Stella Nadkarni is a partner at Patrick | Doerr.  Her practice encompasses all aspects of intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, licensing and merchandising, IP portfolio management, and anti-counterfeiting. Stella is an accomplished intellectual property lawyer, respected by clients and peers for her in-depth experience, business-savvy counseling, and inventive strategies.

Stella works with clients around the world across multiple industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, apparel, beauty and fashion, food and beverage, and home goods. Drawing from her experiences at a large global law firm as well as in-house at various fashion companies, Stella navigates intellectual property matters from a business perspective, aligning business goals with legal outcomes. Stella also has extensive experience handling adversarial matters, consistently working toward practical and effective resolutions.

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