Articles

• Protecting Your Design: Message is the bottle
  July/August 2009 Download Article |
• Protectable Trademarks for Packaging
  May/June 2009 Download Article |
• International Trademark Treachery in the Internet Age
  August 11, 2008 Download Article |
• Geographical Branding
  May/June 2007
• A Multilateral Register for Geographical Indications for Wines and Spirits: A Summary and Assessment of the Competing Proposals
  2007 Download Article |
• Avoiding Branding's Cardinal Sins
  November/December 2006 Download Article |
• The Vineyard Designation: Branding & Trademark Issues for Wineries & Vineyard Owners
  April 2003
• “Wine Brands and Appellations of Origin,” Wine Law in America
  May 2011

Presentations

• “U.S. Supply Agreements and Issues of Parallel Importation,” invited presentation to International Wine Law Association, Logroño, Spain, October 2011
• "International Trademark Protection for Wine Brands," invited presentation Legal and Tax Issues Facing the Wine Industry, CLE, Napa, California, July 2011
• "Geographical Indications," invited presentation to the California Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section, International Committee, Napa, California, March 2011
• "U.S. Treatment of Geographical Indications," invited presentation to the European Community Trademark Association, Barcelona, Spain, June 2010
• "Label Issues and Intellectual Property," invited presentation to the Napa Valley Vintners Association, Yountville, California, April 2010
• “Bottles, Labels and More: Intellectual Property Rights in the Alcohol Beverage Industry,” invited presentation to International Wine Law Association, Trier, Germany, October 2009
• “Appellations of Origin and Geographic Brands,” guest speaker, Boalt Hall School of Law, Wine Law, Berkeley, California, October 2009
• “Intellectual Property Issues in the Wine Industry,” invited presentation, Wine Law in America, CLE, Sonoma, California, July 2009
• “I Now Pronounce You …Plaintiff and Defendant: Weddings and Intellectual Property,” invited presentation Wedding Industry Professionals Association, Napa, California, 2009
• "Geographical Terms as Intellectual Property" and “Case Study: The Geographical Indications of Napa Valley and Champagne,” guest speaker, Boalt Hall School of Law, Protecting Products of Place, Berkeley, California, 2009
• "Names, Labels and Trademarks," invited presentation, Best Practices for Owning and Operating a Winery, CLE, San Francisco, California, 2007 & Napa, California, 2008 and 2009
• "Distinctive Signs for Collective Use – Agricultural Products," invited panel moderator, International Forum on Distinctive Signs for Collective Use, World Intellectual Property Organization, Versailles, France, 2008 
• “A Discussion of Wine Trademarks and Appellations,” invited presentation The Sacramento Seminar, Sonoma, California, 2008
• "Branding and Wine Law," invited presentation Assn. of Cal. Water Agencies CLE, Napa, California, 2008
• "Geographical Terms as Intellectual Property," invited presentation at National CLE Conference, Aspen, Colorado, 2007
• "Appellations of Origin: International Developments & Impact in Canada," invited presentation to Bacchus at Brock, Niagara, Canada, 2007
• "Consumer Protection Debate – the Wine Trade Needs to Develop Better Consumer Protection Standards," invited presentation to International Wine Law Association, Martigny, Switzerland, 2007
• "Cold Case File: Message on a Bottle," invited presentation Vintners Quality Alliance Ontario, Niagara, Canada, 2006
• "Decanting Wine Law," invited presentation Boalt Hall Alumni Reunion, Berkeley, California, 2006
• "Intellectual Property Issues in the Wine Industry," guest speaker, Boalt Hall School of Law, Wine Law, Berkeley, California, 2005 – 2007
• "Intellectual Property Issues in International Distribution of Wines," invited presentation to International Wine Law Association, Mornington Peninsula, Australia, 2005
• "Application of Article 23.2 of GATT TRIPS Under U.S. Trademark Law," invited presentation International Trademark Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004