230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
Phone: (212) 850-6220
Email:
eatkins@lathropgage.com
Admitted to Bar in
New York 1987
Connecticut 1986
EDUCATION
Pace University, J.D., 1986
State University of New York College at Purchase with a degree in fine arts and a concentration in biology and genetics,
cum laude, 1982
EXPERIENCE
Ms. Atkins practices in the area of intellectual property law with an emphasis on international trademark matters,
administrative proceedings and trademark counselling. She has extensive experience in planning and handling worldwide
trademark portfolios for large multinational corporations, including related acquisitions, policing and clearance of marks
and domain name matters. Her arguments led to an amendment of the U.S. Lanham Act (see representative matters below). At
the time of implementation of the Madrid Protocol in the USA, she was a frequent lecturer on the Madrid System and published
an article for the Association of European Trade Mark Owners titled:
Tips for the European Practitioner as the U.S.
Enters the Madrid System.
From 2002-2003, Atkins was Chair of the Trademark Office Practices Committee of INTA, which includes the European Community
Trademark Office, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Madrid Protocol subcommittees. In this capacity she worked with
officials at the U.S. Trademark Office on rule changes for implementation of the Madrid Protocol. She was also a member of
the INTA Emerging Issues Council from 2004 - 2007. Atkins is currently the U.S. representative for the Trademark Offices
Law and Practice Team of the Marques organization, an association of European trademark owners and attorneys.
Representative matters:
• Argued International Trademark Association Board Resolution that led to amendment of the Lanham Act to include
functionality as a grounds for cancellation of incontestable trademarks.
• Represented a major pharmaceutical company in opposition case before the Trademark Office involving deposition of
medical staff as to likelihood of confusion between client's AIDS medication brand and other party's brand name drugs which
could, if substituted for client's drug, cause considerable harm to patients and lead to mutations of the AIDS virus.
• In a WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) proceeding, represented TDC A/S, the Danish telephone company,
in a STOP proceeding, obtaining a decision for the transfer of the domain name tdc.biz. A charge of reverse domain name
hijacking made by the registrant was also successfully defended.
• Strategic planning and management of international trademark portfolios of large, multinational clients and work
with foreign counsel on related litigation and administrative matters.
HONORS
• Named as One of the World's Leading Trademark Practitioners by
Managing Intellectual Property magazine.
ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
• Chair, Assignment and Licensing Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association (INTA), 2004-2005
• INTA Emerging Issues Council, 2004-2007
• Chair, Trademark Office Practices Committee of INTA, 2002-2003
• U.S. Representative for the Trademark Offices Law and Practice Team of the Marques Organization
