“At Ater Wynne, we bring a TEAM-ORIENTED FOCUS to a client’s issues. We’re set up to provide the client with the particular expertise it needs without layers of red tape. We do the work with a high level of integrity. We’re agile and deft in our responses and confident in our collective abilities.”
Molly Edwards
Intellectual Property and Global Trade Specialist
Molly Edwards is an Intellectual Property and Global Trade Specialist in Ater Wynne’s Intellectual Property Group and the Global Trade Group. Molly’s combined role allows her to not only assist clients with securing their intellectual property rights, but also assist clients with navigating the complex regulations of export controls for their goods and services.
As the Intellectual Property Specialist Molly prosecutes domestic and international trademarks, administers clients’ domestic and international trademark portfolios, manages trademark dockets, prepares and files documents before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and in Federal Court, and assists with the analysis of trademark infringement, preparing cease and desist letters, and performs initial clearance searches of trademarks. In addition, Molly also prepares intellectual property licenses and contracts.
She also manages our patent docket, administers clients’ domestic and international patent portfolios, assists with the prosecution of U.S., PCT, and international patent applications, and prepares and files documents before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Molly is also experienced in filing copyright applications with the U.S. Copyright Office.
As the Global Trade Specialist in Ater Wynne’s Global Trade Group, Molly assists clients with compliance with U.S. and foreign export controls, and shipping laws and regulations governing commercial and military products, technical data, and services. Her assistance includes the preparation of export licenses, DSP5 applications, Manufacturing License Agreements, and Technology License Agreements. She also assists with the preparation of export controls compliance programs, analysis of export violations, and the export of controlled substances.
In Molly’s combined role, she also works with clients regarding big data, such as data transfers, data breaches, and computer security. Molly assists clients with compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as the U.S. – EU Privacy Shield Principles.
Professional Experience
- Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, OR, Intellectual Property Specialist, 2016 to present
- Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR, Trademark Paralegal, 2013 to 2016, Patent Prosecution Legal Assistant, 2007 to 2013
Education
- Portland State University, Child and Family Studies, 2005