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Ariel Katz

Associate

Practices & Industries:

Copyright, Trademark & Advertising, Trade Secret, NDA, and Non-Compete, Trademark Prosecution

Contact Information:

[email protected]
(312) 248-1572
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Overview

Ariel Katz is an associate at Irwin IP. She joined the law firm in September 2022 after graduating cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Children’s Legal Rights Journal and was a member of the moot court program.

Prior to law school, Ariel obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College. Upon graduating, she joined the Teach for America program and taught high school English in Chicago. After teaching for a total of four years, Ariel worked for two years as a fundraiser at the Jewish United Fund before starting law school. During her 1L summer, Ariel worked as a Judicial Extern to the Hon. Marvin Aspen of the Northern District of Illinois.

Ariel is passionate about IP law as she believes strong IP protection enables art, creativity, and technological innovations to flourish.

Representative Matters

  • Representing a fitness equipment manufacturer against copyright infringement and tortious interference claims related to videos and software integrated into fitness equipment.
  • Representing a Fortune 500 company against copyright infringement claims.
  • Representing a musician against trademark infringement claims for the use of his band name.

Court Admissions

Illinois

Prior Experience

Prior to law school, Ariel obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College. Upon graduating, she joined the Teach for America program and taught high school English in Chicago. After teaching for a total of four years, Ariel worked for two years as a fundraiser at the Jewish United Fund before starting law school. During her 1L summer, Ariel worked as a Judicial Extern to the Hon. Marvin Aspen of the Northern District of Illinois. While in law school, Ariel served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Children’s Legal Rights Journal and was a member of the moot court program.

Education

Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D. 2022, cum laude

  • CALI award for highest grade in Evidence
  • Quarterfinalist in Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court invitational

Claremont McKenna College, B.A. 2013, cum laude

Federal Circuit Takes a Bite Out of Apple’s Trademark Application

On April 4, 2023, in a case of first impression, the Federal Circuit reversed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and held that a trademark applicant cannot use the priority date of a prior application when the goods and services are not listed in the prior application.  Bertini—a…
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Continually Shifting Theories Costs Patentee Attorney’s Fees

On February 3, 2023, the Southern District of California found a patent infringement case exceptional under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and awarded the defendant, Cerner Corporation (“Cerner”), its attorney’s fees after the plaintiff, CliniComp International, Inc. (“CliniComp”), pursued ever-shifting infringement theories even after Cerner served it with an Octane…
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Registering Trademarks Shows Secondary Meaning 

On November 9, 2022, the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a preliminary injunction in favor of SoClean, Inc. (“SoClean”) against Sunset Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (“Sunset”).  SoClean sued Sunset for trademark infringement of its registered mark for replacement filters.  Although the district believed that SoClean was likely to prevail on the…
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