As an associate in Dorsey’s Trademark, Copyright, and Advertising Group, Julia works with clients in a wide variety of industries. She counsels clients throughout the trademark prosecution process, from selecting and registering to enforcing and monetizing the mark. Julia started her career as member of Dorsey’s Corporate Group, where she assisted clients in an array of capital markets, corporate finance and M&A matters. Julia leverages her corporate experience to support clients through M&A transactions, ensuring they get the benefit of their bargain when it comes to IP protection and capitalization. Julia is a contributor to Dorsey’s critically-acclaimed IP Blog, TheTMCA.com, which focuses on legal developments in the world of TradeMarks, Copyrights, and Advertising. TheTMCA.com was named one of the “Top 50” law blogs by the ABA Journal in 2017.
“Enjoy your reign while you may, Superman. For surely as night follows day, there comes a time when even gods must die.” – Lex Luthor, Superman: Doomsday Last month, the creators of beloved characters like “Superman” and “Spider-Man” declined to come to their continue reading...
The Supreme Court has now issued its awaited opinion in Warner v. Nealy, ruling that plaintiffs can recover damages for copyright infringement that is more than three years old, at least under the discovery accrual rule. We covered this case when the Court granted cert continue reading...
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in February in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, a case that promised to resolve a split among the U.S. Courts of Appeal relating to the scope of damages available to copyright holders. This post is the second in our continue reading...
On September 29, 2023, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, a case that should resolve a split among the U.S. Courts of Appeal relating to the scope of damages available to copyright holders. The Supreme Court’s decision will determine continue reading...
How far does the Lanham Act’s reach extend? The Supreme Court gave us one answer in Abitron Austria GmbH et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. and made it simple: not very far. Hetronic is a U.S. company that manufactures remote controls for construction equipment. Abitron continue reading...
In 2018, the U.S. Copyright Office denied the registration of a 2-D work of art “A Recent Entrance into Paradise” generated by artificial intelligence (“AI”). The programmer behind the AI, Dr. Stephen Thaler, sued the Copyright Office sued the Copyright Office in Federal Court in D.C. continue reading...
In a recent Show Cause Order, the United States Patent and Trademark Office took on the ghost of trademark attorneys past or rather it took aim at a scary level of fraud. The USPTO has threatened sanctions against Shenzhen Haiyi Enterprise Management Co. and its continue reading...
photo by EQRoy / Shutterstock.com Earlier this summer, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson refused to buy plaintiff, Valancourt Books, LLC’s, claims that the Copyright Office of the United States unconstitutionally demanded books for free, when Judge Jackson granted summary judgment for the defendants Shira continue reading...
On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Congress validly abrogated State sovereign immunity for copyright infringement claims by passing the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990 (“CRCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 511. The facts of the case before the Court began in continue reading...
Jeffrey CadwellJeff advises clients on the availability, registrability, and stre...
Michael KeyesJ. Michael Keyes is an intellectual property attorney with exten...
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Fara SunderjiFara assists clients in the development and execution of all type...
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