Laura Deines is an associate at Bates & Bates' Atlanta Office. Her practice includes all aspects of intellectual property, but primarily focuses on trademark prosecution, clearance, and global brand management. She is experienced in assisting clients with trademark protection and enforcement strategy as well as intellectual property risk analysis. She has worked on trademark matters for a number of trademark owners, including The Coca-Cola Company, The Chemours Company, Gibson Brands, Inc., Avanos Medical, Inc. and O&M Halyard, Inc. In addition to her trademark prosecution work and general IP enforcement matters, she also is experienced in drafting cease and desist letters, conducting trademark searches and clearances, drafting responses to Trademark Office Actions, implementing successful online IP protection strategies, and many other tasks required for the management of a global trademark portfolio.

In addition to the transactional side, Mrs. Deines is also an active member of the Bates & Bates Trademark Litigation Team. She is experienced in drafting and preparing litigation documents, organizing and drafting discovery, and managing the collection, organization and preparation of all electronic and paper evidentiary documentation related to the litigation process. Mrs. Deines is also well versed in domain name portfolio protection and management. Mrs. Deines has extensive experience in recovering domain names before the World Intellectual Property Organization, the National Arbitration Forum, the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, and the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law.

Prior to joining Bates & Bates, she has had the opportunity to work with a number of leading healthcare organizations, including Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Mrs. Deines has bridged her experience in the healthcare field, as well as her background in the hard sciences, with her legal education to provide a unique and well-rounded perspective to effectively handle all intellectual property matters.