Overview

About Catherine

Catherine Parrish Lake is a partner practicing in the Technology and Intellectual Property group. She offers pragmatic and strategic advice to help businesses and individuals develop, protect and utilize intellectual property rights. Catherine advises clients on acquiring, registering, maintaining and enforcing trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. In addition, her practice includes drafting and negotiating complex intellectual property and technology agreements. She also counsels clients on branding strategies, ecommerce and internet issues as well as intellectual property infringement problems. For many years, Catherine has led a team that serves as the designated agent for a mid-sized ecommerce platform, handling all of its takedown requests. Catherine also advises clients on alcohol licensing 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.

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Honors

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors & Activities

Listed among Rising Stars (Intellectual Property), Mountain States Super Lawyers^®, 2013–2014
Included in Utah Business Legal Elite, 2018–2019

Civic Activities

Advisory Board Member, Women Tech Council, 2020–present
Ballet West Board of Directors 2013–2015
Chair, Salt Lake County Arts & Culture Advisory Board, 2018–2019; vice chair, 2016–2018; member 2014–present
Vice chair, Intellectual Property Section, Utah State Bar, 2019–present

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Insights & Presentations

Panelist, “Laying a Proper Foundation for Business Success,” WeROC, Oct. 2019
Presenter, “Online Retail Enforcement,” DKW Inn of Court, Jan. 2019
Presenter, “Trademark Pre-filing Considerations,” Trademark Prosecution Bootcamp, Utah State Bar, Sept. 2018
Presenter, “Copyright Protection in China,” U.S. Patent and Trademark Office China IP Roadshow, Oct. 2017
“2017 Changes to Utah Liquor Laws,” Alcoholic Beverages Law blog, March 2017
Presenter, “Trade Secrets, Noncompetes, and Preventing Employee Data Theft,” Stoel Rives Lunch Seminar, Sept. 2015
Host, “2015 Utah Innovation Awards,” Utah Technology Council and Stoel Rives LLP, April 2015
Co-author, “Utah Alcohol Laws: A Summary of Recent Changes and a Look Ahead to 2014,” The Enterprise, Oct. 28–Nov. 3, 2013
“With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Tips for Minimizing Risk in E-commerce Transactions,” Stoel Rives and Outdoor Industries Association “Outdoor University” Webinar, Oct. 2013
Interviewed on live radio program regarding proposed Utah alcohol service and consumption legislation, X96 Radio (X96.3 FM KXRK), Salt Lake City, UT, March 2013
Panelist, “Copyrights, Logos & Licensing,” S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, Feb. 2013
Guest lecturer, “Copyright Basics” and “Entertainment Licensing,” J. Rueben Clark Law School, January and April 2011, Jan. 2013
“Copyrights and Trademarks,” The Law of Outdoor Industries, A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, July 2012
Interviewed on live radio program regarding legal issues related to starting or maintaining a small or medium-sized business, Insightlive Radio, Dec. 2011
Presenter, “Franchise Legal Update,” Utah State Bar, Salt Lake City, Nov. 2010
Co-presenter, “You Don’t Say! What Every Business Should Know About Advertising Law,” Stoel Rives LLP, Salt Lake City, May 2010
Presenter, “How to Use and Protect Franchise IP in the Facebook Age,” Utah State Bar, Salt Lake City, May 2010
Co-Presenter, “What Every Dietary Supplement Business Should Know About Protecting Brands and Managing Trademark Concerns,” Stoel Rives LLP, Salt Lake City, July 2009
Panelist, “Ethics of Access to Copyrighted Scientific Print Publications,” American Chemical Society’s 237th National Meeting & Exposition, Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, March 2009
Co-Presenter, “Virtual Law: Using IP In Virtual Worlds To Maximize Your Real World Bottom Line,” Stoel Rives LLP, March 2009
Presenter, “Copyright and First Amendment Law for Artists,” Stoel Rives LLP, March 2008
Presenter, “Good Deals Gone Bad: Common Mistakes in Licensing Agreements,” Stoel Rives LLP, June 2007
“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

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