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CATHY'S CLIENTS SEEK HER PRACTICAL AND THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO SELECTING, REGISTERING, ENFORCING, AND EXPANDING RIGHTS IN THEIR TRADEMARKS.
Cathy is an Associate in the Trademark, Copyright and Advertising Group at Dorsey & Whitney, with over 25 years of experience in the intellectual property field. Cathy’s clients appreciate her practical approach to the application of the law and risk assessment in connection with meeting business objectives.
Cathy’s practice is multidimensional, and includes:
- trademark clearance and availability opinions;
- global and domestic trademark prosecution and maintenance;
- providing strategic advice for protecting and enforcing trademark rights on a global basis;
- negotiating and providing guidance on trademark licensing;
- negotiating coexistence agreements;
- copyright protection;
- significant experience in IP transactions and due diligence investigations in mergers & acquisitions; and,
- domain name acquisition and enforcement, Uniform Dispute Name Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings, takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), termination of email accounts and domain names for fraudulent purposes, and other cybersquatting and cyberpiracy issues.
Cathy is also a regular contributor to Dorsey’s critically-acclaimed IP Blog, TheTMCA.com, which focuses on legal developments in the world of Trademarks, Copyrights, and Advertising.
Experience
Representative Experience
- Working with clients on Rebranding Initiatives on a Global Basis
- Overcoming Office Actions issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Closely collaborating with global trademark counsel to meet client trademark portfolio objectives
- Reviewing and providing feedback to clients on proposed product packaging and related advertising and promotional materials for products and services
- Working on transactional matters, researching the intellectual property in the transaction and perfecting the transfer of ownership
- Identifying the potential for and obtaining registered copyright protection for clients
- Engaging with clients to discuss their objectives at a high level and building a road to meet those objectives
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- “Searching to Avoid Disaster,” – Trademark World Magazine, April 2010
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- Creative Industries
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- Trademark, Copyright + Advertising