KATJA LOEFFELHOLZ

J.D., University of South Carolina, School of Law (1995)

B.A., University of California at Los Angeles (1990)

A.A., Spanish, Napa Valley College (2018)

A.A., Art History, Napa Valley College (2022)

ASSOCIATIONS

International Trademark Association (INTA),
Unreal Campaign Committee Member (2022 – 2024)
Public Information Committee Member (2017 – 2021)
Geographic Indications Committee Member (2012 – 2016)

California Bar Association, Member of Intellectual Property Subcommittee
Member, Napa County Bar Association
Member, Napa County Women Lawyers
Board Member, Women for WineSense
Yountville Chamber of Commerce, Former President
Yountville’s Tourism Improvement District Board, Former Board Member
New Tech Foundation, Former Board Member
Arts Council Napa Valley, General Counsel and Former President

WRITINGS

“Safeguard Your Story: Protecting Intellectual Property in Your Wine Packaging,” Wine Business Monthly, August 1, 2024 Link to Article

“Why Every Winery Needs an AI Policy,”
Wine Business Monthly, February 1, 2024 Link to Article

“Turning Your Green Brand into Green Cash,” Wine Business Monthly, October 1, 2023 Link to Article

“The Metaverse Has Arrived: How the Metaverse Impacts Your Wine Brands,” Wine Business Monthly, September 1, 2022 Link to Article

“Avoiding Label Approval Issues,” Co-authored by John Trinidad, Wine Business Monthly, April 1, 2014 Link to Article

“What’s trending, how to capture it,” Practical Winery & Vineyard, February 2014 Link to Article

PRESENTATIONS

Panelist, “Techin’ Over: How Emerging Technology is Changing IP Practice,” International Trademark Association (INTA), Trademark Administrators, Practitioners (TMAP) Meeting, October 1-3, 2023

Presenter, “Geographic Indications and the Intellectual Property Aspects of Wine Brands,” Franklin Pierce School of Law Intellectual Property Summer Institute, July 23, 2023

Speaker, “Intellectual Property Aspects of Wine Brands,” American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA), May 10-12, 2023

Speaker, “NFTs and Alcohol,” Pepperdine School of Law JBEL Symposium “The Developing Landscape of the Wine & Alcohol Industry,” April 7, 2023

Online Presenter, Notre Dame Intellectual Property Law Society’s “Protecting Fermented Grapes,” April 5, 2023

Speaker, Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic, University of San Francisco’s School of Law, October 11, 2023

Speaker, “Techin’ Over” on NFTs the Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence, International Trademark Association TMAP, October 2, 2023

Speaker, Intellectual Property Summer Institute on “Wine and Geographic Indications”, Franklin Pierce School of Law, June 9, 2023

Speaker, “Intellectual Property Aspects of Wine Labels”, American Intellectual Property Law Association, May 10, 2023

Speaker, JBEL Symposium on “The Developing Landscape of the Wine & Alcohol Industry”, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, April 7, 2023

Speaker, Intellectual Property Law Society on “Protecting Fermented Grapes”, Notre Dame School of Law, April 5, 2023

On-line Presenter, “Pitfalls of Branding,” USPTO’s Women Innovators in the Wine World, March 24, 2021

Speaker, “International Trademark Protection for Wine Brands,” Napa Valley Vintners at COPIA, December 6, 2019

Guest Lecturer, “Intellectual Property for the Wine Industry,” Sonoma State Wine MBA Program, July 26, 2019

Guest Lecturer, “Intellectual Property for the Wine Industry” and “Bias in the Legal Profession and Wine Industry,” Wine Law class at University of California, Davis, February 27, 2015

Guest Lecturer, “Intellectual Property for the Wine Industry” and “Bias in the Legal Profession and Wine Industry,” Wine Law class at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo,  February 26, 2015

Panel Chair, Addressing Bias in the Legal Profession and Wine Industry, Best Practices in Winery Operations Seminar, May 28, 2014

Speaker, Intellectual Property Issues in the Wine Industry,Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo Wine and Viticulture Department, November 4, 2013