Karlyn represents domestic and international clients in a wide array of intellectual property matters, with particular emphasis on patent and trademark prosecution, counseling and enforcement. Karlyn’s patent practice involves patent prosecution for small molecule, pharmaceutical, and polymer chemistry; freedom to practice, validity and patentability opinions; licensing agreements; due diligence review of intellectual property assets and patent portfolio management.
Her trademark practice involves registrations and prosecutions with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, foreign trademark applications and assignments, branding and advertising review, consent and license agreements.
Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, J.D., 2000
Ohio State University, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1990, in Physical Organic Chemistry
University of Cincinnati, Ph.D., 1989, in Organic Chemistry
University of Cincinnati, B.S., 1984, with honors in Chemistry
Chambers USA,ย Intellectual Property, 2005-2021
Selected for inclusion inย Ohio Super Lawyersยฎ and Cincinnati Magazine โRising Star,โ Intellectual Property Law, 2006
The Best Lawyers in Americaยฎย 2012-2022; Cincinnati Patent Law “Lawyer of the Year,” 2015, 2020
Ohio State Bar Association
American Bar Association
United States Patent and Trademark Office
American Intellectual Property Law Association, Member
American Chemical Society, Member
Cincy IP, Member
Cincinnati Bar Association, Member
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