Christina Hieber Named TTAB Acting Chief Administrative Trademark Judge

The USPTO announced last week that Christina Hieber has been named Acting Chief Administrative Trademark Judge at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Christina Hieber is the Acting Chief Administrative Trademark Judge of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). In this role, she leads the TTAB as it hears and decides appeals by trademark applicants—including final refusals of registration, oppositions brought by outside parties to challenge approved trademark applications, and petitions filed by outside parties to cancel trademark registrations—and determines geographic division of territories for marks involved in concurrent use proceedings.

Previously, Ms. Hieber served as the Senior Counsel for Trademark Policy and Litigation in the Office of the Solicitor at the USPTO. In that role, she defended decisions of the USPTO Director and the TTAB in cases before the Federal Circuit and district courts. She also provided advice and guidance to the USPTO Director, Commissioner for Trademarks, the TTAB, and other agency officials on trademark-related matters.

Before joining the Solicitor’s Office in 2006, Ms. Hieber was in private practice at a large intellectual property law firm in Washington, D.C., where her practice focused on trademark and unfair competition matters.

Ms. Hieber received her JD from the George Washington University Law School and her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.

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