Symbus Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Management

Janice Housey

jhousey@symbus.com

Tel.703-957-5274 Fax.540-518-9037

P.O. Box 11085, McLean, Virginia 22102

 

Worldwide Trademark Portfolio Management •  Consulting with respect to Trademark and Copyright Issues • Handling Inter-Partes Matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board • Domain Name Disputes • Litigation Counseling  •Mediation • Re-branding

Janice Housey, JD, has almost 20 years of experience in the field of trademarks and copyrights. Her practice includes counseling clients regarding the protection of trademarks, trade dress, domain names and copyrights. She advises emerging companies and established businesses in all aspects of trademark law; she clears marks, prepares Trademark Office filings, assists in brand name development and protection strategies, and counsels in trademark infringement matters and domain name issues. As part of this practice, she routinely conducts audits of intellectual property portfolios and clients' web sites. In addition, Janice drafts and reviews a variety of agreements, including software and trademark licenses, and end user consent and settlement agreements. Through strategic global relationships with local counsel, Ms. Housey manages clients' worldwide trademark portfolios. She has had particular success in assisting clients with difficult trademark matters in Latin America.
In addition to her prosecution and licensing background, Janice has represented clients in oppositions, cancellations and appeals in over 100 proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and has represented clients in trademark infringement cases in various district courts.  Janice has successfully recovered more than 100 domain names in dispute proceedings under ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy.

 

Member, Symbus Law Group, 2011 - present.

 

Representative Decisions:
Altadis U.S.A. Inc. v. Bacardi & Co. Ltd. (Opposition No. 91161729) TTAB 2006
TeachMeNow Inc v. General Physics Corporation (Case No. FA0011000095909) NAF 2000
Z-Tel Technologies, Inc., v. Domain Deluxe (Case No. D2001-1427) WIPO 2001
John Dewar & Sons Limited v. Roni Abou Jaoude and CRM Consulting (Case No. D2003-0175) WIPO 2003
Alberto-Culver Company -v- Balata.com LLC, Domain Name: , Nominet 2006
Alberto-Culver USA, Inc. v. Wan-Fu China, Ltd. (Case No. D2007-0717) WIPO 2007
St. Ives Laboratories, Inc. v. Mundiformacion, S.L. (SROW-469194) (Caso No. D2009-1518) WIPO 2009
Clearwire Legacy, LLC v. Leon Ganesh (Case No. D2010-0148) WIPO 2010

Bar Memberships: Virginia, District of Columbia.

 

Court Admissions: Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; District Court for the District of Colombia; Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Fourth Circuit

 

Associations: International Trademark Association (Trademark Office Practice Committee); iTechlaw

 

Education: BA, International Relations, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; JD, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.