Allie Nicholson focuses her practice on trademark, copyright and other intellectual property issues for many of the country's leading media and entertainment companies. Allie's trademark practice centers on worldwide brand management protection and enforcement, transactions and strategic planning. She has extensive experience in trademark selection, clearance, registration, maintenance, licensing, policing and litigation. Allie handles the management and enforcement of many worldwide intellectual property portfolios, including providing general counsel on a full range of trademark, copyright, content review and advertising issues.
Allie's clients include: Sesame Workshop, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Wenner Media (publisher of Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal magazines), Ziff Davis Media, Marvel Entertainment and the Sundance Channel.
Selected Experience
Worldwide trademark portfolio management for Sesame Workshop
Responsible for the worldwide trademark portfolio of Sesame Workshop, producer of Sesame Street and other renowned children's television programming, spanning nearly 100 countries around the world. Responsible for all clearance, protection, licensing and claims/disputes including global protection strategy for all of the Workshop's entertainment properties and extensive merchandising. (Ongoing)
Worldwide trademark portfolio management for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Responsible for the worldwide trademark portfolio of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., including clearance, policing and claims related to this portfolio, spanning the company's television, radio, publishing, online, and extensive merchandising programs. (Ongoing)
Worldwide trademark portfolio management for Wenner Media
Outside trademark counsel to Wenner Media (publisher of Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal magazines), responsible for the company's trademark portfolios, including clearance, protection, enforcement and licensing issues worldwide. (Ongoing)
Outside intellectual property and trademark counsel for Ziff Davis Media
Outside intellectual property/trademark counsel to Ziff Davis Media, one of the country's leading publishers of technology magazines and online content, on trademark, copyright and associated issues. (Ongoing)
Outside intellectual property and trademark counsel for Yellow Book USA
Outside intellectual property counsel for Yellow Book USA, the country's largest independent publisher of yellow pages telephone directories, responsible for the company's trademark and copyright matters and litigations, including advertising review. (Ongoing)
Outside trademark counsel for The Sundance Channel
Outside trademark counsel to the Sundance Channel, providing counsel on trademark availability, protection and enforcement issues in connection with the company's renowned films, television programming and documentaries. (Ongoing)
Trademark services for Artnet Worldwide Corp.
Responsible for management of worldwide trademark portfolio for Artnet Worldwide Corp., including clearance, prosecution and enforcement. (Ongoing)
Trademark services for Friendly Family Productions LLC
Represented Friendly Family Productions, the owner of the trademark and merchandising rights in the famed book and television series each titled “Little House On The Prairie” against a corporation operating a small museum and gift shop on what is alleged to be the historic site of a venue described in the book and television series, which had launched a website from which it was selling branded merchandise. The case was settled on the eve of trial. (C.D. Cal. 2009)