Of Counsel
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.
INCONTESTABLE® Blog
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January 22, 2016
IP Updates
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January 22, 2016
INCONTESTABLE® Blog
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November 5, 2014
"Portfolio management maven Christie Baty Hudgins is a highly organised practitioner who knows exactly what it takes to achieve IP protection that will weather."
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“Hudgins plays a key role in Finnegan’s prosecution practice thanks to her ‘thorough analyses and expertise growing trademark portfolios internationally.’”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“Christie Baty Hudgins expertly serves an illustrious set of high-profile brands…”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“…[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.’”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“International commentators call [Hudgins] ‘exceptionally reliable’ when it comes to portfolio management and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board contested proceedings.”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“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…”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“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.”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“An experienced portfolio manager, Christie Baty Hudgins has represented a number of household names…”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“Hudgins has many years of experience catering to the portfolio needs of large and prestigious names.”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
"Portfolio management maven Christie Baty Hudgins is a highly organised practitioner who knows exactly what it takes to achieve IP protection that will weather."
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“Hudgins plays a key role in Finnegan’s prosecution practice thanks to her ‘thorough analyses and expertise growing trademark portfolios internationally.’”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“Christie Baty Hudgins expertly serves an illustrious set of high-profile brands…”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“…[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.’”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“International commentators call [Hudgins] ‘exceptionally reliable’ when it comes to portfolio management and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board contested proceedings.”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“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…”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“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.”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“An experienced portfolio manager, Christie Baty Hudgins has represented a number of household names…”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
“Hudgins has many years of experience catering to the portfolio needs of large and prestigious names.”
World Trademark Review WTR 1000
Award/Ranking
60 Finnegan Attorneys Named to 2023 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll 60 Finnegan Attorneys Named to 2023 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll
May 15, 2024
Award/Ranking
Finnegan Tops the 2024 World Trademark Review 1000, Receiving New Regional Accolade Finnegan Tops the 2024 World Trademark Review 1000, Receiving New Regional Accolade
February 13, 2024
World Trademark ReviewAward/Ranking
54 Finnegan Attorneys Named to 2022 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll 54 Finnegan Attorneys Named to 2022 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll
July 21, 2023
Press Release
Finnegan Tops the 2023 WTR 1000, with 12 Attorneys Ranked Finnegan Tops the 2023 WTR 1000, with 12 Attorneys Ranked
February 7, 2023
World Trademark ReviewPress Release
Finnegan Receives Top Tier Rankings in 2022 World Trademark Review 1000 Finnegan Receives Top Tier Rankings in 2022 World Trademark Review 1000
March 3, 2022
World Trademark ReviewPress Release
Ten Finnegan Attorneys Top the 2021 WTR 1000 Ten Finnegan Attorneys Top the 2021 WTR 1000
February 18, 2021
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