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Our People: Danielle I. Mattessich

   Danielle I. Mattessich,  Attorney

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Minneapolis Office
3200 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN
55402 USA

ph: 612.332.5300
fax: 612.332.9081

Education

Mount Holyoke College
M.A., B.A., Italian, magna cum laude, 1994

American University, Washington College of Law
J.D., 1997

Bar Admissions

Connecticut State Bar, 1998
District of Columbia Bar, 1999

Professional Affiliations

District of Columbia Bar Association
Intellectual Property Section, 1999-Present

Lectures and Committees

Working with Trademark Examining Attorneys: Two Insiders Tell All
Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Faculty, September 2006.

Pendency Task Force
USPTO, July 2004 - August 2005.

Intellectual Property Law and Pirating Music
Renbrook School, February 2004.

Descriptive Designs Under §2(e)(1) of the Trademark Act - A Case Review of In Re Nonu, Inc.,
USPTO, May 2001.

The Relationship Between Service Mark Specimens & The Recitation of Services
USPTO, January 2001.

Danielle is an intellectual property lawyer with a focus on trademark law. Danielle served as a Trademark Examining Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for over five years. During that time Danielle examined over 6000 trademark applications ranging from food products to computer software and Internet-based services. She represented the Trademark Office in several ex parte appeals before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Danielle has co-authored reports presented to the former Commissioner of Trademarks and has given lectures on examination procedures for the continuing legal education of examiners.