Stites & Harbison, PLLC

Jennifer Kovalcik is an Associate in the firm's Louisville office where she is a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology Service Group. Her practice concentrates on designing and implementing intellectual property protection plans, enforcing intellectual property assets and software licensing.  Jennifer is involved in a variety of litigation in both federal and state courts.

Jennifer also prosecutes trademark and copyright registration applications, litigates trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings, handles domain name and internet content disputes, as well as negotiating and drafting licenses and other contracts that implicate intellectual property or technology rights.  She also interacts with U.S. Customs & Border Protection to enforce trademarks through seizure orders.

Recent Assignments

• Negotiated software license and other intellectual property provisions associated with multi-million dollar corporate acquisition
• Obtained the transfer of domain names from cyber squatters
• Assisted with the implementation and enforcement of national trademark licensing programs
• Managed a multi-state franchise registration portfolio
• Managed a multi-national trademark registration portfolio

Recent Speaking Engagement and Publications

• "Managing Copyrights in the Healthcare Field," Louisville Bar Association, May 2008
• "Class Action Filed Against Network Solutions for Bad 'Taste,'" Louisville Bar Briefs, April 2008
• "Fundamentals of Intellectual Property," Legal Secretaries International, Inc., 2006 Annual Meeting, Louisville, Ky., October 2006
• "Trademarks: Keywords and Sponsored Ads," Louisville Bar Association, April 2005
• "Intellectual Property Basics: Copyrights and Classroom Fair Use," Center for Higher Education Law, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., February 2004
• "Intellectual Property Basics: Copyrights and P2P File Sharing," Center for Higher Education Law, Centre College, Danville, Ky., September 2003
• "Fundamentals of Intellectual Property," Lorman Education Services, Louisville, Ky., May 2003

Before Stites & Harbison

Prior to law school, Jennifer studied vocal performance under the direction of Edith Davis Tidwell at the University of Louisville, where she was a frequent soloist. The creativity of the faculty and students inspired Jennifer to champion intellectual property rights. Jennifer also studied and taught karate for which she earned a second degree black belt.

More than Stites & Harbison

Jennifer has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law where she has taught Entertainment, Media & the Law. She is an avid supporter of the arts. She has served on the Trio Board for the Public Radio Partnership as secretary and a member emeritus, served as a board member and singer for the Voces Novae Choral Ensemble, and is the outgoing chair of the Kappa Delta Sorority Alumnae Advisory Board for the University of Louisville Alpha Xi Chapter. Ms. Kovalcik recently moved to Indianapolis where she is a member of Junior League of Indy and an alumnae advisor to the Kappa Delta Chapter at Indiana University. She previously served as Vice Chair of the AIPLA Trademark Legislation Committee and Chair of the Louisville Bar Association Intellectual Property Section.

Besides Stites & Harbison

Jennifer is the mother of twins and continues to use her vocal degree as a National Anthem vocalist at various sporting events conducted at Freedom Hall.