Thomas Shaw is the Deputy Chief Administrative Trademark Judge of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) since August of 2024. He also served as Acting Chief Administrative Trademark Judge between December 2024 and June 2025.
Before taking on responsibility as Deputy Chief Judge, he spent 13 years serving as one of the TTAB’s Administrative Trademark Judges, sitting on panels to hear appeal and trial cases, and authoring final decisions.
Judge Shaw began his career at the USPTO as a Trademark Examining Attorney, later serving as a Senior Attorney and a Managing Attorney. He also served as an Associate Solicitor in the Office of the Solicitor before joining the TTAB as an Administrative Trademark Judge.
A graduate of the George Washington University, Judge Shaw earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law.