Catherine Parrish Lake

Experience

Catherine Parrish Lake is an associate practicing in the Technology & Intellectual Property group. She helps businesses and individuals develop, protect and utilize intellectual property rights. Catherine advises clients on acquiring, registering, maintaining, licensing and enforcing trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. She also counsels clients on branding strategies, e commerce and Internet issues, intellectual property infringement problems and privacy concerns. Her practice includes advising franchise clients with regard to franchise disclosure documents and compliance with state and federal franchise laws and regulations, as well as guiding nutritional supplement companies through regulatory compliance issues.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Catherine was an associate at Callister Nebeker & McCullough in Salt Lake City, 2006-2007; an associate at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York City, 2004-2006; and a law clerk for Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, Southern District of New York, 2003-2004.

Presentations

• Presenter, "How to Use and Protect Franchise IP in the Facebook Age," Utah State Bar®, Salt Lake City, May 12, 2010
• Co-presenter, "You Don't Say! What Every Business Should Know About Advertising Law," Stoel Rives LLP, Salt Lake City, May 20, 2010
• Co-Presenter, "What Every Dietary Supplement Business Should Know About Protecting Brands and Managing Trademark Concerns," Stoel Rives LLP, Salt Lake City, Jul. 21, 2009
• Panelist, "Ethics of Access to Copyrighted Scientific Print Publications," American Chemical Society's 237th National Meeting & Exposition, Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Mar. 26, 2009
• Co-Presenter, "Virtual Law: Using IP In Virtual Worlds To Maximize Your Real World Bottom Line," Stoel Rives LLP, Mar. 2009
• Presenter, "Copyright and First Amendment Law for Artists," Stoel Rives LLP, Mar. 2008
• Presenter, "Good Deals Gone Bad: Common Mistakes in Licensing Agreements," Stoel Rives LLP, Jun. 2007

Civic Activities

• Co-Chair, Ballet West Ambassadors

Publications

• "Trademark Pitfalls," Business Connect, June 2007
• "Unilateral Refusals to License Software: Limitations on the Right to Exclude and the Need for Compulsory Licensing," 68 Brooklyn Law Review 557, 2002

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2003, summa cum laude
• University of Utah, History and Political Science, B.A., 1994

Admissions

• Utah
• New York

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