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Camille M. Miller, Member Chair, Intellectual Property cmiller@cozen.com |
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Mailing Address:
1900 Market StreetPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
United States
Camille M. Miller joined the firm in April 2002 and is chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group and co-chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group. Camille concentrates her practice in all aspects of intellectual property, specifically trademark, trade dress, copyright, unfair competition, right of privacy, right of publicity, domain names, counterfeiting, licensing, trade secret and franchising law, as well as all areas of intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret.
Prior to joining Cozen O’Connor, Camille was a partner with Woodcock Washburn LLP, specializing in all aspects of intellectual property law and litigation.
Camille’s recent representative matters include:
- Serving as lead trial counsel for Arora Board Review and various doctors in defense of claims of copyright infringement and breach of contract filed by the American Board of Internal Medicine (2010).
- Serving as lead trial counsel for Oasys Mobile, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Thumbplay in defense of a trademark infringement claim filed by Mantra Entertainment (2010).
- Serving as lead trial counsel for Product Partners, LLC in prosecuting a copyright and counterfeiting case adverse to Costco Wholesale Corporation (2010).
- Serving as lead trial counsel representing Jon Bon Jovi and the Philadelphia Soul Arena Football Team in prosecuting a trademark and copyright dispute (2009).
- Serving as lead trial counsel for Wilmington Trust Company in largest multidistrict patent litigation suit in defense of claims of patent infringement of RAKTL concerning call processing patents (2009).
- Assisted in the IP due diligence of the $2.9 billion Altria Group, Inc. acquisition of John Middleton (2007).
- Serving as lead counsel for the estate of the author of the song "Disco Inferno," where we succeeded in negotiating a settlement which confirmed the author's estate was the copyright owner in the renewal rights, could appoint their own administrator of such rights, and could collect licensing fees relating to such rights (2006).
- Serving as co-counsel representing National Association for Stock and Auto Racing, Inc., where NASCAR won a summary judgment leading to a ruling that NASCAR owns the worldwide copyrights to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Trophy. This ruling was upheld by the Third Circuit (2005).
- Serving as lead counsel for a cigar manufacturer, now owned by Altria, where we won a summary judgment motion on product trade dress protection for the appearance of a cigar which led to a favorable settlement in which the opposing cigar manufacturer agreed to phase out all use of the trade dress in question (2005).
- Serving as lead trial counsel for Celgene Corporation, a global biotechnology and pharmaceutical company, where we succeeded in obtaining a favorable settlement whereby a pharmaceutical company agreed to phase out all use of the term IMID (2005).
- Defending our client in a preliminary injunction motion to its right to its name in a $10 million trademark infringement claim and convincing a judge that not enough evidence existed to create a trademark challenge when our client, a top video adventure game manufacturer, was sued by another top producer of video games.
Camille received the following honors:
- Corporate Intl Magazine 2010 Global Award: "Intellecutal Property Advisory Firm of the Year in Pennsylvania"
- Trademark Insider Award #1 Philadelphia Law Firm U.S. Trademark Filings (2008 and 2007)
- Trademark Insider Award Top 50 Trademark Lawyers in the U.S. (2007)
- Named a “Top IP Attorney” by Chambers USA (2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006)
- Received Outstanding Volunteer Award Autism Society of Delaware (2007)
- Designated “Woman to Watch” by Main Line Today (2005)
- Designated a “Lawyer on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly (2004)
- “Pennsylvania Super Lawyer” by Philadelphia Magazine
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
- Tips to Combat Counterfeiting, Interview, Princeton LAWCAST (March 2010)
- “Legal-ease: Fair Use, Copyright and Content Aggregation Issues in the Digital Age,” Publishing Business Conference & Expo, New York, N.Y. (March 8-10, 2010)
- “Data Privacy,” Health Law Forum: 2009 Year in Review (February 11, 2010)
- “Combating Counterfeiting In An Electronic Era,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (February 2010)
- “Combating Counterfeiting” Insights (Autumn 2009)
- “Data Privacy and Information Security and How to Handle Possible Theft of Confidential Information,” PBI Insurance Institute, Philadelphia, Pa (April 30, 2009)
- “Intellectual Property Licensing in a Post-MedImmune World,” ACC America DELVACCA Chapter, Philadelphia, Pa (April 1, 2009 )
- “A Survey of Damage Awards in Counterfeiting Cases,” IP Litigator (November/December 2008 )
- “Product Trade Dress”, The Philadelphia Association of Paralegals, Philadelphia, Pa. (November 7, 2008)
- “Survey of Monetary Awards in Counterfeiting Cases”, AIPLA Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas(May 14, 2008)
- “Spreading the Gospel Internally: Building Your Reputation Among Your Colleagues,” New Partner Forum, American Conference Institute, The Essential Networking and Learning Event for the Newly Promoted Law Firm Partners New York, N.Y. (June 14, 2006)
- “Current Developments in Copyright Law,” Program Co-Chair “Why Copyright Law Is So Important Today,” Law Seminars International, Philadelphia, Penn. (September 28, 2005)
- “IP Issues for the Closely Held Business,” Closely Held Business Seminar, Philadelphia, Pa. (November 2003)
- “International Harmonization: Is Harmony Possible Without Harmonization?” International Trademark Association Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands (May 2003)
- “Product Configuration and Trade Dress,” Course of Study for Inside and Outside Counsel, American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Philadelphia, Pa. (April 2003)
- “Trademarks and Copyrights for the Business Lawyer,” Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Insurance Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. (May 2002)
Camille received her bachelor of arts degree from Franklin & Marshall College. She received her law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Illinois, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Northern District of Illinois, the District of Colorado, and the Eastern District of Texas and also before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal, Third, Fourth and Seventh Circuits.
Camille is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. She is also a member of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association, the Trademark Legislative Committee of the Intellectual Property Organization, and the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. and its Philadelphia Chapter. She is also a member of the National Women’s Association, and the Ben Franklin American Inn of Court. Camille is also an active member of the International Trademark Association, participating on its Trademark Trade Dress Committee (2008-2010), Trademark Reporter Committee (2006-2008) and Emerging Issues Subcommittee of the Issues and Policy Committee (2002-2004).
Camille has published numerous articles and has also spoken on trademark, copyright and patent issues for many legal associations. She has been interviewed by general press and legal outlets including Philadelphia Business Journal, The Legal Intelligencer, Women’s Wall Street, USA Today and Business Journal of Portland. Camille has also taught a lesson for a class at Drexel University’s graduate school. In addition to presentations for the Chicago Bar Association and the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, her recent publications and lectures include: