Coralie Prendergast
Founding partner
Coralie runs the firm’s trademark work and the disputes that come with it, from the first search to the letter that settles it.
Coralie spent her early years in practice at a large firm, writing the demand letters that land on small brands. She started this one to sit on the other side of that letter, and to make sure fewer clients ever receive one.
Her clients are roasters, bakers, clothing labels and the founders of consumer brands, most of them before their first big order.
Works on
- Trademark searches and clearance opinions
- Applications and office actions
- Cease-and-desist letters, sent and answered
- Oppositions before the trademark board
Credentials
Where Coralie is admitted, and where she trained
Admissions
California
2011
Courts
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
2012
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
2015
Education
J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
2011
B.A., Art History, University of California, Santa Barbara
2007
Languages
English
French
Memberships
International Trademark Association
How she works
She reads the market before she reads the register. A search tells you which names are filed; a walk through the shelves and the app stores tells you which ones are in use, and that’s where most disputes begin.
When a letter arrives, she answers it in writing within a week and tells you, before she sends anything, what it could cost to hold your ground and what it would cost to rename.