Rodney Caldwell

Senior Counsel

Austin, TX

With a career spanning over five decades, Rodney Caldwell is a venerable figure in intellectual property law, renowned for his work in trademark litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and counsel. As a distinguished member of the International Trademark Association’s Panel of Trademark Mediators, he remains an invaluable asset to the field.

Focus areas:

Litigation

Rodney Caldwell has practiced in the intellectual property field since 1970. His practice has been concentrated in the litigation of trademark and related intellectual property matters, alternative dispute resolution, and counseling, including advice on trademark licensing, franchising, and intellectual property/antitrust matters. He has represented large, mid-sized, and small business clients and has broad experience in litigation of trademark, trade secret, and related unfair competition matters. Rodney is a member of the International Trademark Association’s Panel of Trademark Mediators and has served as a neutral in trademark and other intellectual property disputes.

For more than twenty years, Rodney has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America under the Intellectual Property Law specialty. He also has been listed as one of the world’s leading trademark lawyers in Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Trade Mark Practitioners.

Prior to beginning his law practice, Rodney was a project engineer for the Apollo Spacecraft Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Houston, Texas, from 1962 to 1970, and he served on active military duty at Patrick Air Force Base (Cape Canaveral), Florida, with the Ballistic Missile Division of the United States Air Force from 1959 to 1962.

The Best Lawyers In America® By Woodward/White, Inc. (1995-2024)
WTR 1000 The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals (2011-2019)
Texas Super Lawyers® List, A Thomson Reuters Service (2003-2007)
Av Preeminent® Peer Review Rated*
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American Bar Association
- Chair, Trademark Legislation Committee, Section Of Intellectual Property Law, 2017-2019
- Chair, Ethics And Professional Responsibility Committee, Section Of Intellectual Property Law, 2007—2009
American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Fellow
- Chair, Professionalism And Ethics Committee (2016, 1998)
- Past Chair, Franchise Law Committee
International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Leadership Development Committee (2022-2023)
- Panel Of Trademark Mediators (2016-2021)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (2018-2021)
- North America Subcommittee (2018-2019)
State Bar Of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Houston Intellectual Property Law Association
The Honorable Nancy F. Atlas Houston Intellectual Property American Inn Of Court
Life Fellow Of The Houston Bar Foundation
Life Fellow Of The Texas Bar Foundation