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Areas of Practice Emphasis
Intellectual Property
Emerging Business
Representative Clients
Pan Am Systems, Inc.
Vivus, Inc.
Active Interest Media, Inc.
Intermedia Outdoors
McGuigan Simeon Wines Ltd.
Prominent Assignments
Domestic and foreign trademarks, including trademark prosecution, portfolio management, and availability counseling
Copyright, advertising, unfair competition, consumer protection, and Internet law counseling
Licensing of trademarks, copyrights and publicity rights
Counseling on intellectual property aspects of transactions
Litigation of trademark, copyright, unfair competition and Internet law matters
Developed an innovative brand ownership structure for a leading global consumer electronics company
Directed the worldwide trademark filing program for a client's $100 million campaign to establish and build its key brands
Negotiated trademark aspects of a $117.5 million purchase from bankruptcy of the assets of an internationally known athletic shoe company
Advised an innovative Internet media company concerning unsettled business-critical copyright issues
Supervised the acquisition by a leading toy company of a portfolio of classic computer game trademarks and developed strategies to minimize the vulnerability of the acquired rights
Education
J.D., University of Chicago, 1993
- Associate Articles Editor, University of Chicago Legal Forum
Master of Music in Clarinet Performance, University of Southern California, 1980
- Sole Recipient, Outstanding Graduate Award
B.A. in Philosophy (cum laude), Yale University, 1977
Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 2006
California, 1995
Illinois, 1993
Professional and Community Involvement
Member, International Trademark Association (INTA)
Vice Chair, INTA Emerging Issues Committee, 2008-present
Member, INTA Emerging Issues Committee, Fair Use and Other Boundaries Subcommittee, 2004-2007 (Subcommittee Chair, 2006-2007)
Member, INTA Special Committee for the Internet, 1999-2000
INTA Editorial Board for the Trademark Reporter, 1996-1999
Member, American Bar Association
Publications and Presentations
Discussion Facilitator, "Madrid Protocol - a U.S. Perspective," INTA Annual Meeting, May 2006
Speaker, "Trademark Issues in Advertising," April 2006
Speaker, "IP Issues in Transactions," March 2006
Speaker, "Internet Trademark Issues," February 2005
Discussion Facilitator, "Hot Issues in Trademark Law," INTA Annual Meeting, May 2004
Discussion Facilitator, "Conducting a Trademark Audit," INTA Annual Meeting, May 2002
Events and Seminars
Attorneys Address Legal Essentials for Emerging Businesses at Entrepreneur's Network Breakfast
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