Dmitriy O. Makarov

Dmitriy O. Makarov handles Anti-counterfeiting, Copyright, Domain-Name, Trademark, Trade Identity and Unfair Competition law matters. Dmitriy has been active in all aspects of international trademark law, from managing customs recordals, title updates and assignment recordals, to performing trademark clearance searches, conducting due-diligence portfolio reviews, preparing and prosecuting trademark applications and extensions of international registrations, to locating and investigating misuse, and enforcing clients' intellectual property rights. Dmitriy has successfully negotiated domain name transfers, investigated malicious e-mails with return address forged to identify a client, counseled clients on the technical aspects of the proposed new gTLD application process, and helped secure usernames for brands on social-media sites. He is fluent in Russian and has an extensive background in business and computer technology. Dmitriy has a B.S. in International Business from North Central College and earned his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.