Michelle Renne

Senior Marketing Properties Specialist at Mars

Michelle Renne is a Senior Marketing Properties Specialist at Mars, Incorporated managing trademarks, copyrights, designs rights, and domain names on a global basis for the Mars Food & Nutrition and Mars Corporate business segments. As a key partner to the business, she provides guidance on trademark clearance, protection and enforcement strategies, licensing, social media issues, and advertising regulations. Michelle has over 25 years of experience in IP. Prior to joining Mars, she worked at Campbell Soup Company and 3 law firms in Washington, D.C. managing numerous large international trademark portfolios. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from James Madison University and a Paralegal Certificate from Meredith College. Michelle is an active member of INTA currently serving on the Trademark Administrators Committee. She previously served on the Commercialization of Brands Committee, Leadership Development Committee, Trademark Administrators Committee (Chair 2014-2015), TMAP Meeting Project Teams in 2008 and 2017, and TMA Roundtables Project Team (Chair 2012-2013).