Ms. Taylor attended The George Washington University where she received her B.A. degree with honors in International Affairs, with a specialization in East Asia, in 1986. She received her J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1991, where she was a Note Editor for the Michigan Journal of International Law. Following graduation, she attended the Inter-University Center in Yokohama, Japan, where she studied Japanese. Ms. Taylor became associated with Morrison & Foerster in 1992 and was elected to the partnership in Fall 1999.
Ms. Taylor is engaged in a broad intellectual property practice, with an emphasis in intellectual property litigation and counseling. She has litigated a variety of intellectual property cases, including patent, trademark, and copyright infringement actions, as well as unfair competition and false advertising actions. Her cases have included litigation of patents directed to integrated circuits and a wide range of processes used in the semiconductor industry and to medical apparatuses, design patents related to consumer electronics, and trademarks and trade dress relating to medical devices, apparel, motorcycles and boats, pharmaceuticals, foods, computers, consumer products, and a variety of service sectors, including hospitality and restaurant services, research services, on-line gaming services, medical and legal services, and retail and distributorship services. Ms. Taylor has trial and appellate experience, as well as extensive experience litigating opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
In addition to litigation, Ms. Taylor regularly counsels clients regarding trademark and copyright matters, including registering trademarks, service marks, trade dress, and copyrights, managing portfolios, policing efforts to protect trademarks and copyrights, and advising clients on licensing arrangements. She has also counseled clients regarding intellectual property and liability issues related to the Internet. Among companies that Ms. Taylor has represented in connection with IP matters are AOL, Target, Apple, The Keg Steakhouse and Grill, Indian Motorcycle, Calera Wine Company, Montelucia Resort and Spa, Huneeus Vintners, PC Mall, La Jolla Spa MD, Hospitality Marketing Concepts, French Sole, and The Starlight Children’s Foundation.
Ms. Taylor is a member of the California Bar, and of the Bar Association of San Francisco.
Representative Matters
- Represented AOL, Inc. in a successful cybersquatting and trademark infringement action filed in the Northern District of California.
- Represented Rodan & Fields, LLC in a trade dress infringement action filed against The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. and Clinique Laboratories LLC in the Northern District of California. The action was amicably settled.
- Represented Target Corporation in a trademark infringement action filed by GoClear LLC in the Northern District of California. The action was amicably settled.
- Represented Applied Elastomerics, Inc. in a breach of contract action filed against Z-Man Fishing Products, Inc. in the Northern District of California. The case settled after the District Court granted our client’s motion for summary judgment.
- Represented Target Corporation in a trademark infringement action filed by Vallavista Corporation in the Northern District of California. The action was amicably settled.
- Represented French Sole LLC in the Central District of California defending against an application for an order to show cause why our client should not be held in contempt for violating a stipulated permanent injunction in a trademark case. Although the District Court held that our client had violated one aspect of the stipulated permanent injunction, the plaintiff’s request for damages and attorneys’ fees was denied.
- Represented La Jolla Spa MD, Inc. in a trademark infringement action filed against Skin Spa MD LLC in the Southern District of California. The case settled after the defendant agreed to stop using its infringing mark.
- Represented Indian Motorcycle International, LLC in a declaratory judgment action filed against it in the District Court of Utah. Our client’s motion to dismiss the action for lack of personal jurisdiction was granted, and the case was dismissed.
- Northern Telecom Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
Won summary judgment of infringement on behalf of Northern Telecom Limited in a patent infringement action asserting claims of infringement of a fundamental patent on plasma etching technology in semiconductor fabrication. The ruling was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.