Attorneys

Kyle Anne Citrynell
Louisville, Kentucky

Member
phone	(502) 584-7400
fax	(502) 583-2100
email	citrynell@derbycitylaw.com

Kyle Anne Citrynell has a national litigation and transactional practice in the areas of arts, entertainment, media, publishing, and technology, and intellectual property law. Kyle has litigated copyright, trademark, trade dress, trade secret and patent matters, and cases involving business torts and unfair competition, as well as employment and products liability. She has worked with for-profit and tax-exempt organizations from formation and as corporate counsel and in the negotiation and memorialization of a wide variety of licensing, merchandising, distribution and franchising transactions for inventors, artists, film and event producers, performers, musicians, authors, magazine, book and website publishers, software and multimedia creators and radio and television stations among others. Kyle has written and lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally, in her areas of practice concentration, including as a regular contributor to Louisville's business newspaper, Business First, and Audience magazine. Kyle was graduated from Duke University (B.A. '77; J.D. '80) and came to Louisville in 1980 to work with the Kentucky Arts Commission and Fund for the Arts to establish Professional Services to the Arts which provided legal, accounting, banking and insurance services to artists and arts groups.

Litigated and managed over 30 simultaneous copyright infringement cases on behalf of an internationally recognized sculptor against major retailers, catalog companies and importers.
Represented plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving misappropriation of trade secrets, interference with contracts and prospective business advantage, deceptive trade practices, and unfair competition.
Represented plaintiffs and defendants in products liability cases involving industrial and medical devices.
Represented plaintiffs and defendants in technology cases involving software and website design, development and contract issues.
Filed and prosecuted over 300 trademark applications, and represented petitioners and respondents in opposition and cancellation proceedings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Acted as domestic representative for foreign applicants and law firms on behalf of their United States trademark applications.

Publications and Presentations: 6th Circuit Review Editor for the Defense Research Institute Commercial Litigation publication, The Business Suit, co-author Brian Pollock.; "Asset Protection: Intellectual Property is a Booming Practice Area for Law Firms as Businesses' Needs Grow", Business First of Louisville, March, 2007; "Graphic Design Program to Cover Copyright, Other Issues", Business First of Louisville, February, 2007; "Possession is Nine Tenths: Build Your Intellectual Property Portfolio", Louisville Graphic Design Association, 2007; "A Dilemma in Sponsor Liability: Trademark v. Tort", The Business Suit, 2002; "Jurisdiction, Declaratory Actions and the Fine Art of Forum Shopping", Defense Research Institute, 2002; "Introduction to Copyright Law and Lexicon", Lorman Education Services, 2001; "Cooperation to Compete - Cross Border Solutions to Borderless Commerce", Internet and E-Commerce Conference, Association Compagnia Delle Opere, Saronno, Italy, 2000; "Trade Secrets: Recognizing and Avoiding 'Abandoning' Disclosures", Defense Research Institute Annual Meeting, 1998; Copyrighting Culture, Louisville Lawyer, Spring, 1984; Copyright Law, West's Federal Practice Manual, Vol. 4, Supp., 1986; Federal Communications Commission, West's Federal Practice Manual, Vol. 3, Rev. 2d Ed.; University of Louisville Independent Study Instructor, The Law and The Arts, Spring Semester, 1981

Awards and Honors: Named in Kentucky Super Lawyers magazine in the area of Corporate Counsel, 2008; Named in Kentucky Super Lawyers magazine in the area of Intellectual Property, 2007; Recipient, A.B. Duke Scholarship

Memberships: American Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association; Louisville Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Member, Commercial Litigation Committee; Legal Netlink Alliance; Executive Committee (2006 - Present); Louisville Visual Art Association; Board of Directors (2003-2009); Executive Commitee (2006-2008); Louisville Visual Art Association; Chair, Art Auction (2006-2007)

Admissions and Courts: Kentucky, 1980; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky

Education: Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 1980
J.D.; Duke University, 1977
B.A.
Major: Public Policy Studies

Practices: Arts; Entertainment; Media and Publishing; Technology; Intellectual Property; Copyright; Trademark; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition; Licensing; Merchandising; Franchising and Distribution; Complex Litigation; Business Torts; Products Liability

Published/Notable Cases: Johnson v. Kentucky Youth Resource Center, Inc., 682 S.W.2d 799 (Ky. App. 1985)