Intellectual Property Considerations for the Food and Beverage Industries
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This Course
Brand assets such as brand names, distinct packaging, and product designs are highly valued in the food and beverage industries. Brand owners of food and/or beverage products and services seek growth by attracting new consumers and increasing brand awareness and loyalty. It is essential that brand owners understand how to best protect their brand’s intellectual property (IP), examine potential infringement, and mitigate risk.
In this program, brand owners and their counsel will learn the different types of IP protection available for goods and services in the food and beverage industries and how such rights can be secured both in the U.S. and abroad. Discussions will include search and clearance strategies for trademarks, trade dress, and product configuration, as well as insights on cross searching against non-traditional categories (i.e. virtual reality goods and services). Discussions on recent case law along with insights for litigation strategies for brand owns and their counsel will also be provided.
If you are an attorney who represents brand owners of food and/or beverage products and services, regardless of experience level, you are encouraged to attend this program.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the different types of IP protection available for goods and services in the food and beverage industries
- Explore how to secure IP rights domestically and abroad
- Investigate search and clearance strategies for trademarks, trade dress, and product configuration
- Recognize when to cross search against non-traditional categories (i.e. virtual reality goods and services)
- Review recent case law and insights for litigation strategies
About the Presenters
Neha Bhalani, Esq.
CSG Law
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Neha Bhalani practices with the firm's Intellectual Property Group. Neha handles all aspects of trademark prosecution, including clearance searches, applications, and renewals, and provides domestic and international intellectual property strategy planning. She also researches and drafts responses to Examiners' Office Actions in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In addition, Neha has experience drafting, structuring, and negotiating numerous licensing, co-existence, non-disclosure, and asset purchase agreements.Insights:Jason Holt and Neha Bhalani Named Co-Chairs of CSG Law’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) CommitteeCSG Law Announces 2022 PromotionsStrafford: Protecting IP Rights in the Food and Beverage IndustryCSG's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and ...
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Abigail J. Remore, Esq.
CSG Law
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Abigail Remore's practice is dedicated to helping business owners and creatives protect their most valuable assets – their distinctive brands and their creative works.Abby handles a wide range of intellectual property matters, including litigation, enforcement, counseling, licensing, and prosecution of trademark and copyright applications. She has experience in a vast array of industries, including entertainment, music, sports, gaming, apparel, education, publishing, restaurant, food and beverage, hospitality, insurance, accounting, advertising, software, and health care, and regularly works with non-profit organizations as well as governmental agencies and authorities. A substantial portion of Abigail’s practice involves litigation of trademark registration disputes before the ...
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