Janet Cullum is a member of the Cooley Godward Kronish Litigation group and resident in the New York office. She serves on the Firm’s management committee and its marketing committee.

Ms. Cullum practices in the area of intellectual property litigation focusing primarily on trademark and copyright, as well as advertising and licensing disputes. Ms. Cullum has litigated patent, copyright, trademark and trade dress cases. Ms. Cullum also counsels clients in the selection and adoption of trademarks, the legal aspects of advertising and enforcement and registration of copyrights. In her practice, Ms. Cullum assists her clients to identify and manage intellectual property with the goal of realizing and sustaining the significant competitive advantage that intellectual property provides.

Ms. Cullum has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America for 2007 in the specialty of Technology Law; in 2006 she was named to the Super Lawyers list by Law & Politics magazine.

Ms. Cullum previously served as head of the Trademark, Advertising & Copyright practice group and the Intellectual Property Litigation practice group.

In 1986, Ms. Cullum served as a deputy district attorney for the county of Santa Clara as part of a firm sponsored program with the District Attorney’s office, handling six jury cases and a dozen bench trials.

She attended the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, where she received a J.D. in 1982 and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She also received the American Jurisprudence Award in contracts and in corporations. She received a B.A. in 1972 from California State University, Northridge, where she majored in English and minored in French.

Ms. Cullum is admitted to practice in California, New York and the District of Columbia. She is a member of the American Bar Association, and its section of patent trademark and copyright law, and the Santa Clara County Bar Association. She is also a member of the International Trademark Association and has served on the Education Subcommittee focusing on federal agency regulations. She was named by San Jose Magazine as one of the Silicon Valley’s top 300 lawyers in 2000 and 2001. In 2004 and 2005, Ms. Cullum was recognized by San Jose Magazine as one of Silicon Valley's Top Legal Eagles for her work in Patent, Copyright and Intellectual Property Law.