Lindsey Utrata advises clients across many consumer-facing industries, from personal care and food products, to fashion and luxury goods, as well as entertainment, hospitality, technology, and life sciences companies, on complex issues involving their global trademark portfolios, including brand management and brand enforcement.
She routinely counsels on:
- Clearance opinions
- Intellectual Property transactions, including as to assignments, mergers and acquisitions, and reorganizations
- Online anti-counterfeiting and enforcement strategies
- Opposition and cancellation actions
- Settlement and coexistence agreements
- Trademark licensing
- Trademark registration programs
Ms. Utrata is also actively involved with industry organizations, including serving on the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) Commercialization of Brands Committee (2020-Present), as well as the New York Intellectual Property Law Association’s (NYIPLA) Trademark Law & Practice Committee (2021-Present, Co-Chair 2023-Present), and was previously a member of the New York City Bar Association’s (NYCBA) Trademarks & Unfair Competition Committee (2016-2019).
Ms. Utrata previously worked in the trademark department and brand protection unit of Colgate-Palmolive Company, where she assisted with the management of the company’s global trademark portfolio and supported various anti-counterfeiting efforts.