Sales Maintenance

ALEX LAZOUSKI

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Belleville, Michigan 48111

EXPERIENCE

RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Trademark Attorney, 2009 - present

Trademark Paralegal, 2008-2009

. Trademark clearance: Analyzed proposed trademarks, conducted initial

searches through in-house sources (Corsearch, Saegis, online

investigations)

. New Applications: Prepared and filed U.S. trademark applications.

Worked with foreign counsel to file and prosecute Community Trade

Mark, Madrid Protocol and individual foreign trademark applications.

. Prosecution: Drafted responses to U.S. and foreign Office Actions

. Enforcement of trademark rights: Drafted Notices of Opposition and

Petitions for Cancellation, legal research of relevant data and case

law for U.S. and foreign opposition and cancellation proceedings,

drafted demand letters, developed anti-counterfeiting U.S. and

foreign strategy, investigated trademark and copyright rights

infringement in U.S. and foreign e-commerce.

. Maintenance: Prepared affidavits of use, incontestability and renewal

BROOKS KUSHMAN PC, Southfield, Michigan, 2003 - 2008

Trademark Paralegal

Performed all aspects of foreign and domestic trademark prosecution,

clearance, investigation, enforcement and maintenance of a trademark

portfolio of one of the U.S. "Big Three" automakers (over 6 000

trademarks).

34TH DISTRICT COURT, Romulus, Michigan, June-October 2002

Law Clerk for Chief Judge Tina Brooks Green

. Recorded, organized and analyzed data regarding misdemeanors,

initiated complex research papers and projects for judges.

ECOALIANCE ENTERPRISE, Minsk, Belarus, June 2001-June 2002

Legal Assistant

. Drafted domestic and international sales contracts, participated in

pre-agreement negotiations, oversaw daily operations, including

contract negotiations, license renewals and drafting staff management

documents

EDUCATION

. LL.M, Corporate and Finance Law, 2006,

Wayne State University Law School

. Jurist Degree,

BIP - Institute of Law, Minsk, Belarus, 2008

Belarussian State Economic University Law School, 2003

LANGUAGES/OTHER SKILLS

. Fluent in English, Russian, Belarussian

. Participated in 2006 INTA Annual meeting and worked on foreign client

development

. Proficient with Corsearch, Saegis, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, Elite,

Pattsy, Dennemeyer, Anaqua, GroupWise

LICENSES

. Attorney-at-law license in Belarus, 2008

. State of New York Bar, 2009

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