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278.11 sec. 001 - Trademark Practice (Spring 2026)
Instructor: Angela Lucille Dunning (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
Instructor: Judd Lauter (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 2
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
Tu 08:00 AM - 09:50 AM
Location: Law 107
From January 13, 2026
To April 21, 2026
Course End: April 21, 2026
Class Number: 33517
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 18
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 20
As of: 02/17 03:27 PM
This course provides students with an opportunity to experience trademark law practice. After reviewing the fundamentals of trademark law, students will work through a series of simulations of trademark practice activities and proceedings, including selecting trademarks and conducting due diligence, registering trademarks, responding to an office action from the United States Patent & Trademark Office, analyzing a complaint, assessing expert surveys, crafting arguments for dispositive motions, mediation, and oral argument. We will also offer a session describing developing trademark and copyright law in the context of the training and outputs of generative AI models.
Students will be evaluated based on their participation and performance on the in-class simulations and accompanying written work product. Attendance at all sessions is expected.
Angela Dunning is a litigation partner at Cleary Gottlieb where she litigates trademark, copyright, trade secrets, and unfair competition cases - as well as other complex commercial disputes - for the world’s top companies. She has tried numerous cases to a jury verdict and has substantial experience in the federal appellate courts, including successful arguments before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in precedential cases. Among these, Angela represented Google in Elliott v. Google, securing summary judgment and a unanimous affirmance that the GOOGLE trademark is not generic. She represented Blurb in the “monkey selfies” copyright suit, Naruto v. Slater, procuring affirmance of the lower court’s dismissal order on the ground that animals, as non-humans, lack standing under the Copyright Act. Angela also served as lead counsel for 23andMe in a trademark dispute with Ancestry.com over rights to the term “ancestry” and co-led a team that procured dismissal with prejudice of two different cases against Meta Platforms - one of which was recognized by Law360 as a top trademark decision of 2022.
Angela’s current practice focuses on IP issues arising from generative AI. She represents Midjourney, a leading AI image platform, in a first-of-its-kind class action suit asserting copyright infringement and trade dress claims; was recently recognized in American Lawyer's Litigators of the Week for her role in procuring a summary judgment ruling that Meta's use of copyrighted works to train its Llama models is fair use; and is advising numerous other companies on the development and use of generative AI tools. Angela is a thought leader on the intellectual property implications of generative AI, and is regularly asked to speak to a global audience, including at TedAI and the International Film Festival. She is recognized by Chambers and has repeatedly been named among the Top 100 Women Lawyers and Top 100 IP Lawyers in California by Daily Journal and a "Leading Woman Lawyer in Technology (IP)" by Law.com. Angela has previously taught trademark law classes as an adjunct at the University of California, Berkeley.
Judd Lauter is a Special Counsel in the San Francisco office of Cooley LLP. He has extensive experience managing all aspects of federal litigation and proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In addition to litigation and dispute work, Judd advises clients on copyright, trademark and advertising issues, and he actively manages global trademark and copyright portfolios for startups and household names alike.
Judd has had a lifelong interest in science and technology and has followed developments in the field of AI closely. As generative AI has begun to transform business and the law, Judd has assumed a leading role in advising clients on the legal complexities and challenges implicated by these technologies. Judd is also defending several major technology companies against copyright claims arising from the training of their large language and image models.
World Trademark Review recognizes Judd as one of the top lawyers in California for trademark enforcement and litigation, noting his “well thought-out and sound legal advice” and delivery of “excellent substantive support with very timely service.” Judd is a member of the International Trademark Association. He regularly speaks on a variety of intellectual property topics and has previously taught trademark law as an adjunct at the University of California, Berkeley.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
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Exam Notes: (None) Series of papers or assignments throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Intellectual Property and Technology Law
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