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Julie R. Fenstermaker

Partner
Cleveland
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216.363.4466
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Julie focuses her practice on trademark and copyright matters, including all aspects of domestic and international trademark prosecution and copyright registration.

Julie regularly counsels clients on the selection, clearance and adoption of trademarks, the preparation of copyright and trademark applications, the prosecution of those applications through to registration, and post-registration maintenance. Julie's practice likewise includes counseling clients regarding international protection of their trademark portfolios. Julie has also represented clients in proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

As part of a broad range of services offered to clients, Julie has experience drafting and negotiating various agreements to protect intellectual property rights including co-existence agreements, consent to register agreements, mechanical licenses, reproduction agreements, professional services agreements, confidentiality agreements and assignments as well as intellectual property policies for academic institutions.

Julie also has extensive litigation experience and has represented clients in federal and state courts in cases involving claims of trademark, trade dress, copyright, and patent infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, rights of publicity, unfair competition and breach of contract.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Wilderness Trail Distillery, a premium artisan bourbon distillery, in the sale of 70% of its membership interests to Campari, a Milan-based Italian Spirits group, for $600 million in enterprise value.
  • Intellectual Property
  • Copyrights and Creative Content
  • Patents
  • Trademarks
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Metaverse/Web 3.0, Blockchain & Smart Contracts
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Additive Manufacturing-3D Printing
  • Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 2000, J.D.
  • Bowling Green State University, 1997, B.A.
    • magna cum laude
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • Member, Ohio State Bar Association
  • Member, Federal Bar Association
  • Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Junior Advisory Board Member, West Side Ecumenical Ministry
  • Participant, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's 3R's Program
  • Participant, Habitat for Humanity
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