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Paige Waldrop Mills

Paige Waldrop Mills

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Nashville
(615) 742-7770
pmills@bassberry.com
https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/mills-paige-waldrop/

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Paige Mills joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 2001 and was named a Member of the firm in 2005. As a seasoned trial lawyer with more than 25 years of litigation experience, she concentrates her practice in complex litigation and intellectual property and technology. Paige routinely represents clients all over the country in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, entertainment, advertising, privacy, internet and technology disputes. She has successfully prosecuted and defended numerous temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction proceedings in these areas and regularly prosecutes and defends trademark oppositions and cancellations before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Her practice also includes providing business advice and consultation to clients regarding the identification and protection of their intellectual property, as well as in data security and privacy matters. In 2019, Paige was accepted as a mediator for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center, an international organization that resolves various types of intellectual property disputes.

Paige’s practice also includes extensive experience in the litigation of commercial and employment disputes as well as tort and insurance matters.

Memberships

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center — Mediator

Tennessee Bar Association

American Bar Association

International Trademark Association (INTA)

CABLE

Representative Experience

  • Empower Community Care Acquires The Carey Group

    Representation of Empower Community Care, a leading global behavioral health organization responsible for distributing evidence-based programs and technologies, in its acquisition of The Carey Group, Inc. & Carey Group Publishing, LLC (collectively, “Carey Group”), a provider of consulting services and educational content to criminal and juvenile justice and other human and social services agencies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented Empower Community Care, a leading global behavioral health organization responsible for distributing evidence-based programs and technologies, in its...
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  • Empower Community Care Acquires Functional Family Therapy

    Representation of Empower Community Care, a leading global behavioral health organization responsible for distributing evidence-based programs and technologies, in its acquisition of F.F.T. LLC, who provides training and support services for the Functional Family Therapy model, an evidence-based intervention that has received international recognition for its outcomes in helping troubled youth and their families. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

    We represented Empower Community Care, a leading global behavioral health organization responsible for distributing evidence-based programs and technologies, in its...
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  • Samplize Sold to Material Technologies Corporation
    We represented Samplize, a manufacturer of hand-painted, peel-and-stick paint samples catering to the national market of designers, contractors, and DIY...
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  • Defense of Health Insurance Provider against Claim of Severance Agreement Violation

    Successfully negotiated a settlement in a lawsuit filed by a former executive officer for breach of a severance agreement against a national health insurance provider

    Successfully negotiated a settlement in a lawsuit filed by a former executive officer against a national health insurance provider for...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Patent Infringement Case Settles on Appeal Before Federal Circuit Court

    Representation of the plaintiff in a patent infringement lawsuit relating to a patent on an award-winning toy

    We represented the plaintiff in a patent infringement lawsuit relating to a patent on an award-winning toy. We won a...
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    Client Type: Individual
  • Injunctive Relief for Software Company in Trademark Litigation

    Representation of software company in “bet-the-company” litigation involving trade secret misappropriation, trademark claims, unfair competition, defamation, and various cyber-torts

    We are representing a software company in ongoing litigation related to trade secret misappropriation, trademark claims, unfair competition, defamation, and...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Defense of Global Integrated Technology Company Against Claims of Software Failure

    Representation of multinational provider of integrated technology in software migration and implementation dispute

    We are representing a global, multi-national provider of integrated technology against claims of an alleged failure of software migration and...
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    Client Type: Public Company
  • Defense of Patent Infringement Against Patent Troll

    Representation of one of the world’s largest manufacturers of outdoor camping gear against claims of patent infringement

    Members of the intellectual property litigation group successfully resolved a patent infringement suit filed by a prolific patent troll in...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Patent Infringement Defense Against Patent Troll

    Representation of Camping World, one of the nation’s largest retailers of RVs, RV accessories and RV-related services, in Federal Circuit Court against claims of patent infringement

    Our team represented Camping World, one of the nation's largest retailers of RVs, RV accessories and RV-related services, in Federal...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Successful Representation of Trademark Protection for Restaurant Company

    Successful representation of national restaurant company in suit to protect its concept’s most important trademark

    We successfully represented a national restaurant company in a lawsuit to protect the restaurant's most important trademark, its name. A...
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    Client Type: Public Company

Publications

Past Events

Media Mentions & Firm News

Accolades

Chambers USA — Intellectual Property (2019-2022)

IP STARS — Patent Star (2016-2022), Trademark Star (2020-2022)

The Best Lawyers in America© — Litigation: Intellectual Property; Trademark Law; Copyright Law; Advertising Law; Entertainment Law: Music (2010-2023)

Nashville Business Journal “Best of the Bar” (2015-2017)

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Education

  • University of Tennessee College of Law - J.D., 1993

    cum laude

  • University of Tennessee - B.A., 1986

    cum laude

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 1993
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1998
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1998
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1993
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Chambers USA

"Experienced IP litigator Paige Mills focuses her practice on representing clients in a range of patent and trademark disputes. 'Paige is very capable and intelligent.' 'She has been a responsive, sophisticated and effective advocate for our business.'"

From Chambers USA 2022