Meaghan Hemmings Kent

Meaghan Kent is an intellectual property litigator and trial attorney. She focuses her practice on intellectual property counseling and litigation, including copyright, trademark, false advertising, trade secret, patent, right of publicity and domain name matters. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a Registered Patent Attorney. Her experience covers diverse industries including: traditional and online media; software and electronics; photography and artwork; consumer products and toys; music; medical devices and pharmaceuticals; and construction and architecture. She has litigated through trial before federal and state courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the National Arbitration Forum.

Ms. Kent has particular experience in resolving online disputes, including cyberpiracy and domain name matters (ACPA and UDRP); keyword advertising disputes; Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) take-downs and counter-notifications; and publicity, copyright, trademark, and counterfeit matters with social networking sites and other online venues, including countering social media infringement campaigns. She has successfully litigated numerous domain name disputes before federal courts and arbitrators such as WIPO and NAF. She is a member of Venable's Domain Name and Cyberpiracy Team which advises clients on Internet domain name disputes and worldwide domain name registration and policing strategies.

Ms. Kent's practice includes intellectual property counseling and transactional work, including licensing, assignments, author agreements, media transactions, developing intellectual property portfolios, brand management strategy, and conducting intellectual property audits. Her experience includes copyright and trademark acquisition.

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Areas of Practice 1) Intellectual Property, 2) Intellectual Property Litigation, 3) Copyrights and Licensing, 4) Domain Names and Cyber Protection, 5) Patent Litigation, 6) AIA Inter Partes Litigation, 7) Trademarks and Brand Protection, 8) Trademark Litigation and 9) Brand Protection
Law School UC Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2005)
Education University of California at Los Angeles, (B.S., 2002)
Bar Member / Association District of Columbia Bar Association, Florida State Bar Association
Most recent firm Venable LLP
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