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Lindsay B. Allen

Lindsay is a trusted advisor to clients of all sizes for counsel relating to trademark adoption, protection, and enforcement, as well as counseling on copyright registration and enforcement.

A trusted counselor to clients ranging from startups to multinational corporations, Lindsay Allen has experience in a wide variety of industries, including entertainment, social media, fashion, emerging technology, software, hardware, finance, pharmaceutical, politics, and higher education. She has represented clients at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), U.S. Copyright Office, National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau (BBB), and in federal court. Prior to entering private practice, Lindsay worked at a small legislative branch federal government agency, where she advised on intellectual property matters.

Lindsay has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" in Washington, D.C. (2018 – 2022). An active member of leading intellectual property organizations, Lindsay currently serves on International Trademark Association's (INTA’s) Rights of Publicity Committee, and previously served as a trademark editor for Landslide Magazine, the ABA’s IP Law Section publication, as well as two terms on INTA’s Young Professionals Committee.

Maintaining an active pro bono practice, Lindsay primarily focuses on assisting Washington, D.C.’s homeless population with obtaining housing and disability benefits. She was recognized on the High Honor Roll for Pro Bono by the D.C. Bar (2018 – 2020). Lindsay currently serves as the co-chair of Perkins Coie’s Pro Bono Committee in the Washington, D.C., office. Under her leadership, the office was recognized by the D.C. Circuit Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services as having the highest percentage of lawyers in Washington, D.C., with 50 or more pro bono legal hours in 2018.

Education & Credentials

Education

  • American University Washington College of Law, J.D., Senior Recent Developments Editor, Administrative Law Review, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Editor, Intellectual Property Brief, 2011
  • Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, M.A., German and European Studies, 2008
  • Stanford University, B.A., History, minor in Italian, with distinction, 2005

Bar and Court Admissions

  • District of Columbia

Professional Recognition

  • Recognized in the World Trademark Review 1000—The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, 2024, Washington D.C., Prosecution and Strategy,

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Intellectual Property Law, 2024

  • Recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, 2018-2023

  • Named to the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Honor Roll, Honors in 2017, High Honors in 2018-2020

  • Washington D.C., Prosecution and Strategy

  • Recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, 2018 – 2023

Impact

Professional Leadership

  • INTA Right of Publicity Committee, Member 2022-present
  • ABA's IP Law Section Magazine, Landslide® Magazine, Trademark Column Editor, 2015-2019
  • INTA Young Practitioners Committee, Member, 2012-2015

Professional Experience

Trademark

U.S. & International Trademark Clearance

Counseled companies of all stages and sizes on clearance and risk assessment for company names, product names, slogans, logos, and trade dress, and provided strategies for protection of resulting names and designs in a diverse field of industries.

Global Trademark Portfolio Management

Managed global trademark portfolios for well-known and emerging brands. Worked closely with trusted counsel around the world, oversaw trademark filings, prosecution, and maintenance of large and small global portfolios in a wide array of countries and international organizations.

Enforcement Programs

Developed and implemented efficient enforcement programs that successfully tackled rampant malicious and fraudulent infringing content domestic and international enforcement programs, creating effective and practical enforcement strategies in the United States and abroad.

Copyright

U.S. & International Copyright Counseling

Counseled well-known and emerging companies on copyright filing and protection strategies in the United States and abroad for video and music content, software, books, and fashion design. Developed and implemented a large-scale copyright filing program for client's entertainment content.

U.S. Copyright Prosecution

Managed large portfolios containing hundreds of U.S. copyright applications and registrations. Successfully navigated the prosecution of many applications involving complex and cutting-edge copyright issues.

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