Laura C. Miller

Laura C. Miller

Laura Miller focuses her practice on trademark litigation, trademark prosecution, trademark counseling, copyright litigation, and unfair competition. She has experience with trademark proceedings before the United States Trademark Office Trial and Appeal Board and with trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition and false advertising cases in the federal courts. In addition, Ms. Miller has litigated domain name disputes before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.

Selected Experience

· Counsel for leading manufacturer of women's pantyhose in proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

· Represents clients, including leading pharmaceutical, apparel and food services companies, in connection with opposition and cancellation proceedings before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

· Successfully litigated trademark infringement actions, on behalf of franchisors, against holdover ex-franchisees, including obtaining preliminary injunctions, awards of attorneys' fees, and adjudications of contempt against infringers.

· Represented furniture manufacturer in successful copyright infringement and reverse passing off action and obtainined an injunction against further distribution of competitor's "knock-off" furniture. Universal Furniture Int'l, Inc. v. Collezione Europa U.S.A., Inc., 84 U.S.P.Q .2d 1956, 2007 WL 2712926 (M.D.N.C. 2007)

· Serves as counsel for leading motorcycle manufacturer in enforcing rights in its mark for its motorcycle owners club, both in the federal district and appellate courts and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. H-D Mich., Inc. v. Top Quality Serv., Inc. 496 F.3d 755 (7th Cir. 2007)

· Represents trademark owners in domain dispute actions arising under the Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act and under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.

· Regularly counsels clients regarding trademark selection, registration, licensing and enforcement.

· Counsels clients regarding international trademark portfolio management.

Background

· North Carolina Bar Association IP Law Section Pro Bono Award, 2006.

· Notes and Comments Editor for the Wake Forest Law Review, 2004-2005.

· Member, Order of the Coif.

· Recipient of the John Thomas Byrum Scholarship at Wake Forest University.

· Member of the Intellectual Property Sections of the North Carolina and American Bar Associations.

· Member, Copyright Society of USA.

· Published works include "The Option That Is Not an Option: The Invalidity of the Partial Discharge Option for the Student Loan Debtor," 39 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1053, Winter 2004. "Proving Trademark Dilution," Campbell Law Observer, September 2003 (by Laura Miller, J. Michael Boggs, and J. Jason Link).

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