Michelle Ciotola and Ali Caless co-authored the article, "Trademark enforcement outside the courtroom: four underrated tools your clients may be overlooking," published by The Trademark Lawyer Magazine, Issue 4 2021. In the article, they explain how the United States Customs and Border Protection, trademark watch services, online infringement and modern trademark clearance can be utilized to amplify the strength of a brand and protect against infringement.

The USPTO has announced fee increases and new fees for patents and trademarks to take place on January 18, 2025, for trademarks, and January 19, 2025, for patents. Cantor Colburn's Client Alert summarizes the significant changes, which necessitate careful budget considerations.  If you have questions about these fees and how to adjust your strategy to minimize their impact in the short term, please contact Cantor Colburn. If you are within the filing window for a submission and wish to take advantage of the lower fees in 2024, we would be happy to accommodate those instructions.

Cantor Colburn has been named a Tier 1 firm in Hartford for Patent Law, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Litigation - Patent, and Litigation - Intellectual Property Practice in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to announce that Partners Michael Cantor, Nancy Kennedy, Todd Garabedian, and Steve Coyle are 2024 Super Lawyers and Ali Caless is a Super Lawyers Rising Stars. Only 5% of attorneys are selected to be Super Lawyers; only 2.5% of attorneys are selected to be Rising Stars. 

Dress for Success Hartford holds its annual Capital Catwalk event on October 28, 2024. Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning Catwalk Sponsor and strongly supports Dress for Success’s mission of investing in the ability of a woman to become and remain gainfully employed.

Cantor Colburn is proud to announce that the following attorneys are recognized as 2025 Best Lawyers: Christopher C. Boehm, David Bomzer, Alison Caless, Michael A. Cantor, Michelle P. Ciotola, Philmore H. Colburn II, Steven M. Coyle, Nicholas A. Geiger, Charles F. O'Brien, Roberta L. Pelletier, Leah M. Reimer, Ph.D., David E. Rodrigues, Ph.D.,  Michael J. Rye, Bryan D. Zerhusen, Ph.D., Susan M. Zerull. Michael Cantor is a Best Lawyer Lawyer of the Year. 

The Best Lawyers in America has named Cantor Colburn's Ali Caless, Michelle Ciotola, and Susan Zerull to its 2024 Women in the Law, published in the Spring 2024 edition. It includes all the women lawyers recognized in the 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers in America.

Cantor Colburn LLP, one of the largest full-service intellectual property law firms in the country, is pleased to announce that Partners Michael Cantor and Todd Garabedian are 2023 Super Lawyers and Ali Caless is a Super Lawyers Rising Stars. Only 5% of attorneys are selected to be Super Lawyers; only 2.5% of attorneys are selected to be Rising Stars. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to announce that the following attorneys are recognized as 2024 Best Lawyers: Michael Cantor, Michelle Ciotola, Phil Colburn, Steve Coyle, Todd Garabedian, Ph.D., David Rodrigues, Ph.D., Mike Rye, and Susan Zerull. Ali Caless is Best Lawyers: One to Watch.

Cantor Colburn copyright attorneys presented a webinar on copyright law for artists, called, "Creativity and the Law: A Webinar for Artists on What Every Artist Should Know About Copyright," on May 28, 2020. This webinar was in partnership with the Greater Hartford Arts Council to explain how art is protected by copyright law. Michelle Ciotola, Ali Caless, Benjamin Cantor and Crysta Lemon Schmidt presented.

Curt Krechevsky and Ali Caless co-authored the article “TTAB Rulings' Preclusive Effect 5 Years After B&B Hardware,” published in IP Law360 on March 18, 2020.

Cantor Colburn trademark attorneys Michelle Ciotola and Ali Caless and Warner Music Group Vice President, Senior Trademark & Domain Name Counsel Sofya Nadgorny will be panelists for the webinar "Trademark Enforcement Outside the Courtroom: Customs, Watches, and Leveraging Online Platform Solutions: Exploring Options for Early, Effective, and Budget-Conscious Strategies" on December 2, 2024, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET, presented by Strafford.

