Kate Spade worked in Vietnam wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/03HOCHIMINHCITY767_a.html

>On August 13, the USAID-funded Support for Trade Acceleration Project (STAR) in conjunction with the National Office of Industrial Property (NOIP) and the Ministry of Trade, sponsored a seminar on "The Protection of Trademarks in the United States and Vietnam." The seminar was conducted at the request of the GVN which wanted to educate Vietnamese business people on how to register a trademark in the US. U.S. speakers included Ms. Lynne Beresford, Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, and Barbara Kolsun, Senior VP and General Counsel for Kate Spade. Reflecting the importance of the topic, the seminar was opened by Vice Minister of Trade Le Dan Vinh followed by a keynote speech from the Deputy Director General of the NOIP. Well over one hundred local businesspeople attended along with several local officials involved in IPR issues. Local press covered the event in some detail and urged readers to check out the USPTO website.

Kate Spade in DNC leaks wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/2775

>All In Together, a nonpartisan campaign to empower women in civic, social and political issues, brought 25 women executives to Capitol Hill today for their Spring 2016 Women's Leadership Day from Sanofi, PwC, State Street, EY, Ocrolus, Seimans, Kate Spade, Deloitte, Girl Rising and KKR. They met with Amy Dacey of the DNC, Katie Walsh of the RNC, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), senior senate staffers, the White House and U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios. (h/t The 316 GROUP)

Kate Spade's Longtime Friend Calls Suicide 'Out of Character' people.com/style/kate-spade-friend-fern-mallis-on-her-suicide/amp/