Kat helps technology, consumer, and media companies clear, protect, and enforce their brands and creative work worldwide. Her work in trademark and copyright law spans the prosecution, enforcement, and litigation of soft IP rights. She counsels on strategy, prosecution, and enforcement efforts for global trademark portfolios and handles disputes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented a global SaaS platform in the management of its global trademark portfolio, including clearance, prosecution, licensing, and establishment of brand usage guidelines.
Counseled a software company on enforcement of its global brand, including TTAB proceedings and DMCA takedowns across social media platforms.
Represented an industrial machinery company in UDRP proceedings resulting in removal of infringing websites and transfer of domains to the client.
Represented a global SaaS platform in the management of its global trademark portfolio, including clearance, prosecution, licensing, and establishment of brand usage guidelines.
Counseled a software company on enforcement of its global brand, including TTAB proceedings and DMCA takedowns across social media platforms.
Represented an industrial machinery company in UDRP proceedings resulting in removal of infringing websites and transfer of domains to the client.
Advised a consumer products conglomerate on enforcement of its global portfolio of brands.
Recognitions
- Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© "Ones to Watch" list for Intellectual Property Law, 2021-2025
- Named a Rising Star by Managing IP, 2024-2025
Credentials
Education
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., cum laude, Hastings Law Journal; Pro Bono Award
- Stanford University, 2008, B.A.
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- California
Court admissions
Court admissions
- All State Courts - California
- U.S. District Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals - Ninth Circuit
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