Stites & Harbison, PLLC

Amy S. Cahill's practice focuses on trademark and copyright litigation, advertising review, trademark prosecution, trade secret counseling and litigation, licensing and transactional matters including in the area of clinical research trials. She has represented major companies in the beverage, automotive, household goods and fashion industries in U.S. District Courts and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Ms. Cahill is versed in registration and enforcement of intellectual property rights through the Department of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and the PRO-IP Act including preventing the importation of overseas counterfeit products.  Her healthcare work focuses on new drug and device commercialization, including protection of resulting intellectual property and healthcare related software licensing.

Recent Assignments

• Ms. Cahill authored United States Supreme Court briefs on behalf of the American Intellectual Property Law Association in the copyright infringement class action Reed Elsevier, Inc., et al. v. Muchnick, et al., Civ. No. 08-103 and in the landmark trademark dilution case Moseley v. V Secret Catalog, Inc., 537 U.S. 418 (2003).

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications

Ms. Cahill has spoken to various groups regarding trademark and copyright protection including the AIPLA, Arlington (VA) Co. Bar Association, the Fayette Co. Bar Association and the University of Kentucky Intellectual Property Society. Her publications include:

• "Top ten clinical trial agreement provisions," co-authored with Jennifer L. Elliott, Medical News, April 2010
• "Copyright, Free Culture & the Internet," an interview on WFPL with news host Laura Ellis, March 10, 2009
• "Millions in grants available for intellectual property enforcement," Stites & Harbison Client Alert, November 12, 2009
• "Pro-IP Grants: Where are they and who can get them?," BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, July 17, 2009
• "Trademark Dilution Inches Backwards: Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Haute Diggity Dog and Starbucks Corp. v. Wolfe's Borough Coffee, Inc.", Louisville Bar Association Bar Briefs, April 2009
• "Victoria's Secret and the Ever Elusive Dilution Doctrine," Intellectual Property Today, April 2003
• "When the Creative is the Enemy of the True: Sui Generis Protection of Databases," 29 AIPLA Quarterly Journal 3, Summer 2001
• "Derivative Works Need Copyrights Too," IP Worldwide, May 2002
• "Carrying On After Bailey v. United States: Where Will the Supreme Court Go From Here?" Federal Lawyer Magazine, March/April 1998

Before Stites & Harbison

Ms. Cahill joined the firm after practicing as a Senior Associate for five years at Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, an intellectual property firm located in Alexandria, Virginia, where she also earned an LL.M in Intellectual Property from George Washington University Law School. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Cahill served as a Law Clerk to United States Distinct Court Judge Henry R. Wilhoit, Jr. in the Eastern District of Kentucky.

More Than Stites & Harbison

Ms. Cahill developed the first Intellectual Property Drafting seminar course offered at the University of Kentucky College of Law, which she taught as an Adjunct Professor. She previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Advanced Trademark Law at George Mason University Law Center in Arlington, Virginia, teaching legal writing and advanced trademarks.

Besides Stites & Harbison

In her spare time Amy raises three young boys and participates in school activities at The Chance School.