ATTORNEYS & AGENTS

Ava K. Doppelt

Email:
adoppelt@addmg.com

Telephone:
407-841-2330, Ext. 148

Facsimile:
407-841-2343

Orlando

Practice Areas:

• Trademark and Copyright Acquisition and Counseling
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Intellectual Property Transactions
• Business Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Admitted:

• 1984: Florida
• 1977: New York
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Courts of Appeals: Eleventh and Federal Circuits
• United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• United States District Courts: Middle, Southern and Northern Districts of Florida ; Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York

Education:

• 1976: J.D., New York University
• 1972: A.B., Northwestern University, Phi Beta Kappa

Biography:

Ms. Doppelt advises on trademark, publishing, entertainment, licensing, franchising, and copyright matters. She manages trademark and copyright portfolios, and also has substantial litigation experience in federal and state courts and administrative agencies. Ms. Doppelt speaks frequently on intellectual property, publishing and entertainment law. She has served as an expert witness. Ms. Doppelt was formerly an attorney for Prentice-Hall, Inc. and The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. She serves on the boards of the local PBS affiliate, the Orlando Ballet, Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company and The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community (Zora Neal Hurston Festival). Ms. Doppelt was the recipient of the Orange County Bar Association’s William Trickel, Jr. Professionalism Award in 2002. She is a member of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (President 1990 – 1991) and was the Recipient of its Golden Star Award in 2001. Ms. Doppelt also served as a Commissioner of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (1992 – 1996, Chair 1996 - 1996) and the Ninth Circuit Grievance Committee. Ms. Doppelt has been an adjunct professor at Barry University Law School. She is a co-author of the chapter on Trademarks, Service Marks and Other Related Intellectual Property Rights in Florida Franchise Law and Practice. Ms. Doppelt has been named by Florida Trend as one of “ Florida ’s Legal Elite” for 2004 and 2005 and has been selected by her peers to be included in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Affiliations:

• American Bar Association: Intellectual Property Section (Trademark and Copyright
• Litigation Committees), Entertainment Law Section, Franchise Law Forum Section
• Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers
• Copyright Society of the United States
• Federal Bar Association
• The Florida Bar: Executive Council, Business Law Section, Intellectual Property
• Committee (former Chair), Antitrust Section, Franchise and Unfair Competition Committee, Business Litigation Committee; Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee and Equal Opportunity Law Section
• Florida Association for Women Lawyers
• Florida Executive Women
• International Trademark Association
• National Association of Women Lawyers
• New York State Bar Association: Intellectual Property Section
• Orange County Bar Association: Business Law Committee, Diversity Committee, and Judicial Relations Committee

Notable Decisions:

• HBP, Inc. v. American Marine Holdings, Inc., 290 F. Supp. 2d 1320 (M. D. Fla. 2003), aff’d, 120 Fed. Appx.601; 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 9169 (11 th Cir. 2005)
• Imperial Residential Design, Inc. et al. v. The Palms Development Group, Inc. et al., 70 F. 3d 96 (11 th Cir. 1995)
• Tropicana Products, Inc. v. Citrus World, Inc., Case No. 87-648 (M.D. Fla. 1987), aff’d, 843 F. 2d 503 (11 th Cir. 1988)

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