Loletta Darden

is an Associate Clinical Professor of Law at the Suffolk University Law School in Boston. Loletta is a registered Patent Attorney and Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School. Loletta teaches in the area of intellectual property law (patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret). She is the Director of Suffolk’s Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic, a multi-disciplinary clinic serving new and emerging businesses. In the Clinic, Loletta teaches a seminar on practical applications of intellectual property law and related skills, including trademark clearance, prosecution and registration; design/utility patent searching and clearance; advertising, branding and marketing law; litigation and TTAB practice; copyright, patent and trademark counseling; licensing; transactional drafting, advocacy; client counseling and interviewing; and negotiation. Loletta also teaches a trademark class entitled USPTO Trademark Practice, which teaches the skills necessary to practice before the U.S. Trademark Office. Prior to joining Suffolk, Loletta was Chief IP Counsel for Honeywell Consumer Products. She also has experience in private practice where she and advised emerging technology businesses, Fortune 100® companies, and individuals on protecting, exploiting and creating rights in patents, trademarks, and copyrights. After graduating from Suffolk Law School, Loletta served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Francis J. Boyle, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. During her career, Loletta has had the opportunity to participate in several precedent setting patent and trademark cases, including Atlantic Thermoplastics v. Faytex Corp., Micron Separations, Inc. v. Pall Corporation – the companion case to Markman v. Westview Instruments, and Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings (trademark opposition finding consumer standing to oppose registration).

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