Cynthia A. Moyer

Cindy serves as Chair of the Trademarks & Copyrights Group where she actively partners with clients to develop, protect and enforce their trademarks, copyrights and other rights.

She has extensive experience advising clients on issues pertaining to domestic and international trademark registration and enforcement, and routinely handles all aspects of managing trademark portfolios, including clearance, use, prosecution, maintenance and enforcement. Cindy also maintains close relationships with counsel around the world, allowing her to assist clients in their global expansion strategies and protection of their intellectual property worldwide.

On the enforcement side, Cindy regularly appears in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and federal courts around the country. She has been lead counsel in trademark and copyright infringement cases, contract disputes, unfair competition claims and construction arbitration cases. She has argued appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Eighth Circuits, and appeared in federal courts in Arkansas, California, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Cindy has held a number of leadership positions in the Firm, including previously serving as chair of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee and the Firm’s Associate Development Committee.

In addition to her practice, Cindy is active in the Twin Cities pro bono community. She has served on the board for the Fund for Legal Aid, the Children’s Law Center Board and is past president of the boards of Volunteer Lawyers Network and the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis.

Trademark

• Manage domestic and international trademark portfolios for numerous clients.
• Assist in the selection, clearance and registration of trademarks for businesses, individuals and non-profits.
• Obtain trademark protection for trade dress and product configurations.

Intellectual Property Litigation/Business Litigation

• Multiple representations of trademark owners in litigated and negotiated matters throughout the country.
• Handled all aspects of trademark opposition proceedings before the TTAB, and supervised similar proceedings in other countries.
• Won dismissal of copyright infringement case involving development of computer software program (W.D.Pa.).
• Successfully argued motion obtaining preliminary injunction on claims of copyright infringement and trademark infringement against former officer, director and shareholder of closely-held corporation (D.Minn.).
• Won multiple settlements for architect/builder client in copyright infringement litigation.
• Achieved court order to shut down website misdirecting Internet traffic to competitor’s website through “typo-squatting.”
• Defended international publisher in multiple copyright infringement lawsuits and achieved favorable settlements.
• Multiple representations of electrical substation contractor in litigated matters in state and federal courts.
• Multiple representations of pipeline owner in litigated and negotiated matters, including achieving a multi-million dollar settlement after one-week AAA arbitration in pipeline engineering design malpractice case.
• Defeated motion for TRO (temporary restraining order) brought against shareholders of a closely-held corporation seeking to stop a reverse-triangular merger, resulting in a favorable settlement (D.Minn.).
• Successfully settled commercial breach of contract case involving allegations of copyright infringement and work-for-hire doctrine (D.S.D.).
• Successfully represented parent corporation against claims of piercing-the-corporate veil and breach of fiduciary duty brought by trade creditors of subsidiary.
• Defeated motion for preliminary injunction in federal court, preventing competitor from obtaining valuable client information (D.S.C.).

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D.
• University of Minnesota, B.S., summa cum laude

Admissions

• Minnesota
• U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

• Ranked as a Leading Trademark Attorney, World Trademark Review 1000, 2019-2024
• World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) Leaders, 2021-2023
• North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2013, 2015, 2018
• Minnesota Super Lawyers Rising Star, 1998-1999, 2001-2002

Professional Activities

• International Trademark Association (INTA), Bulletins Committee, Publications Committee
• American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Intellectual Property Law Section, Litigation Section

Community

• Fund for the Legal Society of Minneapolis, Past Board Member
• Hennepin County Volunteer Lawyers Network, Past Board Member and Past Chair
• Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, Past Board Member and Past President
• Children’s Law Center of Minnesota, Past Board Member
• Minnesota E-Discovery Working Group, Founder