Jessica Wood is a partner in the Firm's Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement practice and is resident in the Los Angeles office. Jessica focuses her practice on intellectual property transactions, including domestic and foreign trademark prosecution, maintenance and enforcement, copyright registration and content protection, licensing and transfers of rights, domain name proceedings, ex parte and inter partes proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and litigation in United States Federal District Courts. Jessica's practice spans a wide variety of industries, including technology, software and applications, digital media, entertainment, fashion and apparel, toys and games, automotive, food and beverage and various other consumer products. She is also an experienced litigator, with an emphasis on trademark, copyright, trade dress, design and utility patent, unfair competition, false advertising and trade secret claims as well as related business disputes.

Prior to Manatt, Jessica served as counsel in the Intellectual Property and Litigation, Business and Legal Affairs Department for Viacom Media Networks in the company's Santa Monica office. While at Viacom, she managed all aspects of trademark prosecution and enforcement, including but not limited to clearances, oppositions and cancellations before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, co-existence agreements, cease and desist letters and UDRP proceedings. Before that, Jessica was an associate at a Los Angeles law firm focusing on intellectual property litigation.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Jessica advised clients on marketing and brand strategy at the global advertising agencies McCann-Erickson and DDB Worldwide. In particular, she performed market research, analyzed demographic data and prepared financial and media plans to maximize brand awareness.