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Rhonda Harper has been retained by hundreds of law firms to provide testimony in cases involving trademark infringement, misleading or false advertising, licensing, defamation, breach of contract, business operations, licensing, sponsorship, deceptive trade practices, patent infringement, unauthorized appropriation and use of likeness, unfair competition, and unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices.
Rhonda's professional experience includes serving as: chief marketing officer/vice president of marketing, Walmart/Sam's Club; chief marketing officer/vice president of marketing, VF Corporation/VF Intimates; global director marketing communications, UPS; senior vice president and general manager, Ketchum Communications; marketing and promotion executive, Nabisco and Warner-Lambert; adjunct marketing professor, American University and Fairleigh Dickinson University; and serial entrepreneur.
Partner, Greenberg Traurig
Rhonda Harper has conducted or rebutted more than 160 surveys for circuit courts and TTAB. She is adept at conducting likelihood of confusion, secondary meaning, dilution, famousness, and genericness surveys. Rhonda has also successfully testified regarding likelihood of confusion and secondary meaning by addressing the factors relevant to the case's jurisdiction.
Rhonda Harper has conducted or rebutted more than 20 misleading and fraudulent advertising reports. Specifically, a false and misleading advertising survey must: demonstrate that the advertising or claim at issue contains a false or misleading statement or inference about its own or a competitor's product; prove that the claim at issue has actually deceived or is likely to deceive a substantial portion of the relevant audience; and, show the deception is material and is likely to influence purchasing decisions.
Rhonda Harper has provided marketing opinions more than 50 times across a wide range of topics including marketing, branding, promotion, public relations, product development, in-store merchandising, business standards and practices, likelihood of confusion, secondary meaning, and communications. These cases included class actions, breach of contract, unfair competition, trade practices, and consumer privacy.
Rhonda Harper has provided expert testimony on behalf of Licensors and Licensees to determine if the license is "naked" or if there has been an "abandonment" of a trademark.
Rhonda Harper has successfully rebutted nearly 70 expert reports, including surveys and marketing reports. She also provides guidance on how to approach the opposing expert's testimony.
Rhonda Harper has provided testimony more than 100 times in virtually every Federal Circuit Court, along with many State Courts, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and in arbitrations through both AAA and JAMS. She is skilled at testifying in depositions as well as both jury and bench trials.
Ms. Rhonda Harper served as the Plaintiffs' marketing expert in Walter Peters v. Apple.
Partner, McCutcheon Joseph
Serving law firms nationwide since 2005.
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