worked at the New York State Department of Health in the Wadsworth Center’s Clinical Mycobacteriology Laboratory. She also worked in the intellectual property department at Intermagnetics General Corporation.

She frequently lectures on topics related to intellectual property law. Shanna was named an Upstate New York Rising Star by Super Lawyers from 2013 to 2016.

She enjoys spending time with her husband and three children and is an avid runner.