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Carissa L. Rodrigue
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Carissa L. Rodrigue

Associate

973.639.2025
Newark
crodrigue@mccarter.com

Carissa Rodrigue is an intellectual property lawyer with a focus on trademark law. Carissa counsels clients on brand protection, including trademark selection, clearance, and proper use and protection of their marks. She has extensive experience filing and prosecuting trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She also counsels clients on registering and enforcing their trademarks abroad, working cooperatively with local counsel around the world.

Carissa represents clients in trademark disputes, including opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and federal court litigation. She is involved in drafting and negotiating settlement agreements to resolve trademark and other intellectual property disputes, and she has experience in intellectual property licensing.

In addition to her trademark work, Carissa counsels clients on copyright registration and enforcement matters. She has experience in patent litigation for a wide range of technologies and products, including high-stakes pharmaceutical patent infringement litigation under the Hatch-Waxman Act. Carissa has also represented clients in commercial litigation matters. She is involved in pro bono work, including trademark prosecution and enforcement matters and criminal expungement proceedings.

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The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Litigation–Intellectual Property, New Jersey, 2021–2023
Ranking Disclaimers: No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. For The Best Lawyers in America methodology, see https://www.bestlawyers.com/methodology.

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Hatch-Waxman/ANDA Litigation
Intellectual Property
IP Litigation
Trademarks & Copyrights

Education

Boston University School of Public Health MPH Environmental Health, 2010
Boston University School of Law JD, 2009
Bowdoin College BA Biology and Environmental Science, summa cum laude, 2000

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New Jersey
New York

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of AppealsFirst CircuitU.S. District CourtDistrict of New Jersey
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The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 153 McCarter Attorneys in 2023 Referral Guide; Names Four “Lawyer of the Year”
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8.19.2022
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Some Brands Have All the Luck
Intellectual Property Alert
5.20.2020
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New Jersey Intellectual Property Group Receives Litigation Department of the Year Award
9.19.2016
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Federal Circuit Rules Launching a Website or Other Advertising Alone Is Not Service Mark “Use”
Intellectual Property Alert
3.4.2015
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