Allison Rapp

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About Allison Rapp

Intellectual property attorney with litigation, transactional, rights-acquisition, and rights-management experience.>Represent clients in federal court and before agencies of the federal government in litigation involving the infringement of copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, and publicity rights; in false advertising and domain name disputes; in opposition, cancellation, and appellate proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and in appellate and rulemaking proceedings before the United States Copyright Office.>Advise clients on all aspects of copyright, trademark, internet, and publicity law, including the identification and protection of authorship; strategic branding; trademark portfolio development; trademark due diligence; cybersquatting and domain name misuse; and the protection of trade dress, trade secrets, business ideas, and commercial aspects of personal identity.>Extensive experience in transactional and rights-management contexts. Have negotiated numerous licenses, coexistence agreements, settlement agreements, and contracts for the acquisition or exploitation of intellectual property. Manage the prosecution of trademark applications in the U.S. and abroad. Specialties: Have particular expertise regarding the interplay between intellectual property and the First Amendment and in the identification and protection of non-traditional intellectual properties.