Kaydi is an associate in Dorsey’s Trademark, Copyright and Advertising Group. Her practice focuses on trademark portfolio strategy, as well as prosecution and enforcement matters for clients in a wide-range of industries. Kaydi also has a great deal of experience working on copyright litigation matters.During law school, Kaydi interned with the Policy & International Affairs Department of the U.S. Copyright Office and served on the New York Law School Law Review.
Lynn Goldsmith is a professional photographer who rose to fame in the 1970’s for her portrait photography, especially for her work with musicians and other entertainers. Her work has appeared on over 100 album covers. In 1981, Goldsmith took this publicity photo of Prince: continue reading...
In a recent blog post, we introduced you to the new Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), which prohibits businesses from including non-disparagement or “gag” clauses in their form contracts. The CRFA goes into effect later this month and will be enforced by the Federal Trade continue reading...
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an important decision about the bona fide intent requirement when filing an intent to use (“ITU”) application and the consequences when there is a lack of bona fide intent as to some, but not all, of the continue reading...
In the digital age, online reviews of a business are often the first place consumers turn to in order to gather information about a business, such as a restaurant, retail store or even a professional service provider. It is well known that a negative online continue reading...
“The Ninth Circuit has stated that laches is seldom susceptible of resolution by summary judgment,” but the federal district court for the Northern District of California recently held just that in Dropbox Inc. v. Thru Inc. Thru Inc. is a software company offering file management continue reading...
In the immortal words of the most recent Nobel Laureate in literature, “the times they are a changin.’” Section 35(a) of the Lanham Act provides that “[t]he court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.” Until just last week, the continue reading...
A recent precedential Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision provides valuable guidance on the proper allocation of trademark registration ownership as between a corporate parent and a subsidiary, highlighting the perils of identifying the wrong entity as the owner. A trademark is not required to continue reading...
Has a service mark been used in commerce if the services have been offered but there are no takers? The Federal Circuit issued a decision earlier this year in Couture v. Playdom, Inc., 778 F.3d 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2015), which confirms that applicants seeking to continue reading...
Jeffrey CadwellJeff advises clients on the availability, registrability, and stre...
Michael KeyesJ. Michael Keyes is an intellectual property attorney with exten...
Kaleb McNeelyAs a partner in the Trial Group, Kaleb practices primarily in the ...
Sarah RobertsonSarah has over fifteen years’ experience helping clients prot...
Fara SunderjiFara assists clients in the development and execution of all type...
Charlene KroghCharlene Krogh is a Partner in Dorsey’s top-ranked Tradem...
Evan EveristEvan is a partner in Dorsey’s Trademark, Copyright and Adverti...
