Caroline Y. Barbee

Caroline Y. Barbee is a highly skilled intellectual property attorney with a strong focus on trademark and copyright infringement litigation. She has extensive experience in policing and enforcing intellectual property rights across various industries, including media, technology, and consumer products. Caroline has designed and led comprehensive brand protection programs, helping companies protect their trademarks, copyrights, and creative works from counterfeiting, gray market sales, phishing, hacking, and cybersquatting. She handles enforcement through litigation, online monitoring, and domain name dispute resolution.

Caroline earned her J.D. from Southwestern Law School in 2005, graduating cum laude. During law school, she received multiple awards, including the CALI Award for Excellence in Contract Law, the Wildman Merit Scholarship, and the Dean’s Merit Scholarship. She also holds a B.A. in Sociology from California State University, Northridge, where she graduated summa cum laude and was recognized with the James Russel Simpson Merit Scholarship and Kian Kwan Sociology Scholarship.

As a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend, Caroline represents global brands and businesses in complex trademark and copyright disputes. She has successfully litigated cases for companies like Meta, Red Bull, Givenchy, Stanley Black & Decker, Fossil, and Macy’s, protecting their intellectual property rights and securing favorable settlements. She has also defended high-profile clients like Jay-Z and Roc Nation in trademark disputes. Her experience includes enforcing corporate intellectual property rights in the entertainment, fashion, consumer goods, and technology industries.

Caroline Y. Barbee is a leading intellectual property attorney focused on trademark, copyright, and brand protection. Recognized by World IP Review as a Trademark and Copyright Leader and ranked in the World Trademark Review 1000 as one of the world’s top trademark professionals, Caroline is widely respected in the field. She has also been named a Southern California “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers multiple times. With extensive experience in anti-counterfeiting, online brand enforcement, and IP strategy, she helps businesses protect and enforce their intellectual property rights, safeguarding their brands and creative assets in an increasingly digital marketplace.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
• Member, State Bar of California
• Member, International Trademark Association
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Section

Licensed State

• California

Education

• Southwestern Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• California State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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