Sara E. Gruber

Sara Gruber is an associate at Leason Ellis, practicing in both the Litigation and Trademark & Copyright Practice Groups. She focuses her practice on strategic brand counseling and dispute resolution, helping clients from startups to global corporations navigate complex intellectual property issues. Sara advises clients in the fashion, technology, literary, food and beverage, medical device, financial, and digital media industries and helps to align their intellectual property strategies with their overall business objectives.

Sara has successfully guided these clients through the clearance, registration, and enforcement of their intellectual property rights up to and including litigation. Sara has experience practicing before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), representing clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and she has also appeared in federal court proceedings.  Sara has experience litigating intellectual property disputes, but she also assists clients with negotiating agreements pertaining to their intellectual property rights.

With a client-centered, business-savvy approach, Sara takes the time to understand her clients’ unique goals, ensuring that their intellectual property rights are not just protected, but are also optimally leveraged.  She views protecting intellectual property as a fundamental step in driving innovation, empowering creativity, and fostering long-term growth for her clients.

Sara received her Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she served as the Notes Editor of the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice. Sara earned her Bachelor of Science from the Pennsylvania State University with academic honors. She majored in criminology with a focus in legal studies, and minored in business. Before joining Leason Ellis, Sara honed her proficiency in trademark and copyright law while working in New York’s intellectual property sector for boutique firms and global music companies.