Sarah has 19 years of experience practicing law in the field of Intellectual Property, both as an in-house attorney and as an attorney in private practice.  Beginning her career as a patent attorney, for the past 12 years Sarah has focused her practice on assisting clients in adopting, maintaining and enforcing brands.  She has extensive experience providing opinions on the usability and/or registrability of trademarks before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”).  Sarah also manages all phases of U.S. and international trademark portfolio management including searches, availability and registrability opinions, acquisitions, licensing, infringement opinions, and trademark prosecution.  

A significant part of Sarah’s practice involves the enforcement of trademark rights.  Sarah counsels clients about their rights and threats to their brand.  She conducts infringement analyses and protects against trademark infringements by sending cease and desist letters, negotiating settlements, and litigating opposition/cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “TTAB”).

Sarah’s knowledge and experience allows her to offer unique solutions to clients to better protect their brand by using a variety of tools including, but not limited to, trademark, trade dress, design patent and copyright protection.