Susan Latham | Miami Intellectual Property Lawyer

Susan J. Latham received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Florida State University College of Law, and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Delaware. While attending the Florida State University College of Law, Ms. Latham was the Executive Editor of the Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law , and completed a summer law program at Oxford University.

Ms. Latham has always had a passion for Intellectual Property law and after graduating from Florida State University College of Law. She attended the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where she earned a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property law receiving the award for Distinguished Performance and the Charles Ballon Writing award. Ms. Latham focuses her practice in the areas of intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation, and entertainment.

• Member | Florida State Bar Association

• Susan’s work has been published by leading scholarly and trade publications, such as: the Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, a preeminent law journal covering communications, entertainment, and intellectual property law; Thomson Reuter’s Westlaw Journal of Intellectual Property; and Practical Winery & Vineyard.

• Bridgeport Music, Inc v. Dimension Films 2004

• "Trademark Licensing and the 'Buddy System'," Westlaw Journal of Intellectual Property. Vol. 25, Issue 5, June 2018.
  
  “Best Practices for Evaluating Trademark Applications,” Inside the Minds: Recent Trends in Trademark Protection, 2016 ed., Aspatore Books (Thomson Reuters).
  
  Protecting Brands from Theft and Counterfeiting in 2016 and Beyond Live Webcast; The Knowledge Group; June 2, 2016. Participated as a panelist to offer guidance for the best practices and procedures for companies to protect their brands from theft and counterfeiting.
  
  “On the Radar: Notorious Counterfeiting and Piracy Markets of 2015,” Corporate Counsel, Feb. 2016.
  
  Moderator, INTA Roundtable: 2015 U.S. Case Law in Review, Jan. 2016.
  
  “How Recognition of Geographical Areas of Viticultural Significance Affects U.S. Trademarks for Wine,” PRACTICAL WINERY & VINEYARD JOURNAL, October 2011.
  
  “Newton v. Diamond: Measuring the Legitimacy of Unauthorized Compositional Sampling – A Clue Illuminated and Obscured,” 26 HASTINGS COMM. & ENT. L.J. 119, 2004. Cited by the Sixth Circuit in Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films, 2004 WL 1960167 (6th Cir., Sept. 7, 2004).
  
  

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