CO-CHAIR – DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
Background
Experienced, solutions-oriented and precise IP attorney. Represents internationally renowned brands in the protection, commercialization and enforcement of their valuable IP assets. Outdoor industry, beauty and wellness enthusiast.
An innovative and highly responsive attorney, Airina Rodrigues’s work includes matters involving trademarks and trade dress (including global trademark portfolio management), copyrights, trade secrets, right of publicity, false advertising and commercial contracts. She has represented several Fortune 500 companies and iconic brands. Her clients include professional sports teams, sports betting / online gaming providers, leading consumer and personal care brands, producers of outdoor recreation gear and apparel, fashion brands, media and entertainment companies, entertainment properties, cannabis brands, FinTech, InsurTech, and software, SaaS and technology providers.
A dealmaker in sponsorship, endorsement and IP licensing, Airina has guided clients in a range of complex deals, including negotiating marquis placement of brands with sports teams in the NFL, MLB and NBA, leading innovative intrastate cannabis brand licensing deals, negotiating technology, SaaS and joint collaboration and development agreements, and helping clients boost their brands via social media influencer and endorsement collaborations.
When enforcement of her clients’ intellectual property assets becomes necessary, she is an experienced litigator who has successfully represented clients in U.S. federal district and appellate courts, as well as before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO.
Airina serves as co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as well as diversity, equity and inclusion at the firm.
Prior to joining Brownstein, she practiced for over a decade at DLA Piper in New York.
Representative Matters
- Represented leading California cannabis brands in connection with executing creative state and federal prosecution strategies; successfully enforced brands against third party infringers.
- Represented Avon in a trademark and trade dress infringement action, obtaining favourable settlement for client and dismissal of all claims.
- Obtained an appellate decision that restored the exclusive right of a leading cigar manufacturer to sell COHIBA cigars in the United States.
- Represented major multinational companies as well as emerging growth companies in IP-licensing transactions, technology transactions and commercial negotiations and disputes.
- Represented aircraft manufacturer in sponsorship and technology licensing transactions.
- Represented the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in trademark infringement action involving the famous WORLD TRADE CENTER mark, secured dismissal of all 7 causes of action for breach of license agreements and trademark infringement.
Insights & Publications
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Credentials
Education
- LL.B., 2008, McGill University
- B.C.L., 2008, McGill University
- B.A., 2004, McGill University
Admissions
- Colorado
- New York
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Memberships
International Trademark Association (INTA)
American Bar Association
Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
Colorado Women’s Bar Association
Community Involvement
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
Board of Directors, Marketing Outreach Committee Chair, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Board of Directors, Colorado Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
President, McGill University Alumni Association, Colorado Chapter
Pro Bono Counsel, Colorado Classic Women’s Cycling Race
Recognition
AWARDS:
“Airina is excellent. She continuously produces excellent results and innovative solutions to difficult domestic and international issues.” – Chambers USA, 2025
“She’s fantastic. She does the balance of legal and business considerations really well and she’s very responsive.” – Chambers USA, 2024
“Airina is an excellent intellectual property attorney. She’s responsive, knowledgeable in international markets and has good common sense.” “She has an impressive background and a strong grasp of both the nuances of IP law and the needs of our business.” – Chambers USA, 2023
“Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck shareholder Airina Rodrigues is a dynamic lawyer with a lot on her plate, which she sees to in efficient and effective fashion. With energy, creativity and commerciality, she achieves great things.” – World Trademark Review, 2023
5280 Top Lawyers, 2025
Best Lawyers in America, 2023-2025
- Copyright Law Lawyer of the Year, Denver, 2025
Chambers USA, 2023-2025
WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, 2022-2025
