Interested in training for your team? Click here to learn more

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

Exploring Options for Early, Effective, and Budget-Conscious Strategies

A live 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A

This program is included with the Strafford CLE Pass. Click for more information.
This program is included with the Strafford All-Access Pass. Click for more information.

Monday, December 2, 2024

1:00pm-2:30pm EST, 10:00am-11:30am PST

or call 1-800-926-7926

This CLE course will guide IP counsel on enforcing trademark rights outside of litigation. The panel will discuss use of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), trademark watch services, online infringement, and modern trademark clearance to amplify the strength of a brand and protect against infringement.

Description

The prevalence of online marketplaces and social media platforms present increased challenges for brand owners. It is critical for brand owners to have a program in place that utilizes tools and approaches that will ensure vigilant protection of trademarks from infringement.

Brand owners can leverage the CBP as a tool to block importation of infringing and counterfeit goods. There are some constraints, including the mark must be registered on the Principal Register. If the requirements are met, the brand owner can record its trademark registration with the CBP so the CBP can actively monitor shipments and stop goods that violate the trademark rights.

Strategically utilizing watch services to monitor trademark applications and domain names is a vital tool for enforcement--alerting brand owners and allowing early action that may avert the need for more formal litigation.

Listen as our authoritative panel examines how IP counsel can enforce their clients' marks outside of litigation. The panel will discuss use of the CBP, trademark watch services, online infringement, and modern trademark clearance to amplify the strength of a brand and protect against infringement.

READ MORE

Outline

  1. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  2. Trademark watch services
  3. Modern trademark clearance
  4. Best practices for enforcing marks outside the courtroom

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • How can brand owners utilize the processes of the CBP to protect against infringement?
  • What steps should businesses take to detect alleged trademark infringement on a social media site?
  • What practical steps should counsel take to protect against infringement outside of litigation?

Faculty

Caless, Alison
Alison Caless

Partner
Cantor Colburn

Ms. Caless assists clients with trademark clearance, prosecution, monitoring, and enforcement. She advises...  |  Read More

Ciotola, Michelle
Michelle P. Ciotola

Partner; Chair of the Trademark & Copyright Practice; Co-Chair of the Consumer Products Practice
Cantor Colburn

Ms. Ciotola concentrates her practice on counseling, protecting and enforcing trademark, trade dress, copyright, and...  |  Read More

Nadgorny, Sofya
Sofya Nadgorny

Vice President, Senior Trademark & Domain Name Counsel
Warner Music Group

-

 |  Read More
Attend on December 2

Cannot Attend December 2?

You may pre-order a recording to listen at your convenience. Recordings are available 48 hours after the webinar. Strafford will process CLE credit for one person on each recording. All formats include course handouts.

To find out which recorded format will provide the best CLE option, select your state:

CLE On-Demand Video