Cynthia Walden is a Principal in the Boston office of Fish & Richardson, and the Trademark and Copyright Practice Group Leader. Her practice includes all aspects of trademark law, ranging from U.S and foreign prosecution, client counseling, domain name and Internet-related issues, trademark dilution, trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and trademark litigation. Ms. Walden's practice also includes copyright prosecution, client counseling, and copyright litigation. She has extensive experience with false-advertising and unfair competition matters, and with corporate due diligence.
Publications and Presentations
Speaker, "Trademark Enforcement in a Global Economy,” Corporate Counsel’s IP Trademark, Copyright & Licensing Forum, New York (September 2011).
Speaker, "Responding to Cutting Edge Trademark Concerns Arising from New Advertising Media," American Conference Institute’s Advanced IP Forum for Advertising Counsel (April 27, 2011).
Moderator, International Trademark Association Roundtable, "Handling Complex Prosecution Issues," Boston (April 2011).
Speaker, "IP, the New Commodity: Monetizing Your Copyrights and Trademarks," Corporate Counsel’s IP Trademark, Copyright & Licensing Forum, New York (September 2010).
Speaker, "Counterfeiting and the Grey Market," Fish & Richardson Web Seminar (June 23, 2010).
Speaker, "Domain Names – How to Protect Your .assets," 132nd INTA Annual Meeting (May 2010).
Speaker, "Trademark Searching - How to handle in the 21st Century," IP Law & Business IP Trademark and Copyright Counsel Forum (November 2009).
"Has Time Run out on Auction Sites?" Trademark World, with Philipp Plog of Field Fisher Waterhouse (DE) and Simon Chapman of Field Fisher Waterhouse (UK) (July 2008).
Moderator, "Fraud at the PTO: A Barrier to the U.S. Market?" 130th INTA Annual Meeting (May 2008).
"Trademark & Copyright: A New Era," GC New England, Roundtable Series (2007).
"Evidence in Alicante – Part II: Oppositions and Cancellations," INTA Trademark Forum in Berlin, Moderator, Germany (December 2005).
"Trademark Year In Review," Boston Bar Association (January 2005).
"Protection of Trademarks, Service Marks, Trade Names and Trade Dress," New England Corporate Counsel Association (NECCA) Seminar (December 2001).