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Laurie Self

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35 years of experience
Business Law, Intellectual Property, International Law
District of Columbia

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Practice Areas

Business Law

Intellectual Property

International Law

Additional Practice Areas

IP Audit & Asset Management
Piracy, Counterfeiting & Gray Market
IP Policy, Law Reform & Treaty Compliance
Internet Monitoring, Enforcement & Litigation
International

Corporate
Copyright
Trademarks

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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

District of Columbia: District of Columbia Bar
Since 1989

Professional Experience

Partner: Covington & Burling LLP; Current

Education

Duke University: B.A.; 1992; .language a.on:hover color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold; Laurie Self is a partner in the Washington office whose practice focuses on US and international intellectual property, Ms. Self has spearheaded anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting enforcement and law reform campaigns in numerous markets throughout the world, including in Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, and Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union. Her IP enforcement expertise encompasses both on-the-ground civil, administrative and criminal actions against infringers, as well as Internet monitoring and investigative strategies that use state-of-the-art technologies and forensic tools. Ms. Self regularly advises right holders in a broad range of industry sectors, including software, IT, pharmaceutical and luxury goods, on strategies to strengthen domestic and foreign IP laws and enforcement, including in China and other developing markets, and to ensure compliance with the WTO TRIPS Agreement, the WIPO copyright treaties and other bilateral and multilateral obligations. In that capacity, she has extensive experience working with US and foreign legislators, administration officials and other IP policymakers, and in building and coordinating inter- and cross-industry coalitions to advance the goals of her clients both domestically and internationally. Ms. Self also has deep expertise in the complexities of in-bound and out-bound IP and IT transactions and has represented both right holders and technology providers on the one hand, and licensees and other end users on the other, in a wide variety of IP, IT, content and media agreements. Her portfolio of transactional experience ranges from licensing, distribution, publishing, broadcasting and development deals to web-based hosting, services and support agreements to joint ventures and other cooperative arrangements. Having worked with right holders and the IT industry for more than 15 years, both within and outside the US, Ms. Self brings to the negotiating table expert knowledge of IP law; industry trends and practices; existing and emerging licensing, service and pricing models; and all other business and legal aspects of IP and technology deals, including complex issues of liability and risk allocation, indemnification, trade secrecy safeguards, privacy, consumer protection and bankruptcy. She also works with clients to develop and implement IP and software asset management programs that maximize the value of proprietary IP assets and minimize the risk of infringing third party rights.