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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Former Trademark Examining Attorney, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO):
Examined applications and allegations of use to determine registrability of trademarks and service marks in nearly all international classes
Reviewed factual information pertaining to applications and issue statutory refusals on all issues under Lanham Act, including failure to function as a mark, likelihood of confusion, descriptiveness, geographic descriptiveness, and misdescriptiveness, and false association
Issued procedural requirements for various issues under the Lanham Act and its implementing rules
Research and collect substantive evidence, drafted office actions, amendments, final refusals, and ex parte briefs before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Former Law Clerk, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Office of Bar Counsel:
Drafted motions and memoranda for trial and appellate bodies of the attorney disciplinary system of the District of Columbia and District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Conducted discovery, including: drafting subpoenas; interviewing witnesses; drafting interrogatories; and assisting with depositions
Performed substantial investigative and legal research in support of prosecutions
Assisted in all pre-trial preparations and provide trial support for responsible Assistant Bar Counsel
Effectively managed a docket of fifty (average) open investigations
Former Intellectual Property Law Clerk, Office of the General Counsel, American National Red Cross:
Drafted cease and desist correspondence and trademark applications for United States Patent and Trademark Office
Assisted with cause-marketing, licensing, linking and customer donation program agreements with corporate sponsors and entertainment industry
Investigated internet fraud and improper solicitations involving Red Cross name
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Intellectual Property
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
District of Columbia Bar Association: Intellectual Property Law Sections
American Bar Association: Intellectual Property Sections
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
U-M Alumni Club of Washington Scholarship Committee, Member
Maryland/Israel Development Center, Professional Services Committee Member
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, B.A. 1997
Washington College of Law, American University, J.D. 2001 | 