Experience

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  Fisher and shapiro, llc

  Aug 2006 - Dec 2006

  Paralegal

  - Filed notices, answers and judgments.- Scheduled court appearances at county courts.- Worked and handled emergency foreclosure sales.- Attended and bid on sales as part of the Second Mortgage defense department.

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  Gilbey delorey

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Legal assistant/translator

  - Worked closely with attorneys in providing trademark search reports and registration opinions, which included reporting proposed trademark search results.- Maintained client domain names: proposed and registered new domain names, issued renewal notices for clients and engaged in preliminary litigation procedures.- Made official bailiff purchases of counterfeit goods and acted as liaison between clients and French customs officials.- Translated official documents and correspondences from French to English. Show less

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  Franklin pierce law center ip and transaction clinic

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Student attorney

  - Researched and advised the registration of a limited liability company.- Drafted agreement for limited liability company.- Revised and maintained trademark applications.- Prepared response to TTAB opposition to proposed trademark.- Advised clients about potential publicity rights claims and international domain name disputes.- Proposed international patent infringement litigation and relief.

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  Phillips-van heusen

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Legal extern

  - Searched trademarks, both word and design marks.- Drafted licensing clauses and amendments to trademark and copyright licenses.- Researched U.S. labeling requirements and pending patent litigations. - Participated in licensing and business negotiations.- Attended meetings between the legal team and marketing/design teams.

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  Citrix systems

  Sept 2011 - May 2012

  Contract corporate counsel

  • Handled in-house trademark matters; advised and assisted in on-going and potential trademark litigation, advised company on proposed trademarks, which included advising on strength and distinctiveness of mark, developed a trademark strategy for the upcoming year, and compiled company trademarks for the purpose of maintaining an internal trademark portfolio.• Advised marketing team about appropriate branding and trademark usage of third party intellectual property.• Updated company branding policies and worked with outside counsel in enforcing compliance with those branding policies.• Directed and assisted outside counsel in new and ongoing trademark litigation matters.• Researched merger and acquisition files to establish and relieve chain of title issues for patent and trademarks.• Reviewed contract terms with marketing partners for the purpose of obtaining a domain name and trademark assignments. • Drafted additional and alternative licensing terms to inbound licenses after initial review.• Prepared and filed trademark and patent assignments.• Prepared and filed supplemental filing materials for patent assignments.• Updated the in-house patent portfolio.• Conducted trademark searches.• Participated and aided in due diligence matters, which primarily consisted of evaluating and analyzing intellectual property (trademarks, copyrights and open source projects/products) of target company. • Handled legal review of company product open source components, which included reviewing Black Duck scans of open source projects, approving or disapproving components based upon the open source license and organizing and conducting remediation meetings with project engineers.• Created open source copyright and licensing pages for company products to be distributed to customers for the purpose of ensuring compliance of those open source licenses. Show less

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  Burns & levinson llp

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Associate, intellectual property (contract)

  • Drafted and filed responses to USPTO trademark office actions.• Drafted and filed UDRPs.• Assisted in large trademark litigation matter; drafted and prepared declarations, conducted document review, prepared production of documents to opposing side, conducted privilege review, prepared exhibits, oversaw preparation of privilege log, prepared documents for depositions and assisted in drafting an opposition against summary judgment.• Drafted transfer agreements to domain name issues.• Conducted trademark searches.• Drafted and prepared affidavit and exhibits for OHIM opposition proceeding.• Reported trademark matters and provided opinion to resolve trademark issue(s) to clients• Filed trademark applications.• Reviewed problematic domain names and provided client with opinion. Show less

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  Hinckley, allen & snyder llp

  May 2013 - Jun 2016

  Intellectual property associate

  Draft, review and negotiate software license agreements, intellectual property provisions in various contracts, licensing arrangements, software maintenance agreements, and pharmaceutical distribution agreements• Assist in due diligence projects through review of intellectual property contracts, intellectual property ownership; draft and review intellectual property disclosures• Represent clients in trademark and copyright litigation proceedings; conducted prior art searches and assisted in patent litigation proceedings; draft settlement and coexistence agreements with domestic and foreignentities• Draft, file and manage UDRP filings, including facilitating transfer of domain after proceedings• Draft and file trademark applications; draft and file copyright applications• Draft and file responses to USPTO office actions• Draft and file petitions to cancel, oppositions, and other related motions and responses in TTAB proceedings;represented clients in said oppositions and cancellation proceedings• Conduct in-house trademark availability searches and provided opinion as to registrability of trademark and risk to client• Enforce client trademarks by drafting and sending cease and desist letters, using IPR enforcement procedures through alibaba.com and other online retail outlets• Manage international trademark applications, registrations and adverse proceedings (oppositions, cancellations) with foreign counsel• Manage domain name portfolios for client and draft privacy policies and terms and conditions for client websites Show less

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  Hasbro

  Jul 2016 - now

  Led the development and implementation of privacy strategies and policies in accordance with global privacy regulations, including COPPA and GDPRProvided expert legal counsel on data protection matters to senior management and board of directors, including risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and compliance reportingConducted regular audits and assessments to identify gaps in privacy practices and implemented corrective actions to enhance compliance and mitigate risksNegotiated and drafted privacy-related agreements and contracts with vendors and third parties, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirementsDesigned and delivered comprehensive training programs on privacy best practices and regulatory updates for employees at all levelsCollaborated cross-functionally with IT, Security, and Compliance teams to integrate privacy requirements into business operations and technology solutions. Show less

  • Managing Attorney Co-Lead Global Digital Technology and Privacy

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Senior Attorney Digital Technology & Privacy; Digital Licensing

    Jun 2019 - now

  • Digital Technology Attorney

    Jul 2016 - now