J. Thomas McCarthy

J. Thomas McCarthy is a Professor Emeritus at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he was on the faculty for almost forty years. He is the Founding Director of the McCarthy Institute of Intellectual Property.

Professor McCarthy is the author of the seven-volume treatise "Trademarks and Unfair Competition," published by Thomson-Reuters. This book is in its Fifth Edition and has been in print for over forty years. This treatise has been cited as authority in over 6000 judicial decisions. He is also the author of the two volume treatise, "The Rights of Publicity and Privacy," and the reference book, "McCarthy's Desk Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property."

He received the 2003 President’s Award from the International Trademark Association; the 2000 Pattishall Medal for excellence in teaching trademark law from the Brand Names Education Foundation and the Centennial Award in Trademark Law from the American Intellectual Property Law Association in 1997.

He is a consultant “Of Counsel” with the firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco. He is also an avid watercolor painter.