Katy is highly regarded in her field, with a practice that encompasses all aspects of trademark law – from trademark and brand creation to trademark litigation. Her unique combination of private practice and in-house counsel experience allows her to provide strategic and targeted advice that is simultaneously comprehensive and pragmatic. Her in-house experience managing famous and unusual trademarks gives her a truly international perspective and practice.
Qualifications
Récompenses et distinctions
- Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2023-2025
- Recognized as “Best Mentor” at the 2023 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards
- Named to the EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Model Lists, Top 50 Advocates U.S., 2021
- Reed Smith WinRS Award, April, 2019
- Named a “Global Leader” in Private Practice by The World Trademark Review (WTR), 2024
- Ranked in The World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000, 2013 - 2024
- Top 250 Women in IP and IP Stars. 2013-2024
- Nominated as one of the world's leading practitioners in Trademarks, 2014-2022
- Selected through peer review for inclusion on the Northern California Super Lawyers list for Intellectual Property, 2014-2023
- San Jose (CA) Business Journal, Woman of Influence, 2012
- Recognized in Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500 US, International Who’s Who of Trademark Lawyers
- Listed as one of the Top Attorneys In Northern California by San Francisco Magazine, 2018