Department of International Trade & Marketing for the Fashion Industries Talking Trade
Executive Committee: Robert L. Eisen, Esq., Baker & McKenzie LLP @ Josh Green, Panjiva Eric Hertz, Center for Executive Development Sara L. Mayes, Gemini Shippers Association Tom Pollak, Pollak Import/Export Corps. David Uricoli, Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. Henry Welt, H. Welt & Company, Inc. Dr. Anastasia Xenias, U.S. Department of Commerce
Marlene Aguilar, Compass Branding Group Denise Bar-Aharon, BTC International Henri Barguirdjian, GRAFF What Global Fashion and Entrepreneurial Nick Y. Barratt, Foreign Policy Association Lissa Baum, Israel Discount Bank Companies Need to Know about the Giacomo J. Corrado ESQ, Corrado Montgomery Jane Hali, The Doneger Group Proposed Fashion Design Bills Laura Jones, U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel Frank X. Kelly, Kelly & Associates Paul Magel, Computer Generated Solutions Spring 2011 Alice L. Bonnie Mairs, International YMCA Kate McShane, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Guest Lecture Series Dwight Meyer, The Warnaco Inc. Group Abby Parsonnet, JP Morgan Chase John E. Reevees Great Hall, at 28th Street and 7th Ave Tom Pollak, Pollak Import/Export Corps. David M. Rosenberg, ETC, Carlisle Group Thursday, February 24, 2011 Donna Sharp, Inspectorate Sharp Global Corporation 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Jay D. Silver, Mahoney Cohen & Company CPA PC
Ex-Of cio: Professor Christine S. Pomeranz, ITM Chairperson Program by:
Laura Jones, Executive Director, USA ITA Department of International Trade & Marketing for the Fashion Industries Professor Christine S. Pomeranz, ITM Chairperson, FIT
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Master of Cérémonies Mr. Nardiello has substantial experience in litigation. He has rst-chaired trials and conducted dozens of depositions over his career in several areas of law ranging from intellectual property to commercial law to white collar criminal law. He regularly appears in Federal Court on intellectual property matters. He has also drafted and negotiated trademark and copyright licensing agreements and is Cory Baker, Managing Director for Brand Strategy & familiar with the subtleties of co-branding arrangements involving celebrities and other Development, In nity Lifstyles Brands marketing arrangements where he frequently guides clients in their efforts to monetize their intellectual property. In all of these capacities, he has helped clients assess the risks and bene ts of an approach to meet their unique needs and consistently provides creative, well-reasoned counsel. Cory Baker is the Managing Director for Brand Strategy and Development at In nity Lifestyle Brands, a division of In nity Group, a private equity rm focused on Consumer Brands, Equity Mr. Nardiello previously formed an independent law practice, where he counseled clients Ventures and Real Estate. At In nity, Cory oversees all marketing, strategy and development in a broad spectrum of industries, including those in the entertainment industry, involving for the current portfolio as well as new acquisitions and investments. In nitys holdings include trademark, copyright, and contractual concerns. interests in the New York Yankees, Fredericks of Hollywood, Polaroid, The Sharper Image, Linens N Things, XOXO and Delias. He is also frequently invited to speak at prominent events concerning brand protection, trademarks, advertising, and copyright law. Prior to In nity, Cory Baker served as the Vice President of Business Affairs & Corporate Counsel at Iconix Brand Group, Inc. Iconix Brand Group owns a diversi ed portfolio of 24 fashion and home brands including London Fog, Joe Boxer, Danskin, Rocawear, Starter, Badgley Mischka, Royal Velvet, Ecko and Ed Hardy which touch every segment of retail distribution dd from the luxury market to the mass market. Iconix licenses its brands to leading retailers and manufacturers worldwide with retail sales across all brands reaching nearly $10 billion dollars. At Iconix, Baker oversaw the legal and business affairs department and worked with Kathryn Barrett, Esq., Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP marketing and brand management to develop cross-brand licensing expansion and negotiate the celebrity endorsement/marketing deals including those with Britney Spears, Tony Romo, Gisele Bundchen, Hayden Panietiere, Kim Kardashian, Madonna and others. Prior to joining Iconix, Cory practiced law at K&L Gates, LLP and Tucker & Lati , LLP Kathryn A. Barrett is an associate in Locke Lords New York City of ce. Ms. Barrett focuses specializing in intellectual property and media law while representing clients and companies in her practice on patent, trademark, unfair competition, labor and employment, and business the lm, music, television, fashion and hospitality industries. Before being admitted to the New litigation. Some of the industries in which Ms. Barrett has assisted clients include luxury York State Bar, Cory worked at Miramax Films, and Court-TV. Cory received his B.A. from the consumer goods, medical devices, cosmetics, childrens toys, consumer and pet food products, University of Maryland and his Juris Doctorate from New York Law School. non-pro t organizations, biotechnology, consumer software, travel services, tobacco and deicing chemicals. As a litigator, Ms. Barrett has assisted with complex, domestic litigations in federal court and Guest Speakers in New York State Courts. She devotes a substantial portion of her current practice to patent and trademark matters. In her trademark, branding and unfair competition litigation practice, she assists with a team in collaborating with clients who seek to protect brands threatened by competitors or infringers. In her patent litigation practice, she assists with a team in Jason Nardiello, Esq., Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP collaborating with clients who seek to protect and defend their patent rights. Ms. Barrett has participated in nearly all levels of litigation. She has assisted in counseling clients regarding whether to initiate litigation. Ms. Barrett has helped clients prepare for trial by advising clients on document collection strategies, preparing witnesses for depositions, drafting motions, responding to discovery requests and analyzing damages. She has also Jason Nardiello concentrates his practice on litigating high-stakes trademark, copyright, unfair assisted in appealing trial judgments to appellate courts. competition and trade secret matters in federal courts. He is a member of the rms Intellectual Property and Advertising & Marketing Law practice groups. In addition to her litigation experience, Ms. Barrett also has experience assisting clients in developing trademark and branding portfolios. She assists in counseling clients with respect As an intellectual property litigator, Mr. Nardiello works with clients in many industries who to analyzing whether a mark may obtain a trademark registration and maintaining that brand seek to protect brands that are threatened by competitors or infringers. He also advances their throughout its useful life, including, where necessary, defending the clients rights in the mark interests through comprehensive intellectual property strategies which includes the design and through litigation. To that end, Ms. Barrett prepares trademark applications and responds to maintenance of trademark portfolios. Some of the industries where he has served clients include Of ce actions before the United States Patent and Trademark Of ce. She also works with luxury consumer goods, fashion, music and lm, retail software, food and agriculture, tobacco, numerous attorneys around the world to secure trademark rights in countries abroad either biotech, aerospace and automotive. under multi-national registrations through the Madrid Protocol or Community Trade Mark or under the laws of individual countries. Mr. Nardiello has signi cant experience representing clients in complex Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) opposition proceedings, as well as the prosecution of trademark Prior to joining Locke Lord, Ms. Barrett was an associate at Morgan & Finnegan in New York, applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Of ce. In helping to build a where she participated in a wide variety of patent and trademark litigation matters. Upon companys brand, for instance, Mr. Nardiello is accustomed to counseling clients from the joining Morgan & Finnegan, she won the George B. Finnegan Memorial .implementation of product development stage, through brand maintenance, and to litigation, if appropriate. a large-scale highway and light rail redesign in Denver, and Turner Construction, where she assisted with the construction management of a high-rise building in downtown Chicago.