Management Office

Christopher A. Sidoti

***** ** ********** ******. **** Saint Lucie, FL 34987

Phone: 772-***-**** Email: ***********.******@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

GLAXOSMITHKLINE, Philadelphia, PA 1994-2007

Vice President & Trademark Counsel

• Management of international Trademark and Copyright trademark portfolio handling major

consumer healthcare trademarks, including worldwide clearance, prosecution, maintenance and

enforcement regarding famous brands such as: TUMS, AQUAFRESH.

• Developed and managed litigation and enforcement strategy. Management of administrative and

civil litigation in the U.S. and abroad.

• Responsible for anti-counterfeiting and internet domain name registration/issues.

• Drafting of licenses/agreements; management of trademark aspects of corporate

mergers/acquisitions

MATTHEWS, WOODBRIDGE & COLLINS, Princeton, NJ 1988-1994

Trademark, Copyright and Entertainment Attorney

• Involvement in all aspects of trademark law, including clearance of marks, responses to Trademark

Office Actions and inter parties proceeding and appeals

• Negotiation, drafting and counseling clients in trademark license agreements and corporate

transactions.

U.S. PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE, Washington, D.C. 1980-1988

Lead Trademark Attorney

• Supervised/Trained staff of Trademark Examining Attorneys.

• Worked with PTO Solicitor on Appeals (Handled: “MURPHY” bed and “BUNDT” cake generic

issue cases)

• Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks Office Special Detail-Development of first USPTO Service

Mark Classification Guide

BRISTOL-MYERS CORPORATION, New York, NY 1980

Trademark Attorney

• Responsible of all aspects of trademark portfolio management for consumer product brands.

U.S. PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE, Washington., D.C. 1977-1979

Trademark Examining Attorney

• Examined trademark applications for approval and registration

• Handled a wide variety of classes of goods/services

EDUCATION

SETON HALL LAW CENTER, Newark, New Jersey

Juris Doctor, 1977

RUTGERS COLLEGE

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

• Magna Cum Laude, 1974

• Phi Beta Kappa

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Member, State Bar of New Jersey

• Member, State Bar of New York

• Member, State Bar of Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

New Jersey Bar Association

• Founding Chair, Entertainment and Arts Law Section

New York Bar Association

American Bar Association

• Chair TM Office Affairs Committee. 1998-2000

Pennsylvania Bar Association

International Trademark Association 1995-1996

ABA Chair Trademark Office Committee 1995-1996

IPO, PTO Corp. Committee

PUBLICATIONS

“Protecting Entertainers’ Names as Service Marks,” N.J. Lawyer, 1990

“On Your Mark, Get Set… A Trademark Strategy Before You Go,”

Interviewed for Corporate Legal Times article, August, 1999

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