What’s New in the Trademark Law Landscape: Regulatory Trends and Challenges Explored

Steve is the founding partner of Coates IP, an intellectual property boutique where he specializes primarily in trademarks, domain names and copyright.  He is active in Internet governance policy, currently as a member of the Intellectual Property Constituency of ICANN, and previously as a member of the Business Constituency, and the ICANN Nominating Committee.  Steve currently sits on the advisory board of the NYU Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy.   He is also very active at the International Trademark Association, where he has been a committee member since 2007, and led a domain name subcommittee on new gTLDs.  Prior to Coates IP, Steve was Senior Counsel at Amazon.com where he managed the trademark practice for Amazon’s digital devices and services, as well as its domain name portfolio team.  Steve was the first intellectual property counsel at Twitter, where he managed the trademark, marketing and domain name practices, among other things.  He was also an Associate at the New York City office of Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP.

Contributing over 15 years of experience, Maureen leads global brand protection for Rivian Automotive, LLC. Recent prior in-house roles included building IP protection programs for several fin-tech companies, which responsibilities included designing and implementing strategies for global brand protection, monitoring and enforcement, and executing a multi-company rebrand, as well as building the patent and trade secret protection programs. Maureen has also launched startups ranging from an e-commerce platform to an Internet service provider. As outside counsel, Maureen managed brand protection initiatives and IP litigation for a variety of clients, including in the automotive sector. In her roles, Maureen received recognition for her contributions and execution, ease of knowledge-sharing, her focus on positive team building, integrity, and her ability to manage the dynamics of a rapidly changing environment with a focus on crafting solutions.