With a particular focus on the fashion industry, Laura Ganoza serves as a trusted advisor to her clients. Combining her litigation and intellectual property experience, Laura manages the trademark and copyright portfolios of a number of clients in the creative design industries. She advises clients, from start-ups to global brands, about how to obtain, maintain and protect their intellectual property rights, both domestically and internationally. Whether they have trademarks, copyrights, patents or trade secrets, Laura helps her clients enforce their valuable IP rights both inside and outside the courtroom.
Laura is the Chair of the Litigation Department of Foley & Lardner’s Miami Office. Laura also leads Foley’s Fashion Beauty & Apparel practice. She is the immediate former Regional Director of the South Florida Chapter of The Fashion Group International, a global trade organization in the fashion, beauty, accessories and home décor industries. She is also a thought leader within the fashion industry.
Among a host of other publications, Laura is the author of #FTCcrackdown: What Brands Need to Know about Using Influencers to Advertise their Products, and is the author of “Fashion Branding: What’s in a Name,” published in Apparel magazine. Laura routinely presents seminars on fashion related topics, including the annual Fashion Law – Year in Review which takes place each year in January. She presented at Miami Fashion Week’s Master Class on sustainability issues in the fashion industry, and regarding e-commerce and social media matters at SwimShow, the leading trade show in swimwear industry, among a number of other fashion-industry focused speaking engagements.
Laura was named to BTI Consulting Group’s coveted Client Service All-Star Team, an honor bestowed upon individual attorneys who deliver outstanding client service. She has also been recognized as a top lawyer by South Florida Legal Guide and Florida Trend. Laura is fluent in Spanish.
Awards and Recognition
- Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America©, in the field of Commercial Litigation (2023-2024).
- Recognized as a leader in the field of trademark law by World Trademark Review in its “WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals” directory since 2021.
- Named to BTI Consulting Group’s coveted Client Service All-Star Team in 2017
- This honor is bestowed upon individual attorneys who deliver outstanding client service, according to corporate counsel interviewed at large organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue.
- Peer Review Rated as AV Preeminent®, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™
- Named by The South Florida Legal Guide as “Top Up & Comer” in 2008 – 2012 and a “Top Lawyer” in 2013 – 2016
- Recognized in Florida Trend’s Prestigious Legal Elite in 2018
Affiliations
- Former regional director of the South Florida Chapter of The Fashion Group International, a global trade organization in the fashion, beauty, accessories, and home décor industries
- Very active in the International Trademark Association (INTA) — she was co-chair of the INTA Leadership Meetings in both 2020 and 2021
- Currently a member of multiple committees, including the INTA Programming Advisory Council
- Member, Dade County Bar Association
- Member, Florida Bar Association
- Member, New York Bar Association
- Member, The International Trademark Association
Presentations and Publications
- Co-authored, “From Gamers to the Runway: Brand Protection for Digital Fashion,” published in the March/April 2022 issue of Landslide, a publication of the Intellectual Property Section of the ABA
- Author of “Fashion Branding: What’s in a Name,”published in Apparel magazine
- Routinely presents seminars on fashion-related topics, including the annual “Fashion Law – Year in Review,” which takes place each year in January
- Presented at Miami Fashion Week and SwimShow, the leading trade show in swimwear industry, among a number of other fashion-industry focused events
Languages
- Spanish
World Trademark Review Recognizes Foley Attorneys and Jurisdictions in 2024 Edition of WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Practitioners
