News & Events
Articles
- “Wow! I love the bottle” – Trademark Protection For Your Packaging
- This Way to the Exit: Positioning Your Beauty Brand for Investment or Acquisition
- Much Ado About Someone: Positioning Celebrity Beauty Brands for Maximum Brand Protection
- What’s in a Name? The Ups and Downs of Eponymous Beauty Brands
- Kelly McCarthy Comments on Bloomberg IP News
- Kelly McCarthy comments in “Brand Specialists Reveal How They Weed Out Fake Views” for Managing IP
- Kelly MCarthy explains “Why Continued Community Engagement Is Critical Alongside Pepsico’s Removal Of Aunt Jemima Brand” for the World Trademark Review
- Kelly McCarthy comments in “What did Yosemite get for the $12 million paid to its former concessionaire?” for the San Francisco Chronicle
- Kathryn McCall and Kelly McCarthy on “Counterfeiting in Cannabis: How to Protect Your Brand” for the Cannabis Business Times
- Kelly McCarthy advises consumers in “What’s That on Your Face? Your Makeup May Not Really Be What You Think It Is” for Bob Cut Magazine
- Kelly McCarthy comments for WWD in “Christie Brinkley Vows to Track Down, Halt Scammers”
- Kelly McCarthy comments in NewBeauty’s “Government Report Finds Amazon and Walmart Are Selling Counterfeit Products”
- Kelly McCarthy comments on “How Yosemite Lost Its Historic Names – And May Win Them Back” for the San Francisco Chronicle
- Kelly McCarthy comments in the Westlaw Journal Computer Internets Olympics Organizers Say Cybersquatter is Blocking Website for 2020 Games
- “Who Owns Yosemite? Concessionaire Claims Trademark on Famed Sites”
- Kelly McCarthy writes “Brand Protection in the Web Marketplace: A Task for Mere Mortals?” for InsideCounsel
- Kelly McCarthy provides commentary for The LA Times article, “With No Trademark, Sriracha Name is Showing Up Everywhere”
- Kelly McCarthy comments on “Big fish and Whacked Moles:How to Fight Anonymous Counterfeiters Who Are Tarnishing Your Brand” for InsideCounsel
- Kelly McCarthy writes “Online Wild West for Fakes Can Be Regulated” for Intellectual Property Magazine
- Kelly McCarthy writes “Don’t Ya Just Love E-Commerce? Effective Web Monitoring Programs for Anti-counterfeiting” for InsideCounsel
- Kelly McCarthy writes “Positioning Trademark Portfolios and Supply Chains to Combat Counterfeits” for InsideCounsel
- Kelly McCarthy writes “Strategic Budgeting for Anti-Counterfeiting Programs” for InsideCounsel
- Kelly McCarthy writes “Trademark Saga for King’s Candy Crush Game” for the San Francisco Daily Journal
- Kelly McCarthy co-authors “Co-branding: A Sweet Business Strategy?” for the Westlaw Journal – Computer & Internet
- Kelly McCarthy comments on recent Trader Joe’s lawsuit for Forbes
- Kelly McCarthy writes “Domain Names: Protecting Your Turf” for The Street
- Kelly McCarthy advises “How to Avoid the Pinterest Bandit” for Upstart Business Journal
- Kelly McCarthy on cybersquatting in The Westlaw Journal – Computer & Internet
- Kelly McCarthy comments on “Online Counterfeiting” in BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily™
- Kelly McCarthy co-authors “Protecting Your Budget While Protecting Your Brand” for Executive Counsel magazine
- Kelly McCarthy quoted in “How to Spot a Counterfeit Product” on Mainstreet.com
Legal Updates
- Sunrise, Sunset: Sunrise Periods Open for new gTLDs
- Open For Business: Trademark Clearinghouse Opening March 26th
- The Changing Online Landscape: the Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in 2013
Press Releases
- Sideman & Bancroft Sponsors INTA’s Study on Gender Diversity in the Intellectual Property Profession
- Kelly McCarthy Published in Wolters Kluwer
- Sideman & Bancroft and Attorneys Ranked in IP STARS
