Office Assistant
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Marina Bongiorno
Email: *********@********.***
Address: ** ******** ******* *****
City: Fairfield
State: CT
Zip: 06824
Country: USA
Phone: 518-***-****
Skill Level: Entry
Salary Range: $80,000
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Marina Bongiorno
92 Shoreham Village Dr., Fairfield, CT 06824 * 518-***-**** * *********@********.***
PROFILE
Solutions-focused attorney with experience in trademark and copyright practice, including trademark clearance, prosecution and enforcement of IP rights. Admitted in New York (a DC bar waiver application pending). Bilingual in English and Russian.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT November 2011 present
Trademark Consultant Attorney
Handle sophisticated trademark and copyright matters for GE Corporate and GE business units worldwide operating in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, energy, oil and gas, aviation, transportation, and financial services
Advise internal clients on proposed trademarks; conduct, review and evaluate trademark searches and draft search opinion letters
Draft responses to US office actions; assist outside counsel with preparing arguments in response to foreign office actions
Handle US and foreign trademark enforcement matters involving a variety of trademark issues, including use of marks in domain names, social media, and web content; use of GE trademarks by unauthorized distributors, former employees and other third-parties
Work with outside counsel on domestic and international opposition and cancellation proceedings
Draft trademark co-existence agreements and consent letters; review and assist with drafting other contract provisions relating to IP
Conduct legal research on trademark, copyright and advertising law issues; write office memos
Write and present trademark reports advising internal clients on proper trademark usage, filing strategies and protection of marks
Prepare trainings on trademark and copyright law for marketing personnel and attorneys in other functions
Evaluate and draft responses to copyright permission requests
Drafted a trademark policy, a copyright policy and a social media policy for a pro bono client; work on other pro bono projects
Calvin Klein, Inc., New York, NY August - December 2010
Legal Intern
Assisted in trademark enforcement and anti-counterfeiting matters worldwide; conducted trademark clearance
Investigated and provided analysis of unauthorized third-party use of Calvin Klein marks and its copyrighted materials
Drafted cease and desist letters, trademark complaints, and UDRP complaints; assisted outside counsel in trademark litigation
Reviewed and assisted with drafting trademark licensing agreements
Updated a product authentication training manual for use by customs officials
MFY Legal Services, Inc., New York, NY Summer 2010
Summer Intern
Conducted legal research and wrote memoranda on family law and immigration issues
Drafted a section on post-adoption contact agreements to be included in the MFY Trial Manual
Intellectual Property and Transaction Clinic, Concord, NH January - May 2010
Student Attorney
Counseled clients on various trademark and copyright issues
Conducted trademark searches, drafted memos regarding trademark availability and filed trademark applications
Drafted responses to office actions on issues such as likelihood of confusion, functionality, distinctiveness of trade dress
Successfully conducted phone negotiations with an examining attorney regarding registration of a trade dress mark
Law Offices of Albert Gurevich, New York, NY Summer 2009
Summer Intern
Drafted pleadings and separation agreements in divorce cases; prepared discovery; conducted legal research
EDUCATION
University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center), Juris Doctor, 2011, cum laude
Top 15% of the class (GPA 3.52/4.00)
Activities: Teaching Assistant, Copyright Law; Tutor, Fundamentals of Intellectual Property, Evidence, Constitutional Law
Co-President, Women Law Student Association, 2009-2010
State University of New York at Albany, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 2008
GPA 4.00/4.00
SPECIALIZED TRADEMARK SKILLS PUBLICATIONS
Co-author, Trademark Enforcement Strategies, conference paper, presented and distributed at the 2011 AIPLA Annual Meeting
Trained in CPi and Web TMS Trademark Management Systems
Skilled in conducting trademark searches in public and commercial trademark databases
Completed a two-day course on International Trademark Law and Practice during the 2012 INTA Meeting
Professional Affiliations: NYIPLA, Trademark Law and Practice Committee; NYSBA, Trademark Committee; International Trademark Association
Solutions-focused attorney with experience in trademark and copyright practice, including trademark clearance, prosecution and en
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