Carla Calcagno practices in the area of intellectual property and trademarks. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Calcagno also served in a judicial capacity at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Ms. Calcagno has extensive experience in IP and Internet litigation and in designing and negotiating international licensing programs and corporate IP programs for leading biotechnology, technology and software companies. Her practice involves all aspects of intellectual property and related corporate business transactions, with a particular emphasis on domestic and international trademark and copyright searching, prosecution, enforcement, counseling, and litigation. Ms. Calcagno has been selected as a Fellow of the American Bar Association Foundation, a recognition extended to one third of one percent of the lawyers in America.
Ms. Calcagno focuses on trademark, domain name, trade dress, and related areas of Internet, e-commerce, unfair competition, customs, and advertising law, as well as IP administrative proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, domain name dispute resolution proceedings before ICANN, and federal civil litigation.
Ms. Calcagno is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and is a regular speaker for numerous international Intellectual Property organizations, including INTA, ABA, AIPLA, and PLI, lecturing on IP issues. Ms. Calcagno is the Co-chair for the ABA's Online Internet Subcommittee.