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Nik Sallie is an award-winning Intellectual Property attorney based in Austin, Texas. During her decade-long tenure at Facebook/Meta Platforms, Inc., she served as a founding member of the Intellectual Property Operations Team. She not only helped design and implement the global reporting system for alleged IP infringement, but also served on special interest teams for counterfeit prevention, quality control, escalations and Attorneys General matters, managed the Team's contractor workforce and personally processed over 4,000 cases.
Nik established her boutique trademark law firm, Tastemakers Legal, PLLC, to help visionary founders, including women, Black Indigenous and other People of Color and queer professionals, register trademarks so they can own, protect and profit from their brands. She focuses on trademark filings for various industries, including tech, cannabis, education/entertainment, CPG and more.
She's held multiple leadership positions in the Texas State Bar IP Section, including serving on its Council and founding the Women in IP Austin Chapter 10 years ago. Nik also earned numerous awards and honors for her legal service and advocacy, including 2021 Austin Monthly Top Attorney and 2022 nomination for the Austin Business Journal Women in Business Award.