Elizabeth H. Cohen

Practice Areas

Elizabeth H. Cohen, a partner at Arent Fox, practices in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, as well as other areas of intellectual property and litigation. Her experience includes all aspects of trademark law including, managing large and small domestic and international trademark portfolios for major companies, filings and prosecution, federal court litigation, trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising, domain name and Internet issues, copyright law, marketing advice and agreements, and licensing.

Client Work

Elizabeth represents clients in trademark infringement and unfair competition suits in federal courts nationwide, as well as in general commercial litigation. She has extensive experience with ex parte and inter partes proceedings before the TTAB and conducting mediations and settlements of disputes. Elizabeth also handles domestic and international trademark prosecution practices, including clearance, prosecution, maintenance and enforcement and strategies. She has worked with clients to establish brand identity and internal intellectual property procedures and style manuals. In addition, Elizabeth has experience with negotiating licensing and merchandising agreements for multiple Fortune 500 companies.

Elizabeth has worked with clients in a variety of industry segments including, for example, entertainment, advertising, automotive, franchising, food and beverage, publishing, trade associations, software, internet, real estate and hotel services.

Previous Work

Before joining Arent Fox, Elizabeth practiced in New York City and Atlanta, where she was extensively involved in trademark, unfair competition, copyright and patent infringement litigation and trademark counseling, licensing and litigation.

Professional Activities

An active member of several professional associations, Elizabeth currently holds membership in the following: the International Trademark Association (INTA); the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); the Bar Association for the District of Columbia; the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA); the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI); and the American Bar Association.

Publications, Presentations and Recognitions

Elizabeth’s recent publications include:

• "In re Bose: The New/Old Fraud Standard," The Maryland Bar Journal, May/June 2010 (This edition of the bar Journal won an award for "Excellence, Creativity and Professionalism in Bar Communications.")
• "Chapter 3: Disclosures and Discovery," The Legal Strategist Guide to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice, (with co-authors David Kera and Beth Chapman), published 2010 by the ABA Intellectual Property Section.