Cotton, Amy
US Trademark Office | Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy
Amy Cotton is the Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy. In this role, Ms. Cotton oversees the Legal Policy Office, the Petitions Office, and ID Class, as well as the Trademark Assistance Center, the Office of Trademark Quality Review and Training, the Trademark Law Library, Customer Experience, and Trademark Outreach.
Ms. Cotton joined the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 1998 as a trademark examining attorney. She moved to the Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA) in 2001, where she served as the Senior Counsel for Trademarks from 2003 to 2021, providing domestic and international policy advice to the USPTO and U.S. government agencies and technical assistance to global trademark offices.