Andrea Calvaruso joined Donovan & Yee in 2000, after practicing civil litigation for a number of years with a major Manhattan law firm. Andrea has extensive experience in litigating trademark, trade dress, unfair competition, and copyright cases, including actions in U.S. Federal District Court, inter partes proceedings before the TTAB, and ICANN Domain Dispute proceedings.

In addition to her litigation practice, Andrea negotiates and drafts intellectual property-related agreements, and counsels clients in intellectual property matters including evaluation of ownership interests, licensing issues, promoting and enforcing property rights, search evaluations, U.S. copyright filings, and domestic and international trademark filings.

Andrea graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law in 1996, where she was Associate Notes and Comments Editor of Syracuse Law Review and a Teaching Assistant in the Legal Research and Writing Program.

Andrea is admitted to practice in New York State as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Professional Associations:

• Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
• International Trademark Association (INTA)

Publications:

“TTAB Decisions Past: Will They Come Back To Haunt You In Federal Court?,”
The Intellectual Property Strategist, Vol. 11, No.1 (October 2004) 1996