Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Counsel

Languages

• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Diane G. Elder is senior counsel in Foley's Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practice.

Ms. Elder counsels clients regarding a wide array of domestic and foreign intellectual property matters including trademark availability, licensing, advertising copy clearance, copyright protection, trade secret protection, and purchase and sale of intellectual property. Ms. Elder has experience in intellectual property matters in Latin America, including Spanish advertising clearance. She also has extensive experience before federal courts and administration agencies, including the United States Patent & Trademark Office and the Copyright Office.

Prior to joining Foley, Ms. Elder was a partner with Wildman Harrold.

Ms. Elder received her law degree from the The Law Center at the University of Southern California (J.D., 1983). She received her undergraduate degree in anthropology from the University of California Berkeley (A.B., 1980).

Ms. Elder is admitted to practice in Illinois, California and before the United States Supreme Court; the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third, Seventh, Eight, Ninth and Federal Circuits.

Ms. Elder is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the California State Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the International Trademark Association, and the Copyright Law Society.

Ms. Elder is fluent in Spanish.

Areas of Practice

• Trademark, Copyright & Advertising

Bar Admissions

• California, 1983
• Illinois, 1984
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• California State Bar Association (Member)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• International Trademark Association
• Copyright Law Society
• Ballet Chicago Associates

Classes and Seminars

• Guest Lecturer at John Marshall Law School, 1998

Past Employment Positions

• Wildman Harrold, Partner

Education

• University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, California, 1983
  J.D.
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Property
  Honors: Nelson Prize in Judicial Administration
• University of California, Berkeley, California, 1980
  A.B.
  Major: Anthropology

Published Works

• (Co-author) Right of Publicity Basics, Museum Store Magazine, Fall, 1999
• (Co-author) Copyright Basics, Museum Store Magazine, Summer, 1999
• (Co-author) Trademark Basics, Museum Store Magazine, Winter, 1998

Address

321 North Clark
Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60654

Phones

(312) 832-4552

Faxes

312-832-4700

Emails

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Websites

http://www.foley.com