Overview

Claire has practiced intellectual property law since 2001, and she helps businesses and artists build, manage, and leverage their intellectual property assets.

Specifically, Claire provides a full range of counseling, prosecution, portfolio management, enforcement and dispute resolution services for trademark, copyright, domain name, publishing, licensing and agreement matters. Her practice has developed particular expertise in resolving trademark and domain name disputes and crafting cooperative agreements to protect, expand and strengthen intellectual property rights.

Claire provides pro bono intellectual property and other legal services to local non-profit organizations such as the Seattle Symphony, and Shunpike — a Seattle organization dedicated to promoting local art by providing assistance to local artists. She was also on the board of the King County Washington Women Lawyers for several years, and president of that organization in 2005.

Professional Activities

King County Bar Association, Member
The Shunpike Arts Collective, Board Member, 2003-2009
Washington State Bar Association, Member
Washington Women Lawyers, Board Member, 2014
- King County Chapter, President, 2005

Experience

Successfully navigated close trademark registration issues
Successfully navigated close trademark registration issues, including likelihood of confusion, merely descriptive, and primarily merely a surname initial rejections from the US Trademark Office for a variety of clients.
Successfully dismissed or resolved trademark infringement claims and patent infringement claims
Successfully dismissed or resolved trademark infringement claims and patent infringement claims against apparel industry client.
Successfully resolved by settlement agreement disputes
Successfully resolved by settlement agreement disputes regarding ownership of product design rights and royalties for furniture designer.
Successfully negotiated a trademark co-existence agreement
Successfully negotiated a trademark co-existence agreement between two Washington State Indian tribes.
Successfully resolved cease and desist demands against airport parking client
Successfully resolved cease and desist demands against airport parking client for trademark issues.
Obtained worldwide festival license for right to use musical recording
Obtained worldwide festival license for right to use musical recording in an independent movie.
Counseled client regarding patent and license rights ownership
Counseled client regarding patent rights ownership and license rights for evaluation software and tool for environmental building evaluations.
Strategized with education client to build up family of trademarks
Strategized with education client to build up family of trademarks and strengthen brand and trademark rights.
Prepared online contest/giveaway rules for apparel industry company
Prepared online contest/giveaway rules for apparel industry company and website terms of use and privacy policies for analytical software and a variety of other companies.