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Joi A. White
Partner, Carr & Ferrell LLP
Trademark Practice Group
650-812-3461 •

Joi White is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Carr & Ferrell. Ms. White specializes in intellectual property law, with an emphasis on international and domestic trademark prosecution, counseling and enforcement.

Ms. White counsels a wide range of businesses in managing their trademark portfolios, clearing new marks, developing and implementing enforcement strategies, and in navigating various trademark and domain name disputes. Representative clients are in the fields of computer security software and appliances, consumer and business software publishing, consumer electronics, semiconductors, telecommunications, and medical diagnostic device companies.

In addition, Ms. White works with a number of clients who specialize in areas outside of the high tech industry such as clothing and cosmetics companies, wineries and restaurants, travel and entertainment service providers.

Prior to joining Carr & Ferrell, Ms. White worked at an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company where she contributed to management of the trademark portfolio and provided support to in-house clients regarding clearance, adoption and use of new marks.

As a member of the WHOIS Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association’s Internet Committee, Ms. White is active in contributing to the evolution of trademark owners' ability to protect their marks online. She routinely represents clients in domain name dispute proceedings and provides counseling and litigation support in keyword advertising disputes. Ms. White has supervised the Internet & Intellectual Property Justice Clinic as an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco School of Law where, in 2005, she led the students to successfully defend a UDRP complaint filed against the owner of the HomeDepotSucks.com domain. Since 1998, Ms. White has served as a member of the High Tech Advisory Board at Santa Clara University School of Law, and contributes to the steering of the school’s high tech program through her activities as a board member.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Represent a variety of technology industry clients in various trademark prosecution matters and disputes
• Represent multinational software corporation in a broad range of trademark matters including domain name disputes, negotiation of agreements and prosecution as well as litigation