Charlene Krogh

Trademark and Copyright Management, Enforcement and Agreements

• Counsel clients with large and small portfolios on the adoption, selection, protection, and enforcement of trademark and copyright assets on a worldwide basis.
• Strategy and management of international trademark and copyright portfolios including work with local counsels around the world.
• Conduct trademark clearance searches.
• Counsel and assist market leading companies with registration of intellectual property assets with customs agencies in numerous countries and manage seizures by various customs and border control agencies worldwide.
• Develop and assist with strategy for enforcement of trademark rights worldwide, including demand letter campaigns, negotiation of settlements, consent and coexistence agreements, registration of trademarks with customs agencies throughout the world, assistance with seizure actions, and filing and prosecution of opposition and cancellation actions before the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
• Central Garden & Pet Company v. Doskocil Mfg Co., United States Trademark Opposition No. 91188816 (2013). Successful defense of trademark opposition and prosecution (including counterclaim) resulting in cancellation of adverse parties trademark registration. Case resulted in a published precedential decision of the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).
• Negotiate intellectual property licenses and purchase and sale agreements. 
• Conduct diligence for purchase, sale, and financing transactions and assist with negotiation of intellectual property terms of related transaction documents.
• Assist with post-transaction recordation of title changes and security interest agreement against intellectual property assets worldwide.
• Assist with recordation of license agreements against international trademark asset.
• Represented global provider of digital services and technology solutions for content creation and delivery to major motion-picture groups, television studios, digital content providers, and advertising agencies in acquisition of a global, cloud based localization platform and distributed services firm.
• Represented world’s largest luggage company in $1.9 billion financing secured by portfolio of over 6000 intellectual property assets, including post-closing recordings.
• Leading hospitality company in acquisition of global brands and brand operations of hospitality company priced at $23 million.
• Represented oil and gas technology companies in the sale of all intellectual property, including primarily software technology, of both Canadian and United States entities to private equity firm, in a transaction valued at $140 million.
• World’s largest travel luggage company in $85 million acquisition of leading designer of protective cases for personal electronic devices.
• Leading travel luggage company in multiple acquisitions of international luggage and travel products companies.
• Leading consumer products company in multimillion dollar financing secured by portfolio of more than 4000 patent and trademark assets, including recordation of security interests throughout the world.

Technology, Media, Entertainment, and Online Enforcement

• Assist with trademark and copyright protection and enforcement for assets of creators, artists, musicians, and entertainment and media companies, including major record labels and their artists.
• Prepare and negotiate licenses in the entertainment and media industries, including partnerships and collaborations between musicians and labels.
• Counsel clients on the use of generative AI products and technology and preparation of guidelines, policies, and governing documents related to the use of generative AI.
• Provide seminars and trainings on the use of generative AI.
• Counsel clients on the use of open source software and preparation of guidelines, policies, and governing documents related to the use of open source software.
• Provide seminars and trainings on the use of open source software.
• File and prosecute Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) complaints resulting in recovery of domain names for clients. 
• Strategy and management of numerous international actions resulting in recovery of country code top level domain names (ccTLD) from cybersquatters. 
• Assist clients in strategy and planning related to launch of new generic top level (gTLD) domain name system, including counseling on registration with Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH).
• Successful enforcement of client copyright rights through notice and take-down procedure under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and online service provider terms of service.