DARIENNE GREY

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SUMMARY

Attorney with transactional entertainment, copyright, trademark, and advertising law experience. Pursuing Certified Information

Privacy Professional/United States private sector certification. Admitted to New York State Bar.

LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Special Counsel, New York, NY June 2017 - present

Contract Attorney

Conducting review related to standard essential patent licensing and antitrust litigation involving technology companies

and federal regulatory agencies

Collen Intellectual Property Law, P.C., Westchester, NY November 2015 - February 2017

Contract Attorney (past Attorney Extern)

Transactional Experience

Drafted non-disclosure agreements, content distribution agreements, employment contracts, profit sharing agreements,

and cease and desist letters

Researched public performance licensing stipulations for musical works

Reviewed website terms of service provisions

Litigation Experience

Drafted complaints, answers, requests for admissions, interrogatories, requests for documents and things, motions for

sanctions, motions for judgment on the pleadings, motions for leave to amend, oppositions to motions to strike, objections

to excessive number of interrogatories, oppositions to motions for reconsideration, deficiency letters, notice of

depositions, and other pleadings in federal court trademark litigation cases, TTAB opposition and cancellation

proceedings

Researched trademark, copyright, trade secret, advertising, right of publicity, defamation, trade dress, design patent, and

unfair competition law

Familiar with trademark registration issues in the TMEP and Trademark Board procedural issues of the TBMP

Researched ACPA and UDRP for unauthorized trademark use in resellers domain name claims

Researched USTA for internal operating information misappropriation claims

Prosecution Experience

Drafted substantive responses to USPTO office actions and client comment letters

Trademark counseling

Reviewed clearance reports

Recorded USPTO trademark and copyright registrations with United States Customs and Border Protection

Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts, New York, NY January 2015 - Present

MediateArt Mediator

Completed training to resolve conflicts using alternative dispute resolution methods with goal of preventing litigation

Take Two Interactive Software, Inc., New York, NY September 2008 - December 2008

Legal Intern

Analyzed and revised licensing, digital distribution, development, production, marketing, publishing, promotional, and

technology platform agreements

Drafted settlement and release agreements and contract amendments

Researched right of publicity and commercial misappropriation of likeness law

Developed contract management spreadsheet facilitating exploitation of copyright and trademark rights

Reviewed right of first negotiation and right of last refusal provisions

Orchard Enterprises, Inc., New York, NY September 2007 - April 2008

Legal Intern

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Researched legal and factual issues for copyright infringement claims

Analyzed corporate merger agreements including licensing, digital distribution, and asset purchase contracts

Attended and observed mediation hearings and court proceedings

Prepared SEC filings

Provided due diligence for music catalog asset valuation for an impending corporate merger

Reviewed recording, master use, side artist, publishing, mechanical licensing, and synchronization rights agreements

Better Business Bureaus National Advertising Division, New York, NY Summer 2007

Legal Intern

Co-wrote a published decision in National Advertising Division Case Report involving major national pharmaceutical

marketer.

Researched and analyzed FTC precedents and FDA monographs

Evaluated and analyzed product testing clinical studies, marketing/consumer perception surveys and advertisements

Attended hearings on unfair competition claims under FTC and FDA rules and regulations

Drafted research memoranda used on appeal

Ruder Finn, Inc., New York, NY 2005 - 2007

Administrative Assistant, Corporate & Public Interest Group

Coordinated industry awards submissions and conferences

New York City Mayors Office of Film, Theater, and Broadcasting, New York, NY 2004 - 2005

Production Intern

Evaluated filming permit applications and production insurance certificates

Assisted with entertainment industry marketing efforts

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Caregiver and Administrator, New York, NY 2013 - 2015

Primary caregiver for elderly parents. Coordinated and provided medical and home care. Consulted on legal matters including

estate planning and healthcare proxies. Managed hospitalizations.

Traveling, Europe 2010 - 2012

Traveled across Europe and taught English language literacy after school program and worked in hospitality industry in Germany

and Spain.

EDUCATION

Pace University School of Law, New Directions for Attorneys, New York, NY

Certificate awarded February 2016

Five-month career re-entry program that includes retraining in legal research and writing, classes in substantive legal areas (24

New York CLE credits), instruction in social media platforms and new technology and 12-week externship.

Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY

J.D., 2009; Concentration: Intellectual Property, Media, and Information Law

Activities: Intellectual Property Association; Entertainment Law Society; Art Law Association; Business and Finance

Society; ABA Law Student Division

Barnard College/Columbia University, New York, NY

A.B. Art History, Minor in Sociology, 2002

Honors: National Deans List

Awards: Honors Award for Academic Achievement; Marian Zandek Memorial Award

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