Jody Haller Drake Partner

Ms. Drake's concentration is in all aspects of U.S. and international trademark law, including trademark prosecution, counseling, opinions, licensing, litigation support and Internet-related rights.  Jody was named among the Top 15 IP attorneys in Washington by Legal Times in its 2003 "Leading Lawyers" series and was named one of the top trademark attorneys by Washingtonian Magazine 2009.  Jody has also been selected by the editors of Euromoney Magazine as one of the leading trademark experts in the United States and was also selected to appear in the International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers.

District of Columbia, Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit

Western New England College School of Law (J.D.  1981)
Franklin and Marshall College (B.A. Art History, 1977)

Shoemaker & Mattare, Partner (1992-00) - specialized in intellectual property
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, Senior Associate (1990-92) - member of the Intellectual Property Specialty Group
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Senior Attorney (1988-90) - prosecuted complex trademark applications in all international classes; trained and evaluated new attorneys; advised pro se applicants and attorneys in procedural and substantive issues pertaining to trademark registration; Trademark Examiner (1983-87) - prosecuted domestic and foreign trademark applications and represented the U.S. PTO on appeals before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; expertise in International Class 9 - scientific and technical equipment, including all computer goods; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Detailee (1989) - appointed by members of the TTAB; drafted final decisions in opposition, cancellation, interference and concurrent use proceedings and prepared proposed decisions on interlocutory matters
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bronze Medal for Superior Federal Service (1988)


Associations
AIPLA Chair Trademark Relations with the USPTO and Sports and Entertainment Committee 2010
AIPLA Vice-Chair of Trademark Relations with the USPTO- Trademark Prosecution 2009
AIPLA Vice-Chair of Trademark Relations with the USPTO - Inter Partes Committee 2008
INTA Programs Committee 2007 - 2009; INTA Young Practitioners Committee 2010-2011
Chair International Trademark Association (INTA) Leadership Meeting, 2006;
INTA USPTO Trademark Committee, 2006-2007;
AIPLA- USPTO Trademark Relations Committee, 2006; and
Anti-Counterfeiting Subcommittee, 2006;
INTA Programs Committee, 2004-2005;
INTA - 2004 INTA Education Task Force; Co-Chair Madrid 101 e-Learning Project (2003); Co-Chair TM 101 Program (2002-03);
District of Columbia Bar - Intellectual Property - Trademarks Chair (2000-01) and (2001-02)
Trademark Management Committee (1995-01 Chair 99-01); USPTO Committee (1990-94)
American Bar Association (ABA) - Chair Committee 203 Patent and Trademark Office Affairs (1991-1992)

Building the Brand, World Trademark Review Dec. 2007
How to Avoid Fraud on the Trademark Office
Managing Intellectual Property, May 2006

Adjunct Professor Trademark Law Georgetown University

AIPLA- Trademark Bootcamp- "How to Respond to USPTO Office Actions- 2009 and 2010"
INTA- Annual Meeting 2009 "Picture Them Naked"
"What Is Bona Fide Intent and How Do You Prove It" - AIPLA Annual Meeting-Washington DC 2008
"Chinese Brand Expansion-US Trademark Registration Strategies"- June 26, 2008, Ningbo, China
USC Gould School of Law 2007 Intellectual Property Institute - Brand Extension and Management; Best Practices before the USPTO and TTAB
AIPPI Congress Sweden 2006-Effective Use of Customs Measures Against Importation of Counterfeited Goods;
INTA- Madrid Protocol Basics, 2005;
District of Columbia Bar Association- Speaker Trademark Prosecution before USPTO, 2005;
International Trademark Association Trademark Administrators Conference 2004 - Speaker - "IP Due Diligence"
International Trademark Association Community Trademark and Community Design Forum 2004 - Speaker - "How to Conduct E-Business with OHIM"
International Trademark Association 2004 Annual Meeting - Speaker - "Improving Trademark Education"
Sughrue Symposium, University of Akron School of Law 2003 - Speaker
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Lecturer, Trademark Academy; Lecturer, Visiting Scholars Programs