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Ms. Klinksieck has over 20 years' experience in the intellectual property and litigation arenas.  As the firm's Trademark Administrator, she conducts and reviews availability/registrability searches for proposed marks and drafts preliminary opinions; she has primary responsibility for drafting new trademark/service mark applications, responses to Office Actions, declarations, renewals, Letters of Protest before the USPTO, cease and desist letters, extensions of time, notices of opposition, cancellation petitions and co-existence agreements. In addition, as a litigation legal assistant, Ms. Klinksieck has assisted with document reviews, assembly of documents and proofreading.

She is also responsible for conducting post-registration maintenance and protection of clients' marks, as well as overseeing the firm's Docket Administrator.  As an Assistant Adjunct Professor of the University of Maryland University College, she taught, both online and in classroom, the "Trademarks" section of an Intellectual Property course offered in the University's Legal Studies Program; she also authored the course materials for the course.

Ms. Klinksieck graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland University College in 1985, obtained her Paralegal Studies Certificate from University of Maryland University College in 1992, and is a M.A.L.A. Candidate at Marymount University.   

She has been quoted, on various topics, in the Legal Times; is Vice Chair of the International Trademark Association's Public Relations Committee; and is the author of several articles, including "March (Trademark) Madness," American Journalism Review (September 1998), and "A Kinder, Gentler Trademark Office," Trademark World (February 2000).