Cathleen E. Stadecker
Director
Cathy Stadecker uses her trademark experience to help clients protect and grow their brands.
Email: cstadecker@drm.com
Phone: 802-863-2375
Direct: 802-846-8618
| PHYSICAL | MAILING |
| Courthouse Plaza 199 Main Street Suite 600 Burlington, VT 05401-8339 |
PO Box 190 Burlington, VT 05402-0190 |
Practices & Industries
Strategic trademark attorney helping to protect emerging and established brands.
With over 20 years of experience assisting clients in trademark matters and other intellectual property issues, Cathy Stadecker is uniquely positioned in Vermont to advise on all aspects of trademark law in a cost-effective manner. She provides practical, creative solutions to achieve positive outcomes focused on counseling and dispute resolution and she loves to share her passion for trademark law with clients, attorneys, paralegals, and her mentees. While she serves clients nationally and internationally, focusing on trademark clearance, prosecuting trademark applications with the USPTO, and litigating before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), some of her favorite projects involve helping local Vermont start-ups, as well as established local businesses such as Skida, Mamava, Runamok Maple, Fuse, and Ogee, protect and grow their brands because she can see the immediate impact on the community.
Education
Columbia University School of Law, J.D., (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts
Trinity College, Cambridge University, M.Phil.
Columbia College, Columbia University, B.A. cum laude
Experience
- Represents well-known, international children’s clothing brand in connection with trademark clearance, prosecution and enforcement matters.
- Used Uniform Dispute Resolution Procedure (UDRP) to enable local business to regain possession of hijacked domain name.
- Successfully defended a Stowe-based lodge and brewery in a declaratory trademark infringement suit brought in federal district court in Seattle by a local restaurant, resulting in restaurant changing its name.
- Represents international online gaming companies in connection with trademark prosecution and infringement issues.
- Manages global portfolio of trademarks for blockchain company.
Admissions
California, 2004
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2006
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2006
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2007
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 2007
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 2007
Vermont, 2011
U.S. District Court, Vermont, 2013
Clerkships
Law Clerk for The Honorable Richard Owen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2004-2005
Memberships & Activities
American Bar Association, 2008
International Trademark Association, 2010
Accolades & Awards
Selected as “Rising Star” in 2013 by New England Super Lawyers
Community Involvement
LaunchVT, Lake Champlain Chamber, DRM Liaison with business acceleration program for emerging startups in Vermont
Burlington Baroque Festival, Chair of Board of Directors and Singer
Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Former Board Member
Publications
Author, Ex Parte Appeals from A Legal Strategist’s Guide to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice, (American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, 5th Edition, 2025)
Author, 3D Printing: How Will IP Law Handle the “Next Revolution” in Manufacturing?, The IP Stone: DRM’s Intellectual Property Law Blog (April 3, 2013)
Author, New Generic Top Level Domains: Risks for Trademark Owners, The IP Stone DRM’s Intellectual Property Law Blog (January 20, 2012)
Author, Domain Names and the New gTLDs: Protecting Your Trademarks Online, DRM Briefly Speaking Intellectual Law Seminar Series (January 26, 2012)