Academic Background
Baylor University School of Law J.D. cum laude, Law, Ms. Rajwani graduated in the top 5% of her class.
Columbia University – Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science B.S., Chemical Engineering, Dean’s list. Process Design Award for senior project.
Bar and Court Admissions
- Massachusetts
- Texas (inactive)
- Federal Circuit
- District of Massachusetts
- Northern District of Texas (inactive)
- Eastern District of Texas (inactive)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Professional/Community
- Law clerk to the Honorable David C. Godbey, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
- Worcester Bar Association, former co-chair of intellectual property committee.
- New England Rising Star
- Texas Rising Star
- Top Women Attorneys Massachusetts’ Outstanding Young Lawyers Recognized for excellence by peers in the legal community.
- Former Member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.
- Salvation Army, Former Chair of the Advisory Council, Vice Chair of the Advisory Council, and Advisory Council Member.
- Westborough Appalachia Service Project, Group Leader for Summer of 2023 Home Repair Mission.
Catherine Rajwani is an intellectual property (IP) lawyer and a registered patent attorney. Ms. Rajwani handles a full range of IP issues in her practice including patent, trademark, and copyright disputes, portfolio evaluation and protection, and patent license transactions. She has participated in all phases of litigation, from pre-litigation counseling through trial and appeal, in federal courts throughout the country. She has handled numerous trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Ms. Rajwani also handles federal and state court complex business litigation matters and is well versed in alternate dispute resolution proceedings.
Ms. Rajwani graduated in the top 5% of her class at Baylor Law School and served as a law clerk to the Honorable David C. Godbey, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She has a degree in chemical engineering from Columbia University and worked as a process and project engineer at a prominent chemical and gas company prior to entering law school. She was named a Texas Rising Star by the Texas Super Lawyers publication and a New England Rising Star in both the New England Super Lawyers publication and Boston magazine. Ms. Rajwani was honored as a 40 under 40 recipient by the Worcester Business Journal based on career successes, community involvement and commitment to making a difference.
Patents
- Obtained trial judgment of patent validity and induced infringement of a patented method for laser decal transfer onto ceramics against a major ceramics media company in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts).
- Successfully enforced wireless mesh patents against various infringers in U.S. District Courts in California, Delaware, and Colorado.
- Obtained summary judgment of patent infringement for a manufacturing tool designer in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts).
- Defended real estate services company against allegations of patent infringement, ultimately resulting in a successful business partnership with patent owner.
- Assisted software analytics company in purchase of patent and enforcement of intellectual property and contractual rights.
- Successfully defended mobile application provider as a defendant in a patent infringement action in U.S. District Court (Delaware).
- Represented audio visual equipment manufacturer as a plaintiff in a patent infringement action in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts) resulting in the removal of competitor’s infringing product from the marketplace.
- Represented glass and coating manufacturer as a defendant in patent infringement litigation through trial in U.S. District Court (E.D. of Tennessee) and successful appeal to the Federal Circuit.
- Successfully represented consumer products inventor in patent inventorship dispute in U.S. District Court (S.D. New York).
- Successfully defended software as a solution provider in a patent infringement action in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts).
- Represented semiconductor manufacturer as a defendant in patent litigation in U.S. District Court (N.D. California).
- Represented leading telecommunications provider in multi-defendant litigation in U.S. District Court (E.D. Texas).
- Defended numerous pet product manufacturers and distributors against patent infringement claims in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts).
Trademarks
- Successfully enforced client’s consumer product trade dress rights in litigation instituted in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts) resulting in a judgment ordering the defendant’s removal of the copied products from the marketplace.
- Enforced various trademarks and service marks for training services client with and without commencing federal court litigation resulting in the infringers’ ceasing use of the infringing marks.
- Represented apparel reseller as a defendant in a trademark infringement matter in U.S. District Court (Arizona) and in opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
- Represented medical services provider as a plaintiff in a trademark infringement action in Massachusetts Superior Court resulting in the defendant’s rebranding.
- Represented nutrition/supplement provider in three opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
- Successfully represented a consumer products distributor in the cancellation of three trademarks before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
- Successfully represented a manufacturer of guitars and guitar parts as a plaintiff in a declaratory judgment action concerning allegations of trademark infringement in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts).
- Represented chauffeured transportation provider as defendant in a preliminary injunction hearing and trademark infringement litigation in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts).
- Represented numerous clients in policing of trademarks and responding to cease and desist communications.
Other Intellectual Property and Business Litigation Matters
- Represented defendant in copyright litigation related to alleged copyright infringement pertaining to use of photograph on blog in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts).
- Successfully defended business owner with regard to misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract and other business tort claims in Massachusetts Superior Court.
- Represented inventor employee in defense of theft of trade secret claims (Delaware Chancery Court).
- Represented various clients wrongfully accused of violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act resulting in the withdrawal of take-down notices.
- Successfully represented various defendants in copyright “troll” litigation related to bittorrent protocol in U.S. District Court (Massachusetts) resulting in the dismissal of claims.
Controlling Costs in Patent Litigation (2010)- Trademark Bullying (PowerPoint Presented to Worcester County Bar, Intellectual Property Section – 2012)
- The Accelerated Patent Process – Debunking the Myths (Paper presented to Worcester County Bar, Intellectual Property Section 2011)
- What is Your Intellectual Property Strategy? (Published by Worcester County Bar in Legal Lines – 2010)
- The Patent Act of 2005 – Clarification or Confusion? (co-Authored for Dallas Bar Journal – 2005)
- Second Author, Altered Circadian Pacemaker Function and Cyclic AMP Rhythms in the Drosophila Learning Mutant dunce. Neuron, Vol 13 Number 4, 967-974 (1994)
- Shrewsbury couple practices law, volunteerism
- 2010 40 Under Forty: Catherine Rajwani
- True partnership Mother, daughter, son-in-law in legal unison
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