Andrea Stein Fuelleman

PartnerIntellectual Property

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D (312) 269-5347

F (312) 980-0861

Andrea, an experienced Intellectual Property partner, is committed to helping her clients across diverse industries protect and grow the value of their brands and IP assets. She provides strategic, end-to-end guidance on brand protection, IP portfolio management, trademark enforcement strategies, and ensuring businesses safeguard their reputation and market position.

Her expertise spans trademark clearance, prosecution, portfolio management, enforcement, litigation and transactional matters. Andrea also advises on copyright issues, advertising, marketing, social media influencer agreements, domain name-related issues, and right of publicity concerns. She assists clients in structuring licensing agreements to maximize the commercial value of their intellectual property. Andrea excels in managing high-volume, fast-paced trademark portfolios and distilling complex concepts into comprehensive deliverables for her clients.

Andrea adapts her practice to align seamlessly with her clients’ evolving goals and priorities. She prioritizes proactive communication and relationship-building and frequently collaborates across NGE practice areas to deliver holistic legal solutions. Clients in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, consumer electronics, and lifestyle brands rely on her counsel for strategic brand management, trademark enforcement, and robust anticounterfeiting programs. She designs and implements domestic and international anticounterfeiting campaigns to protect brand reputation and market position, assists with domain name disputes including Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution actions, and regularly litigates before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and in federal courts nationwide.

Andrea leverages her International Trademark Association (INTA) membership to coordinate global trademark filings and enforcement, including licensing, litigation, and advertising compliance. A former Internet and Anticounterfeiting Committee member, she now serves on INTA’s Pro Bono Committee, providing legal support to nonprofits and individuals in need.

In addition to her client work, Andrea serves on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and co-chairs NGE’s PLAY Group (Parenting, Lawyering And You), helping colleagues navigate parenthood and legal careers while supporting community initiatives.