Overview
Intellectual property (IP) rights can be one of an organization’s most valuable assets. However, too often these assets are under-protected and undefended. Obtaining successful outcomes for our clients is a three-part program:
- Education
- Protection
- Defense
Whether a patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, or copyright, the first step is to educate our client as to when the client needs to seek IP protection and the available alternatives. The second step is executing the right protection mechanism for the IP. The final step is monitoring and vigorously defending our client's IP rights.
Services for IP clients include:
Education
- Advise clients on patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition issues
- Conduct IP audits to determine inventory and value of intellectual property
- Evaluate patents and patent portfolios
- Brand development
- Online publishing and development of new types of media
Protection
- Prepare and prosecute patent, trademark, and copyright registration applications
- Prepare filings for maintenance of registrations
- Negotiate and draft patent and trademark licenses
- Draft technology transfer agreements, assignments, and joint ventures
- Handle trade secret matters, including negotiation and preparation of nondisclosure agreements
- Work with clients on licensing, employer and vendor agreements to control the use and disclosure of trade secrets
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act Issues
- Transfer of IP issues
- False advertising claims
Defense
- Prosecute and defend actions for copyright, trademark, and patent infringement
- Prepare and assist clients preparing for litigation including defenses, pretrial motions, briefing and discovery strategies
- Monitor technical developments for clients including unfair competition or antitrust
- Act as local counsel for out-of-state law firms and corporations
- Provide counsel and advice on issues related to website content, ISP agreements and licensing
We provide intellectual property guidance for the entertainment and media law, and franchising industries including film and television financing and production, brand selection, protection, licensing and merchandising, and contractual and management disputes.
Our IP clients range from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. They represent a wide range of technologies including aeronautical, automotive, software, business method, biomedical and genetic inventions.
Protect your IP assets. Let us help you develop, enforce, and defend your IP rights.
