Christie B. Hudgins

Of Counsel

+1 202 408 4040 +1 202 408 4040
christie.hudgins@finnegan.com christie.hudgins@finnegan.com

901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4413

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Christie Baty Hudgins focuses on trademark clearance, prosecution, portfolio management, client counseling, and oppositions and cancellation actions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Christie represents a diverse range of large and small clients in the education, sporting goods, automotive, food and beverage, financial services, consumer products, Internet services, medical device, software and electronics, pharmaceutical, and consulting fields. She has extensive experience in managing large domestic and international trademark portfolios. She has been active in Internet-related trademark disputes, including a number of federal court lawsuits and foreign litigations involving both generic top-level domain (gTLD) names and country-code top-level domain names.

Christie has extensive experience in managing worldwide trademark portfolios of large companies, including Yahoo! and Caterpillar Inc. She has handled or managed U.S. and international domain name litigation and Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings on behalf of Yahoo! and other Internet companies. She has been recognized by World IP Review as a WIPR Leader for trademarks in the United States, and by The Legal 500 U.S. as a leader in the management of large global portfolios, and with deep experience in searches. For several years, she has been ranked for her contributions to the fields of prosecution and strategy as well as among top Georgia trademark lawyers by World Trademark Review 1000. Christie has also consistently been recognized on the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll.

Insights

INCONTESTABLE® Blog

Major Changes in European Trademark Practice Coming March 23, 2016 Major Changes in European Trademark Practice Coming March 23, 2016

January 22, 2016

IP Updates

Major Changes in European Trademark Practice Coming March 23, 2016 Major Changes in European Trademark Practice Coming March 23, 2016

January 22, 2016

INCONTESTABLE® Blog

PTO Announces Updates to TMEP and TBMP PTO Announces Updates to TMEP and TBMP

November 5, 2014

Workshop

Trademark Boot Camp Trademark Boot Camp

June 22, 2012

Alexandria

Event

AIPLA Trademark Boot Camp AIPLA Trademark Boot Camp

June 10, 2011

Alexandria

Professional Recognition

"A thorough prosecutor, Christie Baty Hudgins is a go-to choice for clients with expansive portfolios. Her strategic vision and pragmatic approach mean she engages with her client’s businesses in the most proactive way and builds water-tight protection strategies."

"A savant counsellor on protecting and maintaining vast portfolios, Baty Hudgins excels in securing robust IP protection for her clients."

"Portfolio management maven Christie Baty Hudgins is a highly organised practitioner who knows exactly what it takes to achieve IP protection that will weather."

“Hudgins plays a key role in Finnegan’s prosecution practice thanks to her ‘thorough analyses and expertise growing trademark portfolios internationally.’”

“Christie Baty Hudgins expertly serves an illustrious set of high-profile brands…”

“…[P]rosecution and portfolio management specialist Christie Baty Hudgins is ‘smart, practical, and gets the job done—while always being a pleasure to work with.’”

“International commentators call [Hudgins] ‘exceptionally reliable’ when it comes to portfolio management and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board contested proceedings.”

“Christie Baty Hudgins has a broad practice at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, but makes a real splash in online enforcement, having presided over numerous domain name disputes for internet giants…”

“The versatile Christie Baty Hudgins can effortlessly get to grips with the worldwide portfolios of major brand owners, making her a perfect fit at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner. Especially active in internet-related disputes, she has represented leading internet companies…in domain name litigation and Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings.”

“An experienced portfolio manager, Christie Baty Hudgins has represented a number of household names…”

“Hudgins has many years of experience catering to the portfolio needs of large and prestigious names.”