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Caroline Chicoine

Of Counsel

St. Louis
phone: 314.480.1648
fax: 314.480.1548

email: caroline.chicoine@huschblackwell.com

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Overview

An electrical engineer before she became an IP and trademark attorney, Caroline is extremely adept at counseling clients’ on the selection and registration of their trademarks and the enforcement of those trademarks in the virtual world.

When clients need a seasoned trademark professional who can deliver services in a prompt and cost-effective manner, they call Caroline. With 25 years of experience clearing and registering marks, Caroline knows exactly what can and cannot be protected, how to overcome obstacles and how to get clients where they want to be. This in turn gives her clients the confidence they need before launching a new brand. Not only does she provide sage counsel on trademark selection, her informed perspective helps clients avoid wasting money on weak or unenforceable marks.

Caroline’s experience over the years also has allowed her to establish a niche in developing and implementing enforcement strategies for combating trademark and copyright infringement activity on the internet. Whether it is reclaiming domain names for her clients through negotiation and arbitration or shutting down a website, she has seen it all.

Industries

Manufacturing

Technology

Transportation

Services

Advertising & Marketing

Intellectual Property

Technology Commercialization

Recognition

The Best Lawyers in America®, Trademark Law, 2021-2024; Advertising Law, 2023 and 2024
World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professional, 2021-2023
Missouri Bar Pro Bono Wall of Fame, 2019, 2021
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)-Implementation Recommendation Team, Chair, 2009; Names Council, 1999-2001

Education

J.D., The John Marshall Law School
B.S., University of Illinois
- Electrical Engineering

Admissions

Missouri
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Memberships and Certifications

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Intellectual Property Constituency, Member
International Trademark Association: Research Advisory Council, Chair, 2020-2021; Impact Studies Committee, Vice-Chair 2018-2019, Member 2016-2017; Internet Committee, Chair, 2010-2012, Vice Chair, 2008-2010, Chair of Registration and Domain Name System Administration Subcommittee, 2005-2007, Member 1998-2003; State Law Subcommittee of the Dilution Committee, Chair, 2003-2005
Washington University, Adjunct Faculty, Trademark Practice class, 2005-present

Languages

French, conversant

Featured Experience

Trademark Challenge Blocked

Challenged by a multimillion-dollar company, a budding entrepreneur enlisted help in clearing and registering her mark so she could return to building her new business. Caroline analyzed the facts, researched the opposing side, and studied the complexities and nuances of legal decisions in this sphere, and in so doing, cleared the way for eventual trademark approval and registration.

Additional Experience

Led diverse group of international experts in trademark and consumer protection laws to develop additional rights-protection mechanisms for brand owners in anticipation of ICANN's rollout of more than 1,000 new gTLDs.
Drafted and prosecuted numerous Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy complaints for trademark owners/brand holders to successful resolution.
Efficiently negotiated settlements of scores of online disputes, allowing clients to get back to business.
Assisted clients in clearing trademarks before launching new products or services on global basis.

Articles | February 28, 2022

The International Trademark Association, INTA Bulletin: The Expanding IP Landscape

Articles | August 02, 2021

Digital Commerce 360: Counterfeit goods online: The government acts, despite platforms' efforts

Articles | April 23, 2021

Retail TouchPoints: Congress Hears a Whois

Legal Updates | January 11, 2021

Congress Hears a Whois

Blog | August 01, 2019

The USPTO is Taking Filings Online

Articles | June 15, 2019

INTA Bulletin, International Trademark Association, Impact Studies Committee's Gen Z Study Brings Expanded Reach for Unreal Campaign

Speaking Engagements | November 16, 2023

Speaker, "Don't Tell Me What to Do! How Brands Can Navigate the Choppy Waters of Brand Restrictions Around the World," INTA's Leadership Meeting

Speaking Engagements | August 25, 2021

Speaker, "Restrictions on the Use of Brands and Advertising in the View of Millennials and Generation Z – A New Way to Consume?" 41st International Congress of the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property

Seminars | October 10, 2019

2019 Intellectual Property Seminar - St. Louis

News Releases | August 17, 2023

Best Lawyers in America® Places More than 230 Husch Blackwell Lawyers in 2024 Rankings

News Releases | February 27, 2023

Nemes, Chicoine Named to World Trademark Review's WTR 1000

News Releases | August 18, 2022

Best Lawyers in America® Places More than 170 Husch Blackwell Lawyers in 2023 Rankings

Media Mentions | April 30, 2022

INTA: Battling the Backlogs

News Releases | March 03, 2022

Husch Blackwell's Nemes and Chicoine Included in World Trademark Review's 2022 WTR 1000

News Releases | August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers in America® Places More Than 170 Husch Blackwell Lawyers in 2022 Rankings

Media Mentions | March 03, 2021

International Trademark Association Volunteer Spotlight: Caroline Chicoine

News Releases | February 25, 2021

World Trademark Review's WTR 1000 Names Chicoine and Nemes from Missouri

News Releases | August 20, 2020

Best Lawyers in America® Names 170 Husch Blackwell Attorneys, 12 "Lawyers of the Year"

Outside the Office

Running, reading and—thanks to her daughter—rabbits are three of Caroline’s favorite things.

Sprint triathlons used to be Caroline’s specialty sport; now she has little time to train but fits in running several times a week. She and her family also participate in the annual early-morning Kirkwood/Webster Turkey Day 5K run when they are in town.

A bunny entered the family home several years ago after the Chicoines’ thoroughly determined daughter presented a PowerPoint® brief on the advantages of bunny acquisition, and the rest is history. Luna (bunny on left) hopped into their lives and with the assistance of the Missouri House Rabbit Society; Blaise soon followed. “We love them,” Caroline says. She and her daughter and son also volunteer at the nonprofit organization.

Luna and Blaise

Caroline and her family at the Annual Kirkwood/ Webster Turkey Trot

Community Leadership

Caroline actively supports social justice, faith and educational initiatives in her community.

She helped lead the National Charity League, which supports two dozen philanthropic organizations in the St. Louis area. In addition, Caroline is actively involved at her parish, preparing casseroles for the St. Patrick Center’s Casserole Program and shopping for the supplies for the weekly 200 sandwiches her parish provides to the St. Vincent de Paul Parish’s Sandwich Window.

A strong supporter of education, which prepares tomorrow’s citizens and leaders, Caroline drew upon her engineering expertise when she coached a middle-school LEGO® robotics team. And at her children’s public school, which has an honor society for STEM students, she galvanized support for an English Honor Society.

Caroline also is an adjunct professor of the Trademark Practice course at Washington University’s School of Law, as a way to give back to the university.

Archdiocese of St. Louis, Associations of the Archbishop, Sponsor
Ladue Education Foundation, Rams Leadership Circle
FIRST Lego Robotics Team, Coach
National Charity League, Gateway Chapter, Parliamentarian, 2016-2018
Washington University in St. Louis, Eliot Society
University of Illinois, President’s Circle