Ashley Dobbs, L’05, returned to Richmond Law in 2015 as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic, where she and participating law students provide IP and business transactional legal services to non-profits, artists, and small businesses. Professor Dobbs brings 10 years of experience in private practice, including her work at Hogan Lovells, P.C., one of the world’s largest law firms, and at Bean, Kinney & Korman, P.C., where she was a shareholder. In practice, she advised clients on the acquisition, protection and commercialization of intellectual property. In addition, Professor Dobbs founded her own consulting firm, in which she offered strategic recommendations and business and marketing plans to her clients, including Fortune 500 companies in the advertising, banking, cellular, and automotive industries. Professor Dobbs was named a “Rising Star in Intellectual Property” by Virginia Super Lawyers in 2014 and by D.C. Super Lawyers in 2015.
Common Copyright Mistakes Small Businesses Make, BKK Business Law Newsletter (January 2014).
Copyright Law 101: Your Guide to Copyright Law, Webcents Magazine (November 2012).
Copyright Law: What Intellectual Property is Protected?, Small Business Trends (September 2012).
Alert for Trademark Owners: Trademark Monitoring and Registration Scams, IP Frontline (June 2012).
U.S. Copyright Termination - A Window is Opening, Intellectual Property Today (May 2012).
Redskins Trademark Cancelled- Q&A with Bean, Kinney & Korman (June 2014).
The USPTO Supplemental Trademark Register: Advantages and Disadvantages to Amending the Supplemental Register (July 2013).
The Use of Youth as an Aggravating Factor in Death Penalty Cases Involving Minors Juvenile Justice Update 1 (2004) (Article cited in Roper v. Simmons, Respondent’s Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court.).
Trademark Professor Weighs in on Redskins, Other Teams Considering Name Changes; Less about Trademark, More About Business and PR (University of Richmond Newsroom)
Fri., Jul. 24, 2020
Disney's Rap as Trademark Bully Revived in Baby Yoda Crackdown (Bloomberg Law)
Tue., Feb. 11, 2020
The "Higher Ground" Trademark Dispute (The Synopsis)
Wed., Sep. 25, 2019
Katy Perry's Copyright Infringement Lawsuit (The Synopsis)
Thu., Aug. 1, 2019
Kawhi Leonard v. Nike, Inc., 2019 (The Synopsis)
Tue., Jul. 23, 2019
Cardi B's Trademark Application Denial (The Synopsis)
Wed., Jul. 17, 2019
Celebrity Trademark Applications (The Synopsis)
Mon., Jun. 3, 2019
Cardi B's Trademark Application (The Synopsis)
Fri., Apr. 5, 2019
UR runs intellectual property law clinic to help small businesses and entrepreneurs (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Sat., Jul. 22, 2017
