Zaneta Moore Robinson is an Associate Clinical Professor and founding Director of the Intellectual Property Law Clinic at Wake Forest University School of Law, where students provide legal services to entrepreneurs and emerging businesses under her supervision. She is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law whose scholarship focuses on the intersections between U.S. trademark law, language, and global culture. Prior to joining Wake Forest Law, Professor Robinson was a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Intellectual Property Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.
Professor Robinson began her legal career as a business litigator, ultimately settling into a transactional intellectual property practice. She has counseled clients on copyright, trademark, and related intellectual property protection and enforcement strategies, while managing domestic and international trademark portfolios for clients in the apparel, cosmetics and skincare, higher education, and tech industries, among others. She also has extensive experience drafting and negotiating contracts that affect intellectual property rights and representing clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Throughout her career, Professor Robinson has served on nonprofit boards, spoken at conferences, symposia, and continuing education programs, and served as a periodic guest on a broadcast program focused on finances and entrepreneurship.
Professor Robinson earned her JD from Wake Forest University School of Law and her BS from James Madison University. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, all North Carolina Federal District Courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
