Michelle Emeterio is an associate in the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group at the firm’s Orange County office. She focuses her practice on trademark and copyright counseling and application prosecution. She has extensive experience with trademark clearance and IP licensing, as well as managing international IP portfolios, prosecuting and defending Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) proceedings, and enforcing and defending IP rights including via cease-and-desist letters, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns, settlement negotiations, and civil lawsuits. Michelle also handles corporate IP transactions, due diligence, and related recordations. She has assisted clients in many different industries, including apparel, sports, technology, franchising, food and beverage, restaurant, real estate, toys, tools, education, health, and entertainment.
Prior to graduating cum laude from the University of California at Irvine School of Law and joining Snell & Wilmer, Michelle began her legal career at the international IP boutique firm Ladas & Parry LLP, followed by the franchise firm Holmes Lofstrom PC, and then the litigation firm Call & Jensen PC, where she worked at each as a paralegal. She is highly active in her community and is a mentor for new associate attorneys.
