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Camille M. Miller

Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Group

: Philadelphia
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
P: (215) 665-7273
TF: (800) 523-2900
F: (215) 701-2273

Camille M. Miller

Camille M. Miller joined the firm in April 2002 and is co-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, data privacy and related breaches, licensing, trade secret and franchising law, as well as all areas of intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret.

Camille is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. She is also an active member of the International Trademark Association, participating on Trademark Classification Committee (2012-2014), Trademark Trade Dress Committee (2008-2012), Trademark Reporter Committee (2006-2008) and Emerging Issues Subcommittee of the Issues and Policy Committee (2002-2004). Camille is also a member of the Trademark Legislative Committee of the Intellectual Property Organization, the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.. and its Philadelphia Chapter, and the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. She is also a member of the National Women’s Association and the Ben Franklin American Inn of Court.

Camille has published numerous articles and has also spoken on IP 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 served as a guest lecturer at University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, Temple University Beasley School of Law and Rutgers Law School.

Represented Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. in filing dozens of federal lawsuits defending against unauthorized use of its NAVIGATOR marks. This is trademark infringement.

Served 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.

Served as lead trial counsel for Triumbari Corporation in a motion to intervene and a motion to set aside a consent decree filed by Bug Juice concerning product trade dress on a plastic bottle.

Served as lead trial counsel for Oasys Mobile, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Thumbplay in defense of a trademark infringement claim filed by Mantra Entertainment.

Served as lead trial counsel for Beachbody, LLC in prosecuting a copyright and counterfeiting case adverse to Costco Wholesale Corporation.

Served as lead trial counsel representing Jon Bon Jovi and the Philadelphia Soul Arena Football Team in prosecuting a trademark and copyright dispute.

Served 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.

Assisted in the IP due diligence of the $2.9 billion Altria Group, Inc. acquisition of John Middleton.

Served as lead trial 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.

Served as co-counsel representing National Association for Stock Car 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.

Served 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.

Served 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.

Defended 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.

Represented Beachbody, LLC, a leading marketer of health and fitness programs and products (i.e, P90X, Insanity,) in the growth capital investment by LNK Partners.

Publications

Facebook v. Typosquatters: Statutory Damages Under Anticybersquatting Consumer

May 14, 2013

Magistrate Judge Westmore recommended that the U.S. District Court for Northern California award Facebook $2.8 million in damages from typosquatters under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). Facebook v. Cyber2Media, Inc. et al., Case No. 4:11-cv-03619, (N.D.Ca., April 30, 2013).

IP: Protecting your brands against online counterfeit sellers [Inside Counsel]

March 05, 2013

Brand owners should use a multi-pronged strategy to combat knock-off goods. Although counterfeiting is often perceived as a victimless crime, it has significant economic and reputational costs for brand owners. In 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized counterfeit goods worth $1.26 billion and shut down 697 websites involved in trafficking counterfeit goods.

Creative Anti-Counterfeiting: Solutions for Combatting Counterfeiting Online [ACC Docket: The Journal of the Association of Corporate Counsel]

November 01, 2011

Creative Anti-Counterfeiting: Solutions for Combatting Counterfeiting Online - ACC Docket: The Journal of the Association of Corporate Counsel - A recent study on Internet traffic reported that websites featuring pirated digital contents or counterfeit goods were visited 53 billion times last year, representing 146 million times every day, of which 87 million visits were to websites selling counterfeit goods, such as prescription drugs and luxury items. This article discusses ways brand owners can protect their intellectual property rights through monitoring, enforcement and preventive measures to combat online sales of...

“Combating Counterfeiting In An Electronic Era,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

February 01, 2010

"Combating Counterfeiting,” Insights

November 01, 2009

Personalized URLs on Facebook [Intellectual Property Alert!]

June 11, 2009

Personalized URLs on Facebook - Intellectual Property Alert! - Facebook, Inc. has announced that beginning
Saturday, June 13th at 12:01 a.m. U.S. EDT, users of
the Facebook website will be allowed for the first time to create personalized URLs for their Facebook pages (facebook.com/yourname).

A Survey of Damage Awards in Counterfeiting Cases [IP Litigator]

December 01, 2008

A Survey of Damage Awards in Counterfeiting Cases - IP Litigator -

Summer 2008 [Sports and Entertainment Observer]

August 14, 2008

Summer 2008 - Sports and Entertainment Observer -

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Litigation

Trademark & Copyright

Patents

Industry Sectors

Energy & Utilities

Gaming

Health Care & Life Sciences

Insurance

Media, Entertainment & Sports

Technology

Transportation & Logistics

Venture Capital

DELVACCA Chapter 4th Annual In-House Counsel Conference	Philadelphia, PA	04/16/2012
Drug Patent Settlements - Reverse Payments	Camden, NJ	03/21/2011
DELVACCA Chapter: Intellectual Property CLE Institute	Philadelphia, PA	03/10/2011
"Cyber and Privacy Claims," HB Litigation Conferences, Inc.	Philadelphia, PA	01/04/2011
“Legal-ease: Fair Use, Copyright and Content Aggregation Issues in the Digital Age,” Publishing Business Conference & Expo	New York, NY	03/08/2010
Health Law Forum: 2009 Year in Review	Philadelphia, PA	03/01/2010
Princeton LAWCAST: Tips to Combat Counterfeiting Interview	Princeton, NJ	03/01/2010
"Data Privacy and Information Security and How to Handle Possible Theft of Confidential Information,” PBI Insurance Institute	Philadelphia, PA	04/30/2009
"Intellectual Property Licensing in a Post-MedImmune World,” ACC America DELVACCA Chapter	Philadelphia, PA	04/01/2009
"Product Trade Dress”, The Philadelphia Association of Paralegals	Philadelphia, PA	11/07/2008
“Survey of Monetary Awards in Counterfeiting Cases”, AIPLA Spring Meeting	Houston, TX	05/14/2008