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Education

J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1978, Order of Barristers, National Moot Court
B.A., French Language and Literature, cum laude, Indiana University, 1974, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

Arizona, 2005
Ohio, 1978

Anne Aikman-Scalese

Of Counsel

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Tucson

One S. Church Avenue
Suite 700
Tucson, Arizona 85701

Phone 520.629.4428

Fax 520.879.4725

About Anne Aikman-Scalese

Ms. Aikman-Scalese is of counsel in the firm's Intellectual Property practice group. Her practice focuses on a wide variety of business and commercial contracts with a special emphasis on intellectual property matters, including branding, trademark registration and enforcement, copyright, and licensing. Ms. Aikman-Scalese has also negotiated a number of media-related financing, production, and distribution agreements.

Prior to joining the firm Ms. Aikman-Scalese was with Waterfall, Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana, P.C.

Representative Cases/Matters

Worldwide trademark clearance, prosecution, and portfolio management for a Fortune 150 manufacturer and a major mass market supplier of consumer goods for the children's market.
Management of a global defense industry trademark dispute involving supervision and coordination of counsel in over 20 countries.
Trademark clearance, prosecution, and enforcement for the Athletics Department of a state university.
Negotiation of Trademark Consent and Co-existence Agreements to permit registration of potentially conflicting marks on behalf of numerous clients, large and small.
Intellectual Property Counsel to a federally recognized Indian Tribe.
Negotiation of worldwide ancillary rights distribution agreement on behalf of film and television production company.
Negotiation of a licensing and royalty agreement with a major luggage manufacturer on behalf of the inventors.
Recapture of unauthorized printed materials on behalf of a World War II museum.
Enforcement of trade dress against a major cosmetics manufacturer to prevent passing off as client’s product.
Representation in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings for all clients as needed.

Memberships and Affiliations

Intellectual Property Constituency, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Member
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Standing Committee on Improvements, Primary Delegate from the Intellectual Property Constituency
International Trademark Association, Member, Internet Committee, gTLD Subcommittee
Pima County Bar Association, Member
Advisory Board for the Center for Intellectual Property Research at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Member
Arizona Bar e-Commerce Committee, Executive Council Member

Publications

Author, "New gTLDs - ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse Goes Live," Lewis and Roca Client Alert, March 2013
Author, "Trademark Owners Have Limited Opportunity to Object to New Top Level Domains," Lewis and Roca Client Alert, July 2012
Author, "Preparing Trademark Clients for the New Unlimited Top Level Domains," Thomson Reuters Trademark News, September 2011

Speaking Engagements

Moderator, "The Road to Trademark Recovery: Enforcing Trademarks in the new gTLD Program," International Trademark Association Table Topic
Guest Speaker, "Brand Recognition and Enforcement in the New Unlimited Top Level Domain Environment," University of Arizona Rogers College of Law, September 2012
Moderator, "To Register or Not To Register, That is the Question: Getting Ready for ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse," International Trademark Association Table Topic
Speaker, "The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks," World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Seminar
Co-Presenter, "How Do the New Top Level Domain Names Impact Your Business and Brand?," Lewis and Roca Webinar
Speaker, "IP Issues in Web-based Business Start-Up," Arizona State Bar Annual Meeting
Speaker, “Advanced Licensing,” PLI Seminar
Moderator, "What's Not So Generic About the New Generic Top Level Domains?," International Trademark Association Table Topic
Speaker and Co-Chair,“Trademark Aspects of Pharmaceutical and BioTech,” PLI seminar (Replays of this seminar are available at the PLI website.)
Speaker,"Federal Trademark Basics," Pima County Bar Association

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, Arizona