Awards & Rankings 02.14.24
Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property Lawyers Again Earn Top Rankings in World Trademark Review 1000’s Report
Source: World Trademark Review 1000
[Patty] does an excellent job coordinating protection efforts internationally. Her advice is practical and business-oriented and advances the appropriate scope and extent of protection cost-effectively.
Patty helps companies protect and enforce their important trademarks and creative content. From family-owned wineries and hotel companies to global internet and biopharmaceutical enterprises, her advice helps companies increase brand value.
Patty's practice focuses on global trademark and copyright protection and enforcement. Her experience includes trademark clearance, prosecution and protection worldwide, for clients of all sizes with brands used in a wide variety of industries. She also has extensive experience with trademark and copyright policing and disputes, including oppositions and cancellations before U.S. and overseas trademark offices, domain name disputes, and online content take-down proceedings.
Representative Experience
- Successfully brought a domain name proceeding on behalf of online ticket marketplace, StubHub, against a notorious cybersquatter with nearly 125 typo variations of the StubHub domain name, all pointed to his infringing "StubHome" website.
- On behalf of hospitality company, Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, managed a successful multi-year initiative in China to enforce the company's unique logo against multiple infringers on the basis of novel copyright and trademark infringement theories.
- For cosmetic company, Lilah Beauty, obtained a federal trade dress registration for the distinctive shape and design features of its unique cosmetic container, positioning the company to enforce its rights against "copycat" product packaging.
Professional Highlights
- Member of the International Trademark Association's "Unreal Campaign" Committee, a public awareness initiative to educate teens on the dangers of buying counterfeit goods and help them become smart consumers in the global marketplace.
- Recent panelist at seminars sponsored by Strafford and the Women IP Lawyer's Association regarding new case and law and developments for content take-downs under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
- Authored a Law360 article on recent developments at the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in Blackhorse v. Pro-Football, Inc.
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- Honors and Awards
- Recognized by World Trademark Review 1000 (California) for Enforcement & Litigation work (2020—2024)
- Expert Guides: Trade Marks
- Expert Guides: Women in Business Law (2016)
- Associations
- Santa Clara County Bar Association
- American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Sections)
- International Trademark Association
- External Publications
- Co-author, “Trademark Law Rules Update: Reexamination & Expungement,” PLI Chronicle: Insights and Perspectives for the Legal Community (January 2022)
Education
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J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law, 1991
magna cum laudeB.A., University of the Pacific, 1988
magna cum laude
Admissions
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California