Landslide Series: Exploiting the Interplay Between Trade Dress and Design Patent

Lisa Holubar is the Head of Trademark and Advertising Litigation at Irwin IP. Lisa’s practice encompasses litigation and counseling matters concerning trademarks, trade dress, unfair competition, counterfeiting, and false advertising. Lisa has successfully represented clients in expedited trademark and unfair competition actions nationwide, both as plaintiff and defendant. Lisa has argued for and obtained injunctive relief and has examined witnesses in both federal court and disputed mediation proceedings. Lisa has considerable experience working with survey experts in trademark and false advertising disputes. Lisa also has represented clients engaged in administrative proceedings with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Lisa has counseled clients on brand protection strategies and has presented on a number of issues regarding trademark and advertising law.

Ed Timberlake, a former Trademark Examining Attorney at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and currently a Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law. Ed's practice focuses on trademarks & copyrights, primarily providing advice, preparing & filing applications, and maintaining registrations.

Professor Burstein is an internationally-recognized expert in design patents. Prior to joining the faculty at OU, she worked as an intellectual property litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and clerked for the Honorable Robert W. Pratt in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Professor Burstein has a law degree from the University of Chicago and B.A. in Art & Design from Iowa State University.

Professor Burstein has participated in design law conferences at the University of Oxford, Notre Dame Law School, Stanford Law School, the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, ETH Zürich, and Waseda University in Tokyo. Professor Burstein is a past chair of the AALS Section on Art Law and the ABA Design Committee and a member of the INTA Academic Committee.