Libby Langworthy, who is a member of Sutherland's Corporate Practice Group, handles intellectual property clearance, prosecution, transactional and litigation matters, with particular focus on the areas of trademark, copyright, domain and unfair competition law. She counsels clients on the selection of trademarks and the prosecution, protection, licensing and enforcement of trademarks, copyrights and other forms of intellectual property before administrative agencies and in the courts. Working with foreign counsel, she supervises foreign trademark registration of client portfolios in nearly 200 countries. She also works closely with the firm's mergers and acquisitions area to advise on intellectual property issues arising in domestic and transnational transactions. Her practice includes a diverse group of clients in the fields of financial services, banking, insurance, energy, computers and software, automation and industrial manufacturing, nuclear energy products and services, consumer products, over-the-counter medications, carpets and floor coverings, and textile research and technology, as well as authors, publishers, schools and various charitable institutions. Libby has also worked on a variety of litigation matters involving employment law, contract disputes, insurance, reinsurance and antitrust law. In addition, she has advised on federal legislative matters, particularly on the 1985 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act and high-level waste legislation. Professional and Community Involvement · Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, American Bar Association · Member, District of Columbia Bar · Member, International Trademark Association · Member, International Programs Planning Committee, 2009 Annual Meeting, International Trademark Association Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements · Co-author, "Moving with the Times: Motion Marks in Canada and the United States," INTA Bulletin (June 1, 2011) · Co-author, "Internet Enforcement: A Collaborative Approach," Partnering Perspectives (Summer 2010) · Author, "Tax Planning and Structuring Strategies for Global Trademark Portfolios," INTA Bulletin Vol. 63, No. 3 (February 2008) · Author, "'Organic'-Says Who?," International Trademark Association (July 15, 2006) · Author, "Choosing a Trademark," (September 2004) · Author, "Analysis of International Work-for-Hire Laws," (September 2004) · Author, "Berne Convention Basics," (September 2004) · Author, "The Madrid Protocol: Impact of U.S. Adherence on Trademark Law and Practice," International Trademark Association (April 2003) · Co-author, "EC Registration Offers Advantages to Owners; Registrants are Offered a Single Process for the Protection and Renewal of Marks EC-Wide," National Law Journal, Vol. 18 (May 20, 1996) · Speaker, D.C. Bar Intellectual Property Section Luncheon (February 7, 2007) Industries Financial Services News Sutherland Represents Spectrum Brands in Merger With Russell Hobbs - Addition to Spectrum's Portfolio Creates $3 Billion Consumer Products Company
June 28, 2010 Sutherland Represents First Data Corp. in Joint Venture with Bank of America
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June 29, 2009 Legal Alerts Legal Alert: Domain Name Registration in New,asia Top Level Domain
October 5, 2007 Legal Alert: Summary of Selected Sessions from International Trademark Association's 2007 Annual Meeting
May 31, 2007 Legal Alert: Article 7 of the Pan-American Convention Confers U.S. Trademark Priority
March 27, 2007 Legal Alert: Effect of Enlargement of the European Union on Trademark Rights
December 15, 2006 Legal Alert: Domain Name Registration in New,Mobi Top Level Domain
June 5, 2006 Legal Alert: Domain Name Registration in the New,eu Top Level Domain
November 16, 2005 Publications Moving with the Times: Motion Marks in Canada and the United States
June 1, 2011 Reprinted with permission from INTA Bulletin, Vol. 66, No. 10 - June 1, 2011, Copyright 2011 International Trademark Association Internet Enforcement: A Collaborative Approach
Summer 2010 Partnering Perspectives 'Organic' - Says Who?
July 15, 2006 Reprinted with permission, International Trademark Association Analysis of International Work-for-Hire Laws
September 2004 Choosing a Trademark
September 2004 Berne Convention Basics
September 2004 The Madrid Protocol: Impact of U.S. Adherence on Trademark Law and Practice
April 2003 Reprinted with Permission, International Trademark Association Events DC Bar Intellectual Property Section Luncheon
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