Atty. Sherry L. Rollo
Sherry L. Rollo counsels clients in all areas of intellectual property, including the protection, licensing, and enforcement of intellectual property rights, data privacy, and data security both domestically and internationally.
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Sherry L. Rollo is a ip and trade secrets attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, practicing at Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP. They have 22+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2004. Admitted to practice in Illinois (2004). Educated at University of Illinois Chicago (J.D., 2004) and The University of Texas (B.S., 2001). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Intellectual Property (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Patent Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Trade Secrets Law (2026). Serands clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Sherry L. Rollo counsels clients in all areas of intellectual property, including the protection, licensing, and enforcement of intellectual property rights, data privacy, and data security both domestically and internationally
- Sherry also guides clients with corporate strategies relating to the prosecution, merger, licensing, sale, or acquisition of intellectual property assets, including conducting due diligence, counseling on business strategies, and managing patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret portfolios
- IP Litigation An experienced litigator, Sherry has taken a lead role in trials, preliminary injunction proceedings Markman Hearings, and arguing dispositive motions
- She regularly appears in courts across the country, including popular IP venues such as the Northern District of Illinois, Western District of Texas, District of Delaware, District of New Jersey, and Southern District of New York, as well as the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Sherry’s practice spans numerous industries, including pharmaceuticals, real estate management, skincare and cosmetics, law enforcement equipment and training, LED lighting, UV water treatment, ethanol processing, music publishing, recycling and industrial resource recovery, camera phones, dental instruments, ultrasonic laser seam welding, precision cutting tools, health care management systems, agricultural machinery, plastic films, aluminum extrusions and electric motors, high fashion, apparel, and jewelry
- Hatch Waxman Sherry spends a significant amount of her time litigating high-profile pharmaceutical Hatch Waxman Act/Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) litigation at both the trial and appellate levels
- Some of her more notable cases involved the pharmaceutical products Actonel®, Antara®, Boniva®, Uroxatral®, Eloxatin®, Ultracet®, Omnaris®, Benicar®, Lotrelv, Zometa®, Reclast®, Treanda®, and Plavix®
- In a recent case involving a liquid dosage form of levothyroxine, Sherry helped her client defeat two separate preliminary injunction motions following hearings before Judge Albright in the U.S
- District Court for the Western District of Texas and got the case dismissed from two other jurisdictions, which ultimately resulted in a settlement for the client
- In addition, Sherry regularly advises clients in evaluating new drug product opportunities and formulation strategies, Food and Drug Administration regulatory exclusivities, as well as Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) and post grant proceedings at the U.S
- Patent Office
- Sherry also has assisted clients with due diligence related to corporate transactions and counsels clients with respect to prosecution, filing, and licensing strategies
- Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights Sherry maintains a sophisticated patent, trademark, and copyright practice that includes managing and prosecuting national and international patent, trademark, and copyright portfolios, as well as contentious actions at the Patent, Trial and Appeal Board, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, World Intellectual Property Organization, and in Federal Courts
- She also counsels clients on brand development and corporate identity strategies, portfolio management, licensing, and recovering brands and domain names from cybersquatters, including through ICANN Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) Actions, as well as U.S
- Customs and Border Protection enforcement programs
- Trade Secrets Having recently been named Chicago Trade Secrets “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers®, Sherry has extensive experience representing and counseling clients on trade secret and unfair competition matters including litigating Federal and State Court actions for trade secret misappropriation, computer fraud and abuse act, and unfair competition
- Sherry’s experience includes guiding clients’ implementation of trade secrets audit and protection programs, as well as strategies for conducting effective exit interviews and recovering computer forensic evidence
- Licensing Sherry maintains an extensive licensing practice
- She regularly negotiates and drafts agreements involving intellectual property rights both in the United States and abroad, including counseling universities and organizations receiving government funding on Bayh-Dole Act, enforcement and other complex licensing issues
- Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Sherry maintains an active data privacy and cyber security practice, regularly advising Fortune 500 companies on data privacy policies, compliance, and contract review
- In this capacity, Sherry also has drafted and negotiated data privacy addendums, assisted clients in drafting internal compliance guidelines, and counseled clients on the ever-changing landscape of data privacy laws and regulations
- Industry Insights and Community Involvement An in-demand speaker and author, Sherry has lectured at conferences in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and has written on topics such as global trends in patent dispute resolution, employee inventions and renumeration, brand licensing strategies, the Internet of Things (IoT), telecommunications, licensing strategies, and drafting effective intellectual property agreements
- Sherry serves on the board of trustees for National History Day, is a member of the International Trademark Association’s Data Protection Committee and is a member of the Chicago History Museum’s Exhibits and Education Committee
- She is the former chair of the Licensing Executives Society’s Chemical, Energy, Environmental, and Materials and Emerging Industries Committees and a past president of the Chicago Chapter of The University of Texas Exes Alumni Association
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IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
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Why local counsel matters in Illinois
Practicing law in Illinois. Legal matters in Illinois are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Chicago are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Illinois state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Illinois 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 Illinois courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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