Trademark Enforcement Outside the Courtroom: Customs, Watches, and Leveraging Online Platform Solutions

Ms. Caless assists clients with trademark clearance, prosecution, monitoring, and enforcement. She advises clients in both U.S. and foreign portfolio development and management. Ms. Caless is involved in drafting settlement agreements to resolve trademark disputes. She also provides assistance with other intellectual property agreements including assignments, licenses, and consent agreements. Ms. Caless also has experience in copyright matters and domain name disputes, including arbitrations under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.

Ms. Ciotola concentrates her practice on counseling, protecting and enforcing trademark, trade dress, copyright, and related IP rights, as well as counseling clients in unfair competition, internet, advertising, and promotions law. She assists clients in the development and exploitation of their trademark portfolios, including clearance of marks; prosecution of trademark applications before the USPTO; and identifying important overseas jurisdiction and filing or coordinating with local counsel for protection and enforcement of marks in those jurisdictions. Ms. Ciotola develops strategies for the enforcement of her clients’ IP rights, including preparing demand letters, negotiating settlement agreements, handling opposition and cancellation actions before the TTAB, and coordinating and overseeing litigation with local counsel around the world. She also develops strategies for enforcement of her clients’ IP rights online, including handling Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy proceedings. Ms. Ciotola attends and speaks at the world’s leading trademark industry association gatherings, including the INTA, MARQUES, the European brand owner association, European Communities Trade Mark Association and the Asociancion InterAmericana de la Propriedad Intelectual (ASIPI). She also talks about trademarks on her podcast, IP Obsessed.

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