Michelle D. Kahn

Michelle D. Kahn is a partner in the Intellectual Property, Corporate and Business Trial Practice Groups of the firm's San Francisco office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Kahn specializes in all aspects of trademark and copyright law.  She is the Division Leader of the firm's Trademark and Copyright practice groups.  Her practice includes clearance and counseling on the adoption of trademarks domestically and worldwide, prosecution of trademark applications in the United States and internationally, domestic and international enforcement of trademarks, trademark and copyright litigation, trademark licensing, and copyright counseling. 

Ms. Kahn has extensive experience in the federal courts, in contested proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and in matters pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  She has longstanding experience in the resolution of Internet related disputes and in the supervision and management of large trademark portfolios, including those of Intel Corporation, Varian Associates, Inc., and Bare Escentuals, Inc.

Education

• J.D., University of San Francisco, 1986, summa cum laude
• B.A., University of California, San Diego, 1982, summa cum laude

Memberships

• Member, California State Bar Association
• Member, International Trademark Association ("INTA)
• Member, Copyright Society ("CS")
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association ("AIPLA")
• Member, Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections, American Bar Association
• Member, Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections, California Bar Association
• Member, Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections, San Francisco Bar Association