Kate A. Sherlock

Kate collaborates with clients to protect their intellectual property (IP) rights and data. Serving her clients both as a savvy business counselor and a strategic litigator, Kate represents companies of all sizes across most major industries, including the technology, automotive, entertainment, fashion, and cannabis industries.

Utilizing her extensive commercial contracting experience, Kate works with clients to draft and negotiate master service agreements, software licensing and SaaS agreements, social media influencer agreements, name and likeness releases, publishing agreements, and other technology, media, and data-related agreements. She regularly counsels clients on the right to use and ability to register trademarks and copyrights, prepares licensing agreements, performs targeted intellectual property due diligence, and handles intellectual property assignment arrangements for clients undergoing significant corporate change. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Kate worked both as a professional musician and within the entertainment industry so she is familiar with the creative issues that artists, contractors and others face, particularly with respect to IP issues. Her creative background serves her clients well in matters involving contract drafting, negotiating, and revising.

As a member of the firm’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Group, Kate helps clients comply with various data privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). She reviews third-party vendor contracts and service level agreements and drafts both internal and outward facing policies and procedures governing data privacy and cybersecurity, including data processing agreements and privacy notices.

Representing her IP clients in litigation matters, Kate regularly handles trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the TTAB and UDRP domain disputes. She has litigated in federal and state court in matters involving trademark and copyright infringement, false advertising, trade secret misappropriation, domain name disputes, and general contract and business tort disputes. Her goal is always to prepare and guide clients through the litigation process as efficiently and seamlessly as possible, effectively communicating with them at all times so that they understand and are satisfied with the outcome she helps them achieve.