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Practice Areas :
Consumer Products
Patton Boggs represents both domestic and international consumer products companies engaged in manufacturing and marketing traditional and high-profile branded consumer products. The firm also counsels a number of trade associations whose members produce and market a vast array of branded consumer products around the globe.
Our attorneys have first-hand experience with the full range of legal issues facing modern consumer products companies, having served as both in-house and outside counsel to firms that produce and market some of the world’s most recognizable brands. In addition, a number of Patton Boggs professionals have had long terms of service for various government regulatory agencies with jurisdiction over consumer products. This unique collective experience gives our firm a diverse perspective regarding the range of issues faced by branded products manufacturers that few firms can match.
We have particular skill handling multi-state investigations involving consumer products, and in solving complex governmental investigations and public policy matters associated with consumer products.
Among the many consumer products matters we handle on behalf of clients are:
- Advertising and Promotion
- Anti-Counterfeiting and Diversion Initiatives
- Antitrust
- Franchise and Distribution Laws
- Consumer Privacy
- Consumer Product Safety
- CPSC Reporting Requirements
- Intellectual Property and Licensing
- Manufacturing – Supply, Labor, and Safety
- International Sales and Import/Export
- Government Contract and Procurement
- Product Liability and Consumer Class Actions
- Enforcement, Investigations, and Official Inquiries
- Taxation of Consumer Products
- Commercial Transactions
- Finance and Equipment Leasing
Our attorneys are well prepared to deal with the many federal and state governmental entities that oversee various consumer products, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other federal agencies, as well as the state attorneys general and state consumer protection agencies.
Our professionals are also well equipped to address international issues arising from such entities as the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security, the European Food Safety Authority of the European Union, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and others.
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