TAMPA, FL – March 25, 2015 – Debra Deardourff Faulk, shareholder in GrayRobinson's Tampa office, was featured in the article "With High Court TM Ruling, Big Changes in Store at TTAB" by Law360. The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling giving the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) more power when dealing with cases filed at the TTAB. Faulk commented that future litigants filing proceedings in the TTAB will need to be prepared for more extensive and costly litigation. Subscribers to Law360 can read the complete article here.
Debra is a Florida Bar Board Certified Intellectual Property attorney that practices in the areas of intellectual property, contests and sweepstakes, media, technology and telecommunications. Her intellectual property practice includes litigation matters, trademark and copyright registrations, technology related licensing and domain name registrations and disputes. She has taken multi-million dollar intellectual property cases through jury trial and federal appeals and regularly practices in front of the TTAB. Debra is widely experienced in federal and state trademark and copyright searching, monitoring, application prosecution, registration, maintenance, portfolio management, enforcement and defense of intellectual property.