
Rhonda Harper
Dallas, TX 75214
For more than 20 years, Ms. Harper has been retained by hundreds of law firms in cases regarding trademark and trade dress infringement, misleading advertising, licensing, breach of contract, unfair competition, brand/marketing, trade practices, consumer privacy, and business standards. Ms. Harper has testified in virtually every Federal Circuit Court, as well as state courts, the USPTO, the 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 1988
BS, Education / Math Resource, Illinois State University 1984 - 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: 100+
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: 2025
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: 100+
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 45+
- 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
Arnold Porter & Caye
Astourian & Associates
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
BakerHostetler
Ballard Spahr
Barnes & Thornburg
Benton Law Firm
Bowman Brooke
Bowick Dawson & Laney
Braxton Hilton & Perrone
Brewer Attorneys & Counselors
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Brown Fox Law
Brozynski & Dalton
Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes
Bues Gilbert McGroder
Burstein & Associates
Capshaw Deriuex
Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Carpenter Rothans & Dumont
Choken Welling
Christiansen O'Connor Johnson Kindness
Clark Hill
Cohen & Malad
Coherence Legal
Cole Schotz
Collen Intellectual Property
Colley Shroyer and Abraham
Connelly Rose
Cox Wootton Lerner Griffin & Hansen
Crowell & Moring
David Howard Law Firm
Davis Firm
Dawson Parish
Dentons
Devlin Law Firm
Ditthavong & Steiner Dolghih
Drake Speciale
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig
Eckley Law
Espinosa Trueba Martinez
Feldman Law Group
Fitzhugh Alvalero and Lee
Foley & Lardner
Ference Associates
Foster Pepper
Foust Partners
Fox & Rothschild
Friedman & Feiger
Frost Brown Todd
Frutkin Law Firm
Gearhart Law
Geary, Porter & Donovan
Gibson Dunn & Crutch
Glowacki, Imbrigiotta, & Doucette
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Grant, Genovese & Baratta
Grayrobinson
Greenberg Traurig
Hagans Montgomery Rustay
Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer
Hedrick Kring
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Husch Blackwell
Ice Miller
James H. Horton Law Offices
Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan
Kaplan Bogue & Cooper
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick
King & Spaulding
Kirkland & Ellis
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
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Lexero Law
Lipton Weinberger & Husick
Lowe Haupman Ham & Berner
Madden & Madden
Madison County Prosecutor
Manning & Kass Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester
Mark G. Usdin
Mark Migdal & Hayden
Maslon
Mayer Brown
Matesky Law
Matthews Lawson McCutcheon & Joseph
McArthur Law Practice
McCauley Westberg & Ramirez
McCormick & Priore
McCutcheon Joseph
McDavid & Associates
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
McGlinchey Stafford
McGowen Legal
Merchant Law Group
Michael Freund & Associates
Michelman & Robinson
Miller Law
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Morris Manning & Martin
Morrison & Foerster
Morrison Cohen
Mullin Russ Kilejan Law
Munger Tolles & Olsen
Niro Haller & Niro
Norton Rose Fulbright
O'Melveny & Myers
Onal Gallant & Partners
One
Orbit IP
Overturf McGath & Hull
Parr Brown Gee & Lovelass
Paul Hastings
Paul Owens Law Firm
Paul Wilkinson Law Firm
Pennington Law
Perkins Coie
Phelps Dunbar
Plunkett Cooney
Podolsky Law
Pomerantz
Poole Brooke Plumlee
Porter Hedges
Quarles and Brady
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Ramey
Ray Quinney & Nebeker
Reeves & Brightwell
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg
Richard Harrison PA Attorneys at Law
Robinson & Cole
Romero Park
Rumbaugh Law
Sabety IP
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard
SF Firm
Shackelford Melton McKinley & Norton
Shafer & Associates
Sherman Howard
Shearman & Sterling
Sheef & Stone
Sheehy Ware & Pappas
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Sinsun Law
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sloan Matney
SML Avvocati
SNS Sanjiv N. Singh
Sorey & Hoover
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
Stanton IP Law Firm
Steptoe & Johnson
Stinson Leonard Street
Stites & Harbison
Stokes Lawrence
Sullivan & Cromwell
Swanson & Bratschun
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Taylor Porter
The Ryan Law Firm
The Weitz Law Firm
Thoits Law
Thomas & Locicero
Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons
Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan
Touchstone Bernays Attorneys at Law
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Underwood Law Firm
Underwood Perkins
Van De Poel, Levy, Arneal & Serot
Vedder Price
Venable
Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease
Wagner Jones Helsey
Wagner McLaughlin Law
Warshaw Burstein
Wells St. John
Williams McCarthy
Wilshire Law Group
Womble Bond Dickinson
Wright Close
Zuber Lawler & Del Duca