Kristen Van Dyke

Kristen Van Dyke clears, maintains, and enforces intellectual property rights, including trademarks, copyrights, and rights of publicity. She has experience in evaluating new brand names, trademark prosecution, intellectual property due diligence for large-scale deals, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) proceedings, and enforcing clients’ intellectual property rights on social media and online marketplaces. 

Concentrations

• Trademark and copyright freedom-to-use opinions
• Trademark registrability opinions
• Filing U.S. trademark applications and responding to refusals to register
• Enforcing trademarks, copyrights, and publicity rights against infringers through demand letters
• Removing infringing online content on platforms such as Facebook, Etsy, Amazon, Twitter, Instagram, Redbubble, and LinkedIn
• Preparing and analyzing DMCA complaints
• Negotiating domain name purchases
• Anti-counterfeiting programs
• Establishing and maintaining global trademark portfolios
• Trademark and copyright due diligence
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) proceedings
• Trademark and copyright ownership
• Trademark and copyright licensing agreements