Rachael Dickson Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

-Head of the Trademark and Copyright Departments, leading a multi-level team of trademark professionals.-Trademark application prosecution, TTAB, trademark litigation, copyright applications, etc.

www.CatalyticLaw.comI provide US trademark prosecution services: consulting on and drafting trademark registration applications, and responding to office actions in existing applications. I specialize in hemp and cannabis trademark applications, and also have experience drafting applications for NFT and Cryptocurrency goods and services. I also provide consulting services to other trademark attorneys, who bring me in to help with office action responses in existing trademark applications, and TESS (the USPTO's trademark register search system) Searching tutoring services.I also speak about trademarks. Previous lecture topics have included Cannabis Trademarks at the USPTO and TESS Searching. I was a guest teacher in Sonia Lakhany's popular "Two Weeks to Trademarks" series in July 2022, teaching two sessions of the series. I also spoke on Cannabis Trademarks at MJBizCon 2022 and was a featured workshop presenter on searching TESS at Alt Legal Connect 2023.(Between late April and mid-August 2022, I did not operate as a solo practitioner)

Remote

- Runs the Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic, supervising and advising students as they represent clients in trademark, copyright, and business matters.- Teaches a weekly seminar on various types of IP, business, and practical skills.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Trademarks Practice (prosecution and litigation)- Cannabis Industry Group

Remotely Based

- Advised private clients on their mark's likelihood of success and strategies for achieving successful registration.- Drafted and filed over 200 applications, responses, statements of use, extensions of time, and assignments for clients.- Advised A.I. development team on relevant law and practicalities for trademark search and application builder tools.- Wrote and edited copy and articles about trademark applications for company website and marketing.- Wrote, edited, and hosted explanatory videos about trademark law and procedure for website and marketing.

Alexandria, Virginia

- Examines trademark applications, writes office actions, and communicates with applicants.- Picked for a selective trademark work group specializing in cannabis, hemp, and controlled substance trademark applications only two years into her time at the USPTO.- Has maintained an overall Outstanding annual rating for the past four years, consistently gaining Outstanding production and quality ratings.- Received a 2020 Trademark Customer Service Recognition Award.

Oak Park, Illinois

• Managed, Drafted, and Edited company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and policies across several departments, including cultivation, processing, security, and dispensing. Served on the committee to revamp the company's SOP modification process.• Managed several projects, including various applications and renewals for state licenses and license expansions, shepherding them through the drafting, modification and approval process.• Edited and updated the company's Illinois Cultivation Plan, working closely with an inspector from the Department of Agriculture to incorporate department requirements and advice.• Drafted and edited correspondence to state agencies and company marketing materials.• Trained cultivation and dispensary employees on state regulations.• Developed documentation and trained employees on the company's workers' compensation program.

Oak Park, Illinois

• Trained dispensary and cultivation employees on Illinois regulations and prepared them for state inspections.• Drafted and edited state license applications to grow, process and sell medical cannabis in Maryland and Hawaii.• Researched and advised on legal and regulatory issues.

Chicago, Illinois

• Assisted clients with matters relating to Intellectual Property.• Filed trademark and copyright applications on behalf of clients.

Chicago, Il

• Performed legal research for lawyers.• Prepared letters demanding infringers cease using clients' trademarks in domain names.• Prepared correspondence relating to Trademark Registration and Renewal in numerous countries.

Rockville, Maryland (Washington, D.C. Area)

• Finished a handbook on international repatriation of Native American remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. This involved extensive editing, research, writing, and reformatting in collaboration with several AAIA employees.• Researched German laws affecting international repatriation, including constitutional rights regarding human dignity, property law, and contract law.

Daley Center

• Reviewed motions and foreclosure documents for accuracy and compliance.• Researched the weight of a prior order of possession based on condo fees in a foreclosure case.

Chicago, Il

• Performed legal research and analysis on policy issues under the Lieutenant Governor's purview, including military spouse license portability and educational issues for military families.• Drafted internal memoranda on relevant case opinions.

Dallas, Texas - South Central Regional Office

• Performed legal research for the Lambda staff attorneys on various topics.• Helped staff the Lambda help desk. Ran the South Central Region help desk for over a week.

• Edited all stories and multimedia on the site as well as writing a large portion of the content. • Managed a budget and a freelance staff.• Promoted the website through social media, gaining high readership numbers.

• Headed up the production of her original concept of a sports news magazine, looking at the effects the men’s basketball team’s 2006 National Championship run had on George Mason University.• This magazine was an Associated Collegiate Press 2010 Feature Magazine Finalist and was used as a publicity and recruitment tool for GMU.

• Covered the 2008 presidential election for a blog hosted by CBS News and washingtonpost.com.• One video featuring young Virginia voters linked from the front page of CBS News.• Photos taken while in this position have been published in a magazine and on a book cover.

J.D., Technology Law Certificate, Cum Laude, Top 15%

• CALI Award for Highest Class Grade: First Amendment-Speech, 2014; Media Law, 2013; Cyberlaw, 2013 • Phi Alpha Delta: Justice.

B.A. In History, Minors In Electronic Journalism And Music, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Broadside, Connect2Mason, Orchestra, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Ballroom Club, University Scholars, Alpha Phi.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Co-Editor-in-Chief, Pony Express (Student Newspaper) Quill and Scroll Honor Society Front Ensemble Captain.