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Ms. Sturm focuses her practice on all areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and unfair competition.

She has been involved in numerous litigation matters and has assisted in various stages of disputes, ranging from pre-suit activities, district court litigation through appeal to the Court of Appeals and even at the U.S. Supreme Court. She has worked on party and amicus briefs in the district court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

At the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, she has prepared and prosecuted patent applications, as well as worked on appeal and post-issuance proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board. She is experienced in a broad range of technologies including mechanical products, computer technology and consumer products. She also has experience in trademark prosecution and trademark proceedings in industries such as retail store services, retail clothing and consumer goods areas.

Ms. Sturm holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. She also holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in solid mechanics from Villanova University, where she also minored in business and finance.

Published Articles

• ‘Anthrex v. Smith & Nephew’: Are PTAB APJs Constitutionally Appointed?
   
  
  
• NYIPLA Files Amicus Brief Advocating for the Supreme Court to Clarify Article III Standing in Appeal from IPR Proceedings
  
   
  
  

ARELaw Alerts

• ARE Patent Law Alert:
  The USPTO Unveils Patents 4 Partnerships in an Effort to Facilitate Connections Between Patent Holders and Potential Licensees in COVID-19-Related Technologies
  
   
  
  
• ARE PTAB Alert:
  PTAB Puts Halt To Remands Under Arthrex Until Scotus Decides
  
   
  
  

• ARE Patent Law Alert:
  SCOTUS Precludes Judicial Review of Time-Bar Challenges of USPTO PTAB Institution Decisions
  
   
  
  
• ARE PTAB Alert:
  With Consent of All Parties, U.S. Government Seeks Stay of Mandate In Arthrex For 90 Days or Until Resolution of Petitions for Certiorari to the Supreme Court
  
   
  
  
• ARE PTAB Alert:
  IN A SPLIT DECISION, THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT DENIED REHEARING AND REHEARING EN BANC IN ARTHREX V. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. REGARDING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF HOW PTAB APJs ARE APPOINTED
  
   
  
  
• ARE Patent Law Alert:
  The US Supreme Court Holds that the USPTO Cannot Be Reimbursed for Salaries of Its Legal Personnel in Appeals Under § 145 of the Patent Act
  
   
  
  
• ARE Privacy Law Alert:
  CALIFORNIA ADOPTS THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT OF 2018 RELATING TO THE USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION STARTING IN 2020
  
   
  
  
• ARE Patent Law Alert:
  SUPREME COURT TO CLARIFY ‘ON SALE’ BAR IN HELSINN HEALTHCARE S.A. V. TEVA PHARMS. USA, INC.
  
   
  
  
• ARE Patent Law Alert:
  USPTO GUIDANCE ON SUBJECT MATTER ELIGIBILITY OF METHOD OF TREATMENT CLAIMS
  
   
  
  
• ARE Patent Law Alert:
  SCOTUS AUTHORIZES FOREIGN LOST PROFITS FOR DOMESTIC INFRINGEMENT UNDER 35 USC 271(f)(2) IN WESTERNGECO v. ION
  
   
  
  
• ARE Patent Law Alert:
  Federal Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc and Confirms Patent Eligibility Relies Upon Factual Determinations
  
   
  
  

In The Press

• In The Press:
  Christopher Lisiewski Interviewed By Chandler Sturm In New York Intellectual Property Association’s Pod Bites Podcast Series Discussing Allen v. Cooper
  
   
  
  
• In The Press:
  Charles R. Macedo Interviewed By Chandler Sturm In New York Intellectual Property Association’s Pod Bites Podcast Series Discussing Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew Update on Denial of Rehearing at CAFC
  
   
  
  

• Charles Macedo and Chandler Sturm to Present Celesq and West LegalEdcenter/Thomson Reuters Webinar on PTAB Administrative Patent Judges and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution
   
  
  
• In The Press:
  Charles R. Macedo Interviewed by Chandler Sturm in New York Intellectual Property Association’s Pod Bites Podcast Series Discussing Peter v. NantKwest
  
   
  
  
• In The Press:
  US Supreme Court hears argument on whether Patent Office can collect employees’ salaries in defending district court actions
  
   
  
  

Bar Admissions

• New York, 2020

• Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY, J.D., 2019
• Villanova University, Villanova, PA, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2016

• New York Intellectual Property Law Association: PTAB Committee and Young Lawyers Committee