About Sarah Silbert

Before entering the legal profession, Sarah attended Columbia Business School, earning an MBA with emphases in marketing and international business, and worked in the publishing and advertising fields in New York City.


Noteworthy

Southern California Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2004 - 2007

Received commendation for exemplary service during practicum as assistant city prosecutor for Long Beach City Prosecutor’s Office, 2007


Publications

"Implications of the Protect IP Act," Intellectual Property Magazine, July/August 2011.

"Registering Personal Names as Federal Service Marks," Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, July/August 2011.

"Defining Trademarks," Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, July/August 2008.

"Using a UDRP Action to Prevent Infringing Use of Domain Names," Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, February 2008.

Co-Author, "Life After Moseley: The Trademark Dilution Revision Act," 16 TEX.
INTEL. PROP. L.J. 125, Fall 2007, reprinted in Intellectual Property Law Review, 2008 (Thompson West Group, 2008).


Education

J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)

MBA, Columbia University

B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz


Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California

California State Bar (All California State Courts)


Affiliations

Prior Experience

International Trademark Association (INTA), Proof of Confusion Subcommittee, 2006 – 2009

Los Angeles Intellectual Property American Inn of Court, 2008 – 2010

Los Angeles County Bar Association – Barristers Executive Committee, 2007 – 2008