PRINCETON, NJ, Feb. 5, 2025 – Stevens & Lee announced that Mark H. Anania, Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Group, and Elliott J. Stein have been named as leading trademark professionals in New Jersey in the 2025 edition of the WTR 1000.
The WTR 1000 guide conducts exhaustive research to identify the leading trademark professionals and firms in prosecuting, licensing and litigating trademarks in a variety of jurisdictions. Mr. Anania is distinguished in New Jersey as an attorney who is “trusted by leading businesses,” “expertly manages trademark portfolios” and “is the advocate clients need for comprehensive trademark services.” Mr. Stein is also recognized in New Jersey for his four decades of IP and trademark law experience during which he has “adeptly guided businesses from start-ups to multinationals, offering strategic advice and astute counsel.”
Mr. Anania serves as Co-Chair of Stevens & Lee’s Intellectual Property Group. With his team, he provides strategic counseling to clients in every phase of intellectual property, from prosecution to licensing and litigation. Mr. Anania helps clients to develop IP programs designed to uncover, maximize and protect their intellectual property — with particular expertise in representing institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. He assists these entities in navigating the complexities of intellectual property law, obtaining new rights from the USPTO and Copyright Office, proactively preventing or avoiding infringement, and leveraging their IP assets effectively within the unique challenges presented by academic and nonprofit settings. Within the legal community, Mr. Anania is a past president of the New Jersey IP Law Association and a published author and speaker on IP issues.
Mr. Stein has more than 40 years of experience providing legal services to enterprises that develop, market and utilize intellectual property. He has assisted a wide range of businesses from development stage companies to publicly-traded multi-nationals in the automotive, banking, computer, defense, e-commerce, energy, gaming, health care and software industries, including, more recently, in e-commerce, cloud computing and cybersecurity. Mr. Stein has assisted clients with data protection issues (including website accessibility under The Americans with Disabilities Act) and U.S. and EEA privacy laws. He is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Privacy Working Group.
