Samantha Markley focuses on all aspects of brand protection, domestic and international trademarks, unfair competition, and copyright matters, including trademark selection, clearance searching, and enforcement. Her practice also includes intellectual property licensing, preparing terms of service agreements, privacy policies, disclaimers, and advertising agreements.

Samantha is a registered patent attorney before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is experienced in due diligence and opinion work, as well as patent prosecution in the biotech, nutraceutical, chemical, and pharmaceutical fields.

She has represented clients in several industries including fashion, beauty, apparel, cosmetics, media, entertainment, retail, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and paper manufacturing, among many others.

Samantha received her law degree from Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where she was an editor of the Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry summa cum laude with a minor in English from Ohio State University.