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Areas of Practice:

• Patents
• Trademarks
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property Litigation

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.

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts
• Florida
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• 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 Identity Committee Chair, 1997 - 1999; Economics of the Profession Committee Chair, 1995 - 1997; Taxation Committee Chair, 1994 - 1995; Young Lawyers Committee Chair, 1992 - 1994
• Patent Law Association of South Florida, (Vice President, 1996-97; Secretary, 1995-96; Treasurer, 1994-95), 1994 - 1997
• Women in Technology

Published Works:

• "Coordinating Patent and Trade Dress Protection to Maximize Product Value", Coudert Brothers LLP, Intellectual Property Newsletter, (co-author), 2001
• "What's in a Name?", trademark article for National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO) newsletter, (co-author), 1998
• "The European Community After 1992-Will There Be a Cure for Euroscleurosis?", St. Louis Bar Journal, (co-author), 1990

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• "Patents and Trade Secrets for Emerging Companies", DC Bar IP Primer presentation to corporate counsel, Washington, D.C., 2006
• "Intellectual Property Issues for Small Business Owners", Netwalkers Group of Washington, D.C. Area, Silver Spring, Maryland, 2004
• "Intellectual Asset Management - Protect What You Produce", Women In Technology Lunch Bunch Series, McLean, Virginia, 2004
• Intellectual Property Due Diligence", Coudert Brothers LLP seminar for Zurich Federal Institute of Technology doctoral students, Washington, D.C., 2003
• "Protecting Your Intellectual Property in Today's Global Economy", Women in Technology Lunch Bunch Series, Herndon, Virginia, 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., 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., 2003
• Intellectual Property Basics, Coudert Brothers LLP internal seminar for summer associates, Washington, D.C., 2001
• "Don't Cross the Border without Your Intellectual Property Lawyer", seminar for approximately 20 in-house Dow Chemical Company attorneys, Midland, Michigan, 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, 1998
• Intellectual Property Basics Seminar in conjunction with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1995

Education:

• Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1992
  Juris Doctor
• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1984
  Bachelor of Science
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: Chemical Engineering