Cathy J. Futrowsky
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202-682-0707 (Office) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Areas of Practice: Business Services Intellectual Property Hospitality and Leisure Technology Protection Law Bar Admissions and Professional Affiliations: Massachusetts Florida District of Columbia United States Patent and Trademark Office International Trademark Association American Bar Association - Intellectual Property Law Section Trademark Division (Chair, 2000-2001); - Publications and Public Education Division (Chair, 1999-2000) - Unfair Competition -Trade Identify Committee (Chair, 1997-99) - Economics of the Profession Committee (Chair, 1995-97) - Taxation Committee (Chair, 1994-95) -Young Lawyers Committee (Chair, 1992-94) Patent Law Association of South Florida, 1994 – 1997 (Vice President, 1996-97; Secretary, 1995-96; Treasurer, 1994-95) Women in Technology Education: Washington University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1992 Cornell University, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, 1984, Dean’s List |
Ms. Futrowsky represents clients in all aspects of intellectual property and technology protection law, including identification, procurement, transfer and protection of inventions, brands and original works of authorship by means of patents, trademarks, trade dress protection, trade secrets, copyrights and domain names. She also conducts IP due diligence for corporate transactions. As a registered patent attorney, Ms. Futrowsky has prosecuted patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She is experienced in litigating patent and trademark matters before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, respectively. She has also litigated patent, trademark and copyright cases in the federal and state courts. Lectures “Trademark and Copyright Issues for Artists and Arts Managers,” George Mason University Arts Management Masters Program, Board of Directors Class, Fairfax, Virginia, November 2009 “Patents and Trade Secrets for Emerging Companies”, DC Bar IP Primer presentation to corporate counsel, Washington, D.C., May 2006 “Intellectual Property Issues for Small Business Owners,” Netwalkers Group of Washington, D.C. Area, Silver Spring, Maryland, December 2004 “Intellectual Asset Management – Protect What You Produce,” Women In Technology Lunch Bunch Series, McLean, Virginia, April 2004 “Intellectual Property Due Diligence,” Coudert Brothers LLP seminar for Zurich Federal Institute of Technology doctoral students, Washington, D.C., June 2003 “Protecting Your Intellectual Property in Today’s Global Economy,” Women in Technology Lunch Bunch Series, Herndon, Virginia, April 2003 “U.S. Patent Law – Utility, Novelty and Obviousness,” Instructor, Coudert Brothers LLP Patent Tutorial for Japanese business executives, scientists and patent attorneys, Washington, D.C., Spring 2003 U.S. Intellectual Property Law, trademark portion of lecture to attendees, Russian pharmaceutical company executives and scientists, U.S. Department of Commerce Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) program, Washington, D.C., February 2003 Intellectual Property Basics, Coudert Brothers LLP internal seminar for summer associates, Washington, D.C., Summer 2001 “Don’t Cross the Border without Your Intellectual Property Lawyer,” seminar for in-house Dow Chemical Company attorneys, Midland, Michigan, July 1998 Recent Developments in Patent Ownership and Inventorship Issues, presentation and paper, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law Summer Conference, San Francisco, California, June 1998 Intellectual Property Basics Seminar in conjunction with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Summer 1995 Publications “Coordinating Patent and Trade Dress Protection to Maximize Product Value,” Coudert Brothers LLP Intellectual Property Newsletter, May 2001 (co-author) “What’s in a Name?” Trademark article for National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO) Newsletter, July 1998 (co-author) “The European Community After 1992-Will There Be a Cure for Euroscleurosis?,” St. Louis Bar Journal, Fall 1990 (co-author) |
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