Practice Areas:
Trademark and Copyright Law

Summary of Practice:
Miriam Trudell has experience in all areas of trademark, copyright and domain name law. Her practice includes advising clients on domestic trademark protection and maintenance, including searching, clearing, filing and prosecuting. She also has experience with regard to Ex Parte practice and Opposition/Cancellation practice in front of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Her trademark practice includes advising clients and assisting with building and maintaining international trademark portfolios, including international trademark clearance, protection, prosecution and maintenance.

Miriam’s practice also includes advising clients in the areas of copyright law, including the filing and prosecution of copyright registration applications with the U.S. Copyright Office. Miriam also counsels clients on domain name disputes and has prosecuted a number of Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings. Further, she counsels clients with regard to policing, enforcing, defending and licensing their intellectual property rights.

Miriam was an adjunct Prof. at the University of Denver School of Law in the Summer of 2003, teaching the trademark, copyright, comparative advertising and domain name portions of the General Principals of Intellectual Property class. Notable cases include In re Coors, 343 F. 3d 1340, 68 USPQ2d 1059 (Fed. Cir. 2003); Estate of Hunter S. Thompson v. Mitchell Moore, FA0508000530332 (Nat. Arb. Forum Sept. 15, 2005) (huntersthompson.com); VICORP Restaurants, Inc. v. Anastasios Triantafillos, FA0505000485933 (Nat. Arb. Forum July 14, 2005) (bakersquare.com); MediaNews Group Interactive, Inc. v. Mo Domains, FA0505000470925 (Nat. Arb. Forum June 6, 2005) (vacavillerporter.com); Wild Marks, Inc. v. xcsquare@hotmail.com, FA0402000235716 (Nat. Arb. Forum March 29, 2004) (henrysmarketplace.com); Amen Wardy Home, Inc. v. Amen Wardy Home, FA0510000583006 (Nat. Arb. Forum Oct. 26, 2005) (amenwardy.com and amenwardyhome.com); Vicorp Restaurants, Inc. v. Paradigm Technologies Inc. c/o Arden Bohanec, FA0605000702527 (Nat. Arb. Forum June 21, 2006) (bakerssquare.com); and others.

Bar Admissions:
Colorado, 1998
United States District Court, District of Colorado
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1998

Professional and Trade Memberships:

American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Section)
Colorado Bar Association (Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section)
Denver Bar Association
International Trademark Association (INTA)
	•		Whois Subcommittee of the Internet Committee, 2008 – 2009 Committee Term

Presentations, Articles, Publications:
Trademark Basics: Business of Art Conference, Colorado Lawyers for the Arts, 2002.

Heartbeat of Art: Trademarks/ Copyrights and Art and the Internet: Business of Art Conference, Colorado Lawyers for the Arts, 2005.

Fundamentals of IP Law, Trademark Policing and Enforcement, Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Colorado Bar Association, 2007.

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