Driven to protect and enforce intellectual property rights, Anna Raimer works with clients to design and implement worldwide trademark protection programs, strengthen their IP portfolios, and resolve domestic and international trademark disputes.
Anna has significant experience managing international brands for clients. She counsels clients regarding the development and protection of intellectual property assets in industries ranging from personal care products to automotive goods to sports and entertainment services to energy. Anna oversees all aspects of trademark clearance, prosecution, and maintenance, and she advises on trademark and copyright issues in license agreements and commercial transactions.
Anna assists clients in policing, enforcing, and defending their intellectual property rights worldwide. She represents clients in enforcement actions in courts throughout the United States in cases involving trademark and trade dress infringement, copyright infringement, false advertising, unfair competition, and misappropriation of trade secrets, as well as opposition and cancellation actions before the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She also counsels clients on the use and enforcement of trademarks on the internet, and she represents clients in domain name disputes. Anna is an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, teaching Internet Law.
Anna is a member of the Standing International IP Task Force of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and a member of the International Trademark Association's INTA Bulletin Committee. She previously served on the board of directors for the Association of Women Attorneys Houston. Anna is a coauthor of O'Connor's Federal Intellectual Property Codes Plus, 2020-2021.
Expérience
Autres publications
- May 15, 2020
United States: Supreme Court Sinks the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act - October 2018
Blockchain Can Change Everything: Even Trademark Transactions, Published in Landslide, Vol. 11, No. 1
- April 19, 2018
Ethical Issues in Emerging Technologies: Wearable Technology, 3D Printing, and Autonomous Vehicles, Moderator, American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Conference - May 24, 2017
3D Printing and Trademark Rights: Issue or Opportunity?, Moderator, INTA Annual Meeting Table Topic - April 19, 2017
Entering Difficult Jurisdictions, Host, International Trademark Association Roundtable - July 16, 2015
Non-Traditional Trademarks, host, International Trademark Association Roundtable - May 15, 2015
Controversial Trademarks, Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association Spring 2015 CLE Seminar - March 29, 2015
Creating a Scandal: Immoral and Disparaging Trademarks, State Bar of Texas 28th Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Law Course - February 18, 2015
Managing Global Enforcement Matters, host, International Trademark Association Roundtable - January 27, 2015
Is the demise of IP at the hands of 3D Printing greatly exaggerated?, facilitator, ABA Intellectual Property Litigation Committee JAN/FEB 2015 Roundtable - September 18, 2014
The Redskins: Disparaging Trademark Rejections at the USPTO, ABA CLE, moderator - September 12, 2014
Understanding Intellectual Property: Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and More - January 22, 2014
gTLDs: Protecting Your Brand, host, International Trademark Association Roundtable - June 26, 2012
Trademark Law and Practice Updates Around the World, host, International Trademark Association Roundtable - January 2008
IP in the Virtual World, Jones Day MCLE University
- The University of Texas at Austin (J.D. with honors 2004); Newcomb College, Tulane University (B.A. cum laude 2000; Phi Beta Kappa)
- Texas, California, all district courts in California, U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, and U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Texas Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (2017)
Houstonia Magazine, "Top Lawyer" (2017-2018)