Roberto Portillo Togno focuses his practice on intellectual property, commercial

transactions, art law, litigation, and regulated business matters. He advises clients on

trademark and copyright strategy, licensing, brand protection, contract negotiation, due

diligence, risk management, and disputes.

He manages the firm’s trademark docket, including clearance, filing strategy, U.S. and

international prosecution, Office Action responses, maintenance filings, and

enforcement. He also counsels clients on copyright registration, licensing, enforcement,

and litigation, representing artists, photographers, authors, musicians, galleries, and

creative businesses.

His litigation experience includes copyright infringement, TTAB proceedings, breach of

contract, authenticity, art-related claims, and financial services matters. He drafts,

reviews, and negotiates licenses, representation agreements, consignment agreements,

NDAs, sales agreements, financing agreements, commercial leases, and other

commercial contracts.

Before practicing law, he worked as a professional photographer and imaging

technology consultant for art-industry clients.

Mr. Portillo Togno holds an LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Information Technology

from Fordham University School of Law and a law degree from Universidad

Iberoamericana in Mexico City. He is admitted in New York, the Southern and Eastern

Districts of New York, and Mexico, and is bilingual in English and Spanish.