Elissa Brockbank Reese is an associate in Venable's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group. Ms. Reese has significant litigation experience involving various intellectual property rights including: Lanham Act false advertising, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, infringement through keyword advertising, dilution and unfair competition; copyright; cybersquatting and domain name disputes including Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act litigation and domain name dispute resolution through the World Intellectual Property Organization; social networking issues; FTC Act; state deceptive trade practices; rights of publicity; trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; design and utility patent infringement; and Digital Millennium Copyright Act matters.
Ms. Reese has experience with all phases of litigation, from demand letters, initial pleadings, motions for preliminary injunction, and fact and expert discovery, to motions for summary judgment and trial preparation. Ms. Reese has appeared in courts around the country and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and WIPO. Specifically, Ms. Reese has appeared numerous times before the so-called "Rocket Docket" of the Eastern District of Virginia, and she is well-versed in the court's local rules and customary practices.
Ms. Reese is a member of Venable's Advertising and Marketing team, which was selected in 2011 as a recipient of the Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Law Firm of the Year for National Advertising by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized as a Top-Tier Firm by Legal 500. Ms. Reese is also a member of Venable's Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force and Advertising Litigation team.
Significant Matters
Ms. Reese's litigation experience includes:
· Assisting in obtaining a successful outcome for a national water filtration company in Lanham Act false advertising litigation.
· Representing a national department store in defending against a trademark opposition proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
· Successfully arbitrating a domain name dispute before the World Intellectual Property Organization for a nationally recognized university.
Activities
Ms. Reese is a co-editor of Venable's premier Intellectual Property News publication, IP Buzz. She is also an active member of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law, Private Advertising Litigation Committee.
Ms. Reese enjoys serving clients pro bono as part of Venable's pro bono program. She has successfully defended a pro bono client against a non-payment of rent suit and has successfully assisted a number of pro bono clients before the Social Security Administration's Office of Disability Adjudication and Review.
Memberships
American Bar Association
Virginia Bar Association
Intellectual Property Owners Association
News
February 7, 2012, Janet Satterthwaite to speak in Brussels, Belgium, on social media best practices
August 29, 2011, Venable's participation in Habitat for Humanity's Build Day featured in Washington Lawyer
January 21, 2011, Venable team files complaint on behalf of Sony Ericsson for logo trademark infringement
Publications
March 2012, IP Buzz - March 2012
Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Clifton E. McCann, Elissa Brockbank Reese, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Christopher S. Crook, Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Lars H. Genieser, Ph.D., Michael A. Gollin, Fabian M. Koenigbauer, Meaghan Hemmings Kent
IP Buzz
February 17, 2012, IP Buzz - February 2012
Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Elissa Brockbank Reese
IP Buzz
January 2012, IP Buzz - January 2012
Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Elissa Brockbank Reese, Janet F. Satterthwaite, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Peter Curtin, Lars H. Genieser, Ph.D., James E. Nelson, Keith G. Haddaway, Ph.D., Marcella Ballard, Justin E. Pierce, Roger A. Colaizzi
IP Buzz
November 2011, IP Buzz - November 2011
Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Elissa Brockbank Reese
IP Buzz
October 2011, IP Buzz - October 2011
Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Elissa Brockbank Reese
IP Buzz
October 14, 2011, Combating Grey Market Goods
Justin E. Pierce, Elissa Brockbank Reese
September 2011, IP Buzz - September 2011
Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Elissa Brockbank Reese
IP Buzz
September 7, 2011, Dressing for Success: Congress's Latest Fashion Bill
Elissa Brockbank Reese
IP Buzz
August 4, 2011, Advertising News & Analysis - August 4, 2011
Gary D. Hailey, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Roger A. Colaizzi, Todd R. Farnsworth, Claudia A. Lewis-Eng, Elissa Brockbank Reese, Janet F. Satterthwaite
Advertising Alert
August 1, 2011, Fake Apple Stores Highlight Importance of Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies
Jeffrey D. Knowles, Roger A. Colaizzi, Elissa Brockbank Reese
DRMA Voice
November 2010, IP News & Comment - November 2010
Peter Curtin, Todd R. Farnsworth, Elissa Brockbank Reese
IP Buzz
November 2010, Design Patents: Don't Overlook Their Potential Value
Elissa Brockbank Reese
IP Frontline
October 2010, U.S. Trade Representative Seeks Public Comment For List of Markets Notorious for Counterfeiting
Roger A. Colaizzi, Lindsay B. Meyer, Joshua J. Kaufman, Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Carrie A. Kroll, Elissa Brockbank Reese, David D. Conway, Christopher S. Crook
Client Alerts
May 2010, IP News & Comment - May 2010
David D. Conway, Ryan M. Flandro, Christopher T. La Testa, Elissa Brockbank Reese
IP Buzz
April 22, 2010,
SEB v. Montgomery Ward Expands Liability for Induced Patent Infringement
Elissa Brockbank Reese