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Rachel Mount
Attorney
Rachel Mount is an attorney registered with the USPTO and has a background in neuroscience. She has experience in both patent prosecution and complex litigation, providing a unique perspective on intellectual property disputes and innovation-related issues. Her intellectual property interests include biotechnology, psychology, artificial intelligence, and the ways legal frameworks and science influence technological development. She is also the founder of Carefree Capping, a nonprofit inspired by her own experience with Hodgkin’s lymphoma that subsidizes cold cap therapy for patients undergoing chemotherapy. Outside of her professional life, Rachel loves to travel, go to music festivals, volunteer with animals, hike with her rescue dog, practice mindfulness, be active, and cook a lot of tasty meals.
Recent Articles by Rachel Mount
Magistrate Judge Allows Two Narrow Fraud Theories to Proceed Against APPLE Trademark Registration
Magistrate Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi in the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, last week granted in part and denied in part a professional trumpet player’s motion for leave to amend his complaint that challenges Apple’s APPLE trademark for entertainment services. Judge DeMarchi concluded that the standard had only been met in limited respects and ruled that Bertini may pursue two narrow fraud claims, while his remaining theories were rejected.
Federal Circuit Finds Representative Claim Error Harmless, Affirms Section 101 Dismissal
On July 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the dismissal of Etison LLC d/b/a ClickFunnels’ patent infringement suit against HighLevel Inc., holding the disputed website creation patents claim ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. While the CAFC found that the district court erred by treating a single claim as representative of all asserted claims without adequately addressing ClickFunnels’ argument that the two dependent claims at issue contained a distinct limitation, the panel ultimately concluded that the error was harmless
SCOTUS Scraps Trump’s Bid to Oust Perlmutter for Now, Following Slaughter and Cook Rulings
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s closely watched decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook, which together clarified the scope of presidential authority to remove certain federal officials from office, the Court today denied the Trump Administration’s request to stay a lower court order temporarily restoring Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter to office while her challenge to her removal proceeds in court. The Court emphasized, however, that “[t]he denial of the application is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues presented in the litigation,” leaving the substantive dispute for a later day.
Mormon Stories Podcast Counters LDS Church with Cancellation Claims Against Church’s Mormon Marks
A trademark dispute between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“the Church”) and the Mormon Stories Podcast (“the Podcast”) has this week become a broader fight over the Church’s Mormon-related trademark portfolio. The Church’s complaint, filed on April 17, 2026, alleged that the Podcast’s name, branding, and use of Church imagery create a likelihood of confusion regarding whether the Podcast is actually affiliated with the Church. Meanwhile, the Podcast’s answer to the complaint and counterclaim goes further. Rather than merely denying infringement, the Podcast is now seeking cancellation of multiple Mormon-related trademarks owned by the Church..