Rhonda Harper
Dallas, TX 75214
Ms. Harper has been retained by hundreds of law firms in cases regarding trademark infringement, misleading advertising, licensing, breach of contract, unfair competition, brand/marketing, trade practices, consumer privacy, and commercial reasonableness. Ms. Harper has testified in virtually every Federal Circuit Court, along with State Courts, USPTO, TTAB, and in arbitrations. A leading Lanham Act survey expert, she has conducted or rebutted hundreds of surveys. She has provided deposition and courtroom testimony more than 100 times. She is a former Fortune 500 CMO, global communications agency SVP, adjunct marketing professor, and serial entrepreneur.
- Advertising
- Business
- Licensing
- Marketing
- Public Opinion & Survey Research
- Trademarks
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: MBA, Emory University Goizueta Business School
BS, Education / Math Resource, Illinois State University - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: Ms. Rhonda Harper has served as a member of Boards of Directors for:
Brand Activation Association
Insights Association
Emory University Goizueta Business School Alumni Association
Leadership Worth Following
Ms. Harper is a member, or former member, of:
Insights Association
International Trademark Association
Data & Marketing Association
American Marketing Association
Institute of International Research
American Association for Public Opinion Research
Public Relations Society of America - Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Professor/Teacher
American University Adjunct MBA Marketing Professor
Fairleigh Dickenson University Adjunct MBA Marketing Professor
Emory University Goizueta Business School - Guest Lecturer
High School Math Teacher
Corporate and industry speaker.
- Harvard Business School
- Institute for International Research
- American Marketing Association
- Promotion Marketing Association
- Eli Lilly
- PacifiCare
- Public Relations Society of America
- Delta
- Anheuser Busch
- Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No.
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: 200+
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Intellectual Property Surveys: Trademark, Trade Dress, Patent
-Consumer Confusion
-Secondary Meaning
-Genericness
Licensing
Commercial Reasonableness
Distribution & Trade
Advertising
Brand Management
Packaging
Marketing
Public Relations
Consumer Research
Retail
Consumer Package Goods
Sales/Distribution
Retail Personal Injury
Consumer Privacy
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 60%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 40%
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 80+
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: 2024
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: 80+
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 30+
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 20
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consulting
Research/Surveys
Reports
Rebuttals
Expert Testimony
Law firms, both large and small, have relied on Ms. Rhonda Harper's expertise and experience - many for more than one case.
A. Liberatore
Adibi IP
Akerman Law
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Albritton Law Firm
Altman Law Group
Anderson & Anderson LLP
Arnold & Porter
Astourian & Associates
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Baker Hostetler
Ballard Spahr
Barnes & Thornburg LLC
Benton Law Firm
Bowman Brooke
Bowick Dawson & Laney
Braxton Hilton & Perrone PLLC
Brewer Attorneys & Counselors
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Brown Fox Law
Brozynski & Dalton
Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC
Bues Gilbert McGroder
Burstein & Associates LLP
Capshaw Deriuex
Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Carpenter Rothans & Dumont
Choken Welling
Christiansen O'Connor Johnson Kindness
Clark Hill*
Cohen & Malad
Cole Schotz
Collen Intellectual Property
Colley Shroyer and Abraham
Connelly Rose
Cox Wootton Lerner Griffin & Hansen
Crowell & Moring
David Howard Law Firm PC
Davis Firm
Dawson Parish PC
Dentons US LLP
Devlin Law Firm
Ditthavong & Steiner
Dolghih Law
Drake Speciale LLC
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig
Eckley Law
Espinosa Trueba Martinez PL
Feldman Law Group
Fitzhugh Alvalero and Lee
Foley & Lardner LLP
Ference Associates
Foster Pepper PLLC
Foust Partners
Fox & Rothschild
Friedman & Feiger
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Frutkin Law Firm PLC
Gearhart Law LLP
Geary, Porter & Donovan, PC
Gibson Dunn & Crutch
Glowacki, Imbrigiotta, & Doucette, LPA
Goldfarb
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Grant, Genovese & Baratta, LLP
Grayrobinson, P.A.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Hagans Montgomery Rustay, PC
Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP
Hedrick Kring PLLC
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Ice Miller
James H Horton Law Offices PC
Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC
Kaplan Bogue & Cooper
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC
King & Spaulding
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kirton McConkie
Krogh & Decker
Law Offices of Bradley L. Booke
Law Offices of Daniel W. Roberts
Law Offices of John Jerome Skinner
Law Offices of Mark B. Rosen
Law Offices of William G. Shaw Jr.
Lee Shome & Kennedy LLP
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
Lexero Law
Lipton Weinberger & Husick
Lowe HaupTrademarkann Ham & Berner LLP
Madden & Madden PA
Madison County Prosecutor
Manning & Kass Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
Mark G. Usdin PA
Mark Migdal & Hayden
Maslon LLP
Mayer Brown
Matesky Law PLLC
Matthews Lawson McCutcheon & Joseph
McArthur Law Practice
McCauley Westberg & Ramirez PLLC
McCormick & Priore
McCutcheon Joseph
McDavid & Associates PC
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
McGlinchey Stafford
McGowen Legal
Merchant Law Group
Michael Freund & Associates
Michelman & Robinson, LLP
Miller Law
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Morris Manning & Martin
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Morrison Cohen LLP
Mullin Russ Kilejan Law PC
Munger Tolles & Olsen LLP
Niro Haller & Niro
Norton Rose Fulbright
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Onal Gallant & Partners
One LLP
Orbit IP
Overturf McGath & Hull
Parr Brown Gee & Lovelass
Paul Hastings LLP
Paul Owens Law Firm
Paul Wilkinson Law Firm LLC
Pennington Law
Phelps Dunbar
Plunkett Cooney
Plunkett Cooney
Podolsky Law
Pomerantz LLP
Poole Brooke Plumlee PC
Porter Hedges LLP
Quarles and Brady LLP
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Ramey
Ray Quinney & Nebeker P.C.
Reeves & Brightwell
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
Richard Harrison PA Attorneys at Law
Robinson & Cole
Romero Park PC
Rumbaugh Law PLLC
Sabety IP
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard PC
SF Firm, LLP
Shackelford Melton McKinley & Norton
Shafer & Associates, PC
Sherman Howard
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Sheef & Stone LLP
Sheehy Ware & Pappas
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Sinsun Law
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sloan Matney
SML Avvocati PC
SNS Sanjiv N. Singh, APLC
Sorey & Hoover
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP
Stanton IP Law Firm, PA
Steptoe & Johnson
Steve Eckley Law
Stinson Leonard Street
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Stokes Lawrence
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Swanson & Bratschun LLC
Taft Law
Taylor Porter
The Ryan Law Firm
Thoits Law
Thomas & Locicero PL
Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP
Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan
Touchstone Bernays Attorneys at Law
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Underwood Law Firm
Underwood Perkins
Usdin
Van De Poel, Levy, Arneal & Serot, LLP
Vedder Price
Venable LLP
Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP
VPX Bang
Wagner Jones Helsey PC
Wagner McLaughlin Law
Warshaw Burstein
Williams McCarthy
Wilshire Law Group
Womble Bond Dickinson
Wright Close
Zuber Lawler & Del Duca LLP