Preetha Chakrabarti
Overview
Creative problem solving is what clients need in this ever-changing technological landscape. Clients ask: “Can I protect this asset?” “How do I fight this competitor” “Will AI impact my business?” That’s where Preetha Chakrabarti comes in. As a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and Advertising & Brand Protection group, Preetha seeks to offer holistic and integrated counsel to her clients. Her practice cuts across all areas of intellectual property and advertising, consisting of litigation, counseling, licensing, and transactional due diligence as well as trademark prosecution. In particular, she advises clients in the technology, retail, and fashion industries on how best to manage risks when using and developing intellectual property—and then when making consumers and customers aware of such intellectual property.
Career & Education
- Department of Justice: United States Attorneys' Office
Legal Intern, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 2011 - U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable O. Rogeriee Thompson, 2019–2020
- Department of Justice: United States Attorneys' Office
- Brown University, B.A., cum laude, biology and classics
- Columbia University, M.A., secondary science education
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
- New York
- New Jersey
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Professional Activities and Memberships
- National Center for Youth Law (NYCL) (Board Member, 2024)
- International Trademark Association (INTA), Brands for a Better Society Committee (Member, 2022–2023); Brands & Sustainability Committee (Member, 2024-2025)
- National Association of Women Lawyers’ Intellectual Property & Tech Law Affinity Group(Co-Chair, 2021–Present)
- New York City Bar Association (Member, Fashion Law Committee, 2015–2018 term; Member, Environmental Law Committee, 2017–2020 term)
- New York Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, (Pathfinder Program, 2015; 1L Mentor, 2016)
- American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law, Environmental, Energy and Resources Law, and Science & Technology Committees (Co-Chair, Cleantech and Climate Change Committee, 2017–2019; Vice-Chair, Food, Cosmetics and Nutraceuticals Committee, 2017–2019)
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) (Member, Emerging Companies Committee, 2016–2017; 2017–2018 terms)
- Fordham University School of Law, Stein Alumni Advisory Board(Member, 2017–2019)
- New York Foundling(Junior Board Member, 2010–2018)
- Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice(Member, 2010–Present; Advisory Board Chair, 2016–2019)
- LawWithoutWalls(Participant, 2012; Alumni Advisor, 2017)
Preetha's Insights
Press Coverage | 11.08.24
Penn State Case Testing Sports Merch Industry Heads Before Jury
Press Coverage | 11.07.24
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.15.24
Can False Claims of Patent Protection Land You in the False Advertising Dawg(s) House?
Recognition
- City & State New York: The Responsible 100, 2023
- Legal 500 United States: Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing), 2023, 2024
- Legal 500 United States: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Transactional & Regulatory), 2024
- World Trademark Review 1000, 2023
- The City of New York Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, 2023
- Lawyers Alliance for New York: Cornerstone Award, 2021
- New York State Bar Association: Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 2019
- South Asian Bar Association: Rising Star Award, 2019
- Legal Aid Society: Pro Bono Publico Award, 2016, 2021
- Empire State Counsel for Pro Bono Service, 2013 – 2016
Preetha's Insights
Press Coverage | 11.08.24
Penn State Case Testing Sports Merch Industry Heads Before Jury
Press Coverage | 11.07.24
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.15.24
Can False Claims of Patent Protection Land You in the False Advertising Dawg(s) House?
Insights
Trademarks: Two Landmark Decisions From 2023 Will Continue to Raise Questions in 2024 and Beyond
|01.10.24
Litigation Forecast 2024
Three Key Challenges For Companies Entering The Metaverse
|September-October 2023
The Legal Technologist
ESG in the Metaverse: An Opportunity to Rethink Sustainability
|05.24.23
Retail in the Metaverse and Beyond
Three Key Challenges for Companies Entering the Metaverse
|05.24.23
Retail in the Metaverse and Beyond
Will Web3 and the Metaverse Give Rise to Brand Guidelines 3.0?
|05.24.23
Retail in the Metaverse and Beyond
He is the Shoe Surgeon to LeBron, Usher and other stars. Nike says he’s gone too far
|09.10.24
Los Angeles Times
Northern District of California Wipes Away EYECONIC / EYE-CONIC Trademark Litigation
|09.23.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Authorities Go for Gold on Fake Fashion Enforcement as Paris Olympics Begin
|07.26.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Keepin’ it Real: It’s National Anti-Counterfeiting Month
|07.19.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
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02.09.23
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Product Law Observer
Fashionable Parody or a Trademark Infringing Wearable Sneaker? The Second Circuit Hears Both Sides
|10.06.22
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
In the bag (for now): Hermès survives motion to dismiss in MetaBirkin NFT lawsuit
|05.31.22
Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Will New York’s Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act Set a Trend?
|01.18.22
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Peloton and lululemon Yet to Work Things Out, File Cross Lawsuits
|12.08.21
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Ninth Circuit Provides Holiday Win to Copyright Owners with Fair Use Decision
|12.28.20
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
New Labeling Requirements: How States and Industry are Tackling Microfibers
|10.15.18
Crowell & Moring's International Trade Law
Practices
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- IP Prosecution and Portfolio Management
- Trademark Counseling and Litigation
- IP Transactions and Diligence
- Litigation and Trial
- Product Risk Management
- Administrative Law
- Patent Litigation
- Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
- Advertising and Brand Protection
- Environmental, Social, and Governance
- Brand Protection
- Design Protection
- Internet of Things (IoT)
Preetha's Insights
Press Coverage | 11.08.24
Penn State Case Testing Sports Merch Industry Heads Before Jury
Press Coverage | 11.07.24
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.15.24
Can False Claims of Patent Protection Land You in the False Advertising Dawg(s) House?