Rachael Dickson

Rachael Dickson is a senior trademark attorney at Lloyd & Mousilli. She also provides trademark prosecution services and consults with other attorneys through her solo firm, Catalytic Law.

Rachael worked as an examining attorney at the US Patent and Trademark Office from 2017-2021, where she received a 2020 Customer Service Award. While at the USPTO, Rachael was part of a work group which specialized in reviewing applications to register trademarks with cannabis goods and services.

Rachael directed the Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic at Suffolk University School of Law as a visiting assistant professor from 2022 – 2024. Her article High Hopes: Cannabis Trademarks at the USPTO is forthcoming in the Ohio State Technology Law Journal in 2025. Her current legal research focuses on disparate treatment of traditionally disfavored goods and services in the USPTO's trademark identification manual. She also regularly lectures on trademark prosecution and search topics.