Atty. Erica B. E. Rogers
Erica is a North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law. She assists individuals, small businesses, and large corporations with a wide array of intellectual property matters.
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Erica B. E. Rogers is a real estate, ip, and internet attorney based in Raleigh, North Carolina, practicing at Ward and Smith PA. Educated at University of New Hampshire (J.D., 2016) and Meredith College (B.A., 2013). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Intellectual Property Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Technology Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Awards: (2026). Serands clients in Raleigh, NC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Erica is a North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law
- She assists individuals, small businesses, and large corporations with a wide array of intellectual property matters
- Her practice focuses on trademark selection and clearance, trademark prosecution and registration, and trademark portfolio management
- She also routinely engages in resolving trademark disputes, including drafting cease and desist letters, negotiating coexistence agreements, providing subject matter expertise for litigation in federal court, and handling cases before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
- Erica assists with copyright matters, often in the form of counseling clients on ownership, acquisition, protection, and enforcement
- She resolves internet and domain law issues and develops terms of use and privacy policies for websites and mobile applications
- She understands the personal, financial, and meaningful effort clients invest in their intellectual property, and her background and work reflect this understanding
- Erica's focus on intellectual property law extends to assisting with transactional, licensing, and various business matters in multiple industries, including matters in the hemp and CBD industries
- She is available to assist hemp breeders, growers, processors, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and other market participants with brand protection for hemp and hemp-derived marks, Federal, state, and local legal and regulatory compliance matters, and agreements within the industry
- Erica leads the firm's Name, Image, and Likeness Practice Group
- Many individuals license commercial use of their name, image, and likeness ("NIL") to companies, and more recently, individual collegiate athletes have been able to do so
- The NIL Practice Group primarily assists businesses who work with these athletes to promote products or services, in addition to assisting NIL collectives, marketing agencies, software platform providers, and financial advisors
- Erica stays aware of the changing laws and regulations in this space, which complement her already-developed skills in negotiating and drafting license agreements
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Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Erica B. E. Rogers handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
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IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
Erica B. E. Rogers is one of 106,079 ip attorneys indexed nationally. Browse ip attorneys in North Carolina →
Internet and cyber lawyers for data breaches, online defamation, privacy law, and cybersecurity matters.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in North Carolina
Practicing law in North Carolina. Legal matters in North Carolina are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Raleigh are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate North Carolina state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in North Carolina brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in North Carolina courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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