- Sideman & Bancroft Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers® Award Recipients & Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
- Managing IP Names Three Sideman Partners as Trademark Stars
- Managing IP Names Sideman & Bancroft a Recommended Firm for Trade Mark Law
- World Trademark Review Recognizes Sideman & Bancroft
- Nine Sideman & Bancroft Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
- Managing Intellectual Property Once Again Recognizes Sideman & Bancroft, Partner Kelly McCarthy as “IP Stars” in 2021 Rankings
- World Trademark Review Recognizes Sideman & Bancroft, Five Partners in the 2021 WTR 1000
- Managing Intellectual Property Recognizes Sideman & Bancroft, Partner Kelly McCarthy as “IP Stars” in 2020 Rankings
- Sideman & Bancroft Recognized Among Leading Trademark Firms in the 2020 World Trademark Review 1000
- World Trademark Review Names Sideman & Bancroft’s Ian Boyd, Beatrice Martinet and Kelly McCarthy in 2019 WTR 1000
- World Trademark Review Recognizes Sideman & Bancroft’s Kelly McCarthy and Ian Boyd in 2018 WTR 1000
- Sideman & Bancroft Recognized by Peers in Four Leading Legal Publications
Speaking Engagements
- Speaking Engagement: Alisa Won and Kelly McCarthy at Credo for Change
- Kelly McCarthy Moderates Panel at Consero’s Global IP Management Forum
- Kelly McCarthy and Lyndsey Heaton on “Diversity and inclusion in IP” panel for Managing IP’s International Women’s Leadership Forum
- Kelly McCarthy and Erica Brand Portnoy present “Brand Protection and Counterfeiting: So Many Bad Guys, So Little Time” for the 2019 Legal & Regulatory Conference of the Personal Care Products Council
- Kelly McCarthy and Erica Portnoy discuss counterfeit and gray marketing issues in “Welcome to the Jungle” at the 2018 Legal & Regulatory Conference of the Personal Care Products Council
- Kelly McCarthy and Jill Feinberg discuss “You Wanna Call It What?? Effective Clearance Strategies for Product, Shade and Fragrance Names in the Personal Care Industry” at the Personal Care Products Council’s May Conference
- Polly Dinkel and Kelly McCarthy present “Can You Say That? Comparative Advertising and Trademark Usage in the Personal Care Industry” for The Personal Care Products Council
- Kelly McCarthy and Rick Nelson present “The Two Towers Of Evil: Fighting Gray Market And Counterfeiting In The Personal Care Industry” at The Personal Care Products Council’s 2016 Legal and Regulatory Conference
- Kelly McCarthy joins panel discussion for INTA webcast, “The XX Factor: Women and Trademark Law”
- Kelly McCarthy discusses “Developing an Effective Anti-Counterfeiting Program” in a webinar for the Commercial Law WebAdvisor
- Kelly McCarthy and Beatrice Martinet speak at the “IP Issues in the Food and Beverage Industries” conference in Napa
- Kelly McCarthy speaks on “Social Media and the Law” at the West Coast General Counsel Conference
- Kelly McCarthy speaks on “Social Media and the Law” at the Bar Association of San Francisco
- Polly Dinkel, Kelly McCarthy and Alisa Won speak at the ACC event “Essentials for Start-Ups: A Legal Toolkit for In-House Counsel”
- Kelly McCarthy speaks on “Online Counterfeiting” at the General Counsel Conference West Coast
- Kelly McCarthy speaks at the NAMWOLF Regional Meeting on “The Ethics of the Internet and Social Media for In-House and Outside Counsel”
- Kelly McCarthy presents a webinar on “Social Media in California” via the Employer Resource Institute
- Kelly McCarthy speaks on “Brand Portfolio Development, Enforcement Strategies and Related Acquisitions in the Digital Marketplace” at the San Francisco Intellectual Property Association
- Kelly McCarthy speaks at the INTA World Trademark Workshop in Brussels
- Kelly McCarthy presents “Social Media and the Law” at The Recorder’s Roundtable