The INTA 2024 Leadership Meeting will take place November 12-15, 2024 in New Orleans. This annual conference brings together INTA’s volunteer leaders and committee members to advance the Association’s support of trademarks and related intellectual property. Michael Cantor, Phil Colburn, Michelle Ciotola, Ali Caless, Ben Cantor, Sara Colburn, Soomin Kim, and Crysta Lemon are attending the conference and serve on INTA committees.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of the Dress for Success Hartford Capital Catwalk 2024 on October 28, 2024. Dress for Success’s mission is to invest in the ability of a woman to become and remain gainfully employed and thereby provide for herself and her family and with that financial independence, build strong communities and collectively contribute towards a stronger global economy.

Cantor Colburn hosts the INTA Roundtable discussion, "Enforcement: AI & Fair Use," on October 23, 2024 in its Hartford office. Trademark & Copyright Practice Chair Michelle Ciotola will facilitate the discussion, which will cover artificial intelligence (AI) and the Fair Use Doctrine; recent precedent and pending cases regarding company rights in AI, and happenings at both the state and federal levels of government with respect to enacting AI-related legislation. Registration in advance is required at https://www.inta.org/inta-events/.

Michelle Ciotola, Thomas Mango, and Alison Caless, attorneys in Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Practice Group, will attend The MARQUES 38th Annual Conference, September 24-27, 2024.

The International Trademark Association (INTA) 2024 Annual Meeting will take place in Atlanta from May 18-22, 2024. Thousands of intellectual property professionals from around the world will attend, including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn.   

The Women’s Initiative employee resource group (ERG) at Cantor Colburn LLP hosted the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Hartford gathering for the Women in IP Global Networking Day. Our gathering was one of a hundred around the world taking place on April 18, 2024 celebrating women in IP. Dean Eboni Nelson of University of Connecticut School of Law hosted us at the beautiful UConn Law campus in Hartford and spoke to the group on this year’s theme, Cultivating Leadership.

Cantor Colburn Partner Eric Baron, Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Practice, moderates the discussion, Ethics Check-In! – USPTO Insight and Practical Implications of AI,  presented by the Connecticut Bar Association's the IP Section on December 12, 2023 at Cantor Colburn's Hartford office.

The INTA 2023 Leadership Meeting will take place November 14-17, 2023 in Houston, Texas. Michael Cantor, Phil Colburn, Ali Caless and Ben Cantor are attending the conference and serve on INTA committees. Cantor Colburn's Trademark Practice is ranked #8 in the U.S.

On October 17, 2023, INTA Roundtable Discussions on the Commercialization of Brands will take place all around the country.  Trademark attorneys Michelle Ciotola and Ali Caless and practice manager and senior paralegal Crysta Lemon will attend the Hartford event and Farzad Panjshiri will attend the Washington, D.C. event. 

The MARQUES 36th Annual Conference takes place in Berlin, Germany on September 20-23, 2023. This year's conference theme is "CELEBRATING MARKS: How sustainability and technology will shape the future of brands." 

The Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC) Finals take place Saturday, June 10, 2023 at UConn's Storrs campus. During the judging of the student inventions, parents are invited to a presentation by Cantor Colburn attorneys Michelle P. Ciotola, chair of the Trademark & Copyright Practice, and Brad Lawrence, co-chair of the Electric Engineering Practice, called, "Options & Realities - Protecting Your Kids' IP." Eric Baron, patent attorney and chair of Cantor Colburn's Artificial Intelligence Practice, chairs the CIC board of directors, and will present the Cantor Colburn award for the Most Patentable Invention to a student inventor at the ceremony after the judging. Ali Caless and Jim Merrick are Volunteer Judges. 

Cantor Colburn hosts IP Year In Review: Hot Topics in Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law presented by the Connecticut Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section for CLE credit on March 29, 2023. This discussion takes place in person at Cantor Colburn's Hartford office and via Zoom.

Cantor Colburn attorneys Michelle Ciotola and Ali Caless and Warner Music Group Vice President, Senior Trademark & Domain Name Counsel Sofya Nadgorny will be panelists for the webinar "Trademark Enforcement Outside the Courtroom: Customs, Watches, and Leveraging Online Platform Solutions: Exploring Options for Early, Effective, and Budget-Conscious Strategies" on December 6, 2022, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET, presented by Strafford.

Trademark Counsel Ali Caless and Patent an IP Transactions Partner David Bomzer will speak at an Ethics CLE roundtable, Ethical Practices for Communications with Clients, Opposing Parties, and the USPTO, a discussion presented by the Connecticut Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section on December 1, 2022. 

