tamar duvdevani

Tamar Y. Duvdevani

Partner
US Chair, Trademark, Copyright and Media
Tamar is phenomenal and is one of very few people I'd want in my corner in a tough fight.
Chambers USA
About

Tamar Duvdevani is a Chambers ranked trademark, copyright and right-of-publicity litigator for marquee entertainment, consumer products and apparel companies. Chair of the firm's Trademark Copyright & Media practice, Tamar handles seminal cases for her clients and, as noted in the 2024 World Trademark Review 1000 rankings, is an "established" name "in the arena of high-stakes trademark litigation."

Tamar is an experienced trial attorney and strategist who focuses her practice on disputes involving trademarks and trade dress, copyrights, right of publicity, false advertising, and digital media issues, as well as other commercial litigation matters such as complex contract/licensing disputes and arbitrations.

She has successfully argued her cases before the Second Circuit and district courts throughout the country, achieving multiple victories at trial and on preliminary injunction motions. In addition, Tamar works with global companies on strategic rebranding initiatives and trademark, copyright and right of publicity licensing issues.

Following law school, Tamar clerked in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck. She serves on the S.D.N.Y. / E.D.N.Y. Rules Committee and the Intellectual Property committee of the Federal Bar Council. In addition to Chambers, Tamar has been ranked for the last six years in the World Trademark Review, and the past two years in The Legal 500, and was highlighted in the 2020 inaugural edition of New York's top 20 Power Lawyers by The Hollywood Reporter. Tamar was named a 2021 Law360 MVP in Intellectual Property.

Bar admissionsNew York
CourtsUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the Western District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the District of Colorado

Awards

Chambers USA

  • Band 4, New York Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, (2023 – 2025)

The Legal 500 United States

  • Recommended, Advertising and Marketing: Litigation, (2025)
  • Recommended, Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters), (2025)
  • Recommended, Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing), (2024 – 2025)
  • Recommended, Trademarks: Litigation, (2018, 2022 – 2025)
  • Recommended, Copyright, (2023 – 2025)
Additional Recognitions
  • Recommended, Silver Band, United States: New York, World Trademark Review's WTR 1000, (2026)
  • Recommended, Individuals – Enforcement and Litigation, United States: National, World Trademark Review's WTR 1000, (2026)
  • Named as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer, (2026)
  • Named to the National Law Journal's list of Sports/Gaming/Entertainment Law Trailblazers, (2022)
  • Named a BTI Client Service All-Star, (2022)
  • Named a Law360 MVP, Intellectual Property, (2021)
  • Tamar has been ranked in the World Trademark Review's WTR 1000 each year from 2019 to 2024. The 2024 edition ranked Tamar as a "recommended expert," in enforcement and litigation.
  • Recognized by The Hollywood Reporter as a NYC top 20 Power Lawyer, (2020)
Education
  • J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2002
    Associate Editor, Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
  • B.A., Cornell University, 1996

Bylines

Seminars

  • "Copyright Protection of Useful Articles," AIPLA, October 27, 2016

Media Mentions

Prior Experience

Before joining her former firm in the fall of 2005, Tamar was a law clerk to the Honorable Andrew J. Peck, Chief Magistrate Judge, Southern District of New York.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Federal Bar Council
  • Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association 
  • SDNY/EDNY Joint Committee on Local Rules
  • SDNY/EDNY sub-Committee on Local Patent Rules
  • NYIPLA
  • INTA