The INTA 2022 Leadership Meeting will take place November 17, 2022 in Miami, Florida. This annual conference brings together INTA’s volunteer leaders and committee members to advance the Association’s support of trademarks and related intellectual property. Michael Cantor, Phil Colburn, Michelle Ciotola, Ali Caless and Ben Cantor are attending the conference.

Ali Caless and Michelle Ciotola will attend The Aurora Foundation for Women and Girls event, "Cocktails for Community," at Dunkin’ Donuts Park on October 12, 2022.Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the event and support the nonprofit's mission to empower low-income women, women of color, and first-generation college students to earn a college degree. 

The 36th MARQUES Annual Conference will focus on celebrating marks. Cantor Colburn trademark attorneys Michelle Ciotola, Tom Mango, and Ali Caless will attend. 

Ali Caless, Trademark & Copyright Counsel, Crysta Lemon, Trademark & Copyright Manager, and Soomin Kim, Paralegal, will attend the 2022 Trademark Administrators and Practitioners (TMAP) Meeting, September 11-13, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia.

INTA’s Annual Meeting Live+ is in-person and virtual.  Taking place over April 30–May 4, 2022 in Washington, D.C., the annual conference of the International Trademark Association brings together the most influential brand and intellectual property professionals from across the globe and across industries.

UConn Law alumni Nancy Kennedy and Ali Caless will attend the UConn Law Intellectual Property and Technology Law Society Student-Practitioner Meet & Greet on October 7, 2021. 

Trademark Counsel Ali Caless will be part of a panel discussion on Effectively Proving Trademark Use, presented by the Fairfield County (CT) Bar Entertainment/Media/IP Committee on October 7, 2021, a virtual program.

During the Connecticut Invention Convention, more than 500 engineers, academics, scientists, entrepreneurs, and legal professionals will judge students' inventions and inspire young minds to pursue science and engineering studies and careers.

Cantor Colburn copyright attorneys will present the complimentary webinar, "Creativity and the Law: A Webinar for Artists on What Every Artist Should Know About Copyright," on May 28, 2020 at 5:30 PM in partnership with the  Greater Hartford Arts Council. Michelle Ciotola, Ali Caless, Benjamin Cantor and Crysta Lemon Schmidt will review copyright law and how artists can protect their creative works. 

Alison Caless will participate on an IP Ethics CLE panel for the IP section of the Connecticut Bar on December 3, 2019; 2 CLE Ethics credits are available in CT and NY. Alison is a member of the CBA's IP Section.

Trademark attorneys Alison Caless and Benjamin Cantor will present an introductory workshop on trademarks to the Greater Hartford Chapter of SCORE on October 23, 2019 from 1-3 PM at the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Alison Caless and Benjamin Cantor will attend UCONN's Law School Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on Tuesday, October 15, 2019.

Michelle Ciotola, Tom Mango, and Ali Caless will attend The MARQUES 33rd Annual Conference that takes place on September 17-19, 2019 in Dublin, Ireland. This year's conference theme is "Brands Confronting Change." 

The 141st annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) will take place in Boston, Massachusetts from May 18-22, 2018. Nearly 10,000 intellectual property professionals from around the world will attend, including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn. 

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the regional and statewide Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), competitions, including Eric Baron, who is also a CIC board member. Michael Cantor will attend to represent the firm during the program, which will recognize Cantor Colburn's support. This year's convention will take place on May 4, 2019 at the UConn Storrs campus.

Trademark and copyright attorney Alison Caless attended the Asociación InterAmericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI) Sports Law Conference on April 12, 2019 in New York City. 

The Copyright Team at Cantor Colburn will present, “Creativity and the Law: What Every Artist Should Know About Their Creations,” presented in partnership with the Greater Hartford Arts Council. This session is a copyright basics seminar for artists in all media. 

Presenting are Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Trademark & Copyright Department Vice Chair, Associates Ali Caless and Ben Cantor, and Senior Trademark paralegal Crysta Lemon Schmidt. 

The Women of Innovation® awards gala on March 28, 2018, celebrates the women who make Connecticut's businesses and institutions strong leaders on the cutting edge. The event is presented by the Connecticut Technology Council.

Cantor Colburn's copyright attorneys are pleased to partner with the Greater Hartford Arts Council and present a copyright basics seminar for artists in all media. This session will  inform artists about the rights and protections available to them regarding their creations.