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Advertising Law
Business Law
Computer Law
Copyright
Corporate Law
Employment Law
Internet Law
Technology Start-Ups
Trade Secrets
Trademark
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In General
No matter what your business, developing and knowing how to protect your
intellectual property is vital to your success. This practice area deals
with: copyright, trademark, unfair competition, false advertising, trade
secrets, e-commerce, software protection, licensing and other transactions.
I offer comprehensive services for creating, maintaining, licensing, protecting,
and enforcing intellectual property rights. I prepare and file copyright
and trademark applications both here in the United States and abroad.
Within this interdisciplinary practice area, I also negotiate agreements
involving strategic alliances, technology transfers and licenses, related
marketing agreements, software use, and product sales and distribution
agreements. I also counsel, represent, negotiate and prepare agreements
and policies to protect a company's valuable trade secrets.
Copyright
My office also assists its clients with the registration and licensing
of copyright. I advise my clients and protect their interests in works
ranging from computer software and related materials such as web site
designs, icons, and images to artwork, photographs, videos, scripts and
novelty devices. My office also aids its clients with developing licensing
arrangements designed to maximize the rights of U.S. copyright registration
owners. This has included the filing of copyright registrations (as well
as trademark registrations), and provide samples and other materials to
the United States Customs Service to enable Customs to identify and intercept
infringing goods being imported into the United States.
Trademark
This part of my practice involves assisting clients in selecting and obtaining
a trademark and maintaining registered trademarks, including conducting
all necessary trademark searches, filing applications, and preparing and
filing necessary affidavits and renewal applications. When requested,
I also work with my clients to develop terms and logos as trademarks and/or
service marks which are both valid and registrable.
Trade Secret Protection
I have counseled numerous clients concerning measures and programs to
be designed to protect confidential information.
Technology Licensing and Distribution
The office's technology licensing and distribution practice involves the
areas of proprietary rights protection, licensing, and product distribution.
I negotiate and document a wide variety of transactions involving technology
and intellectual property rights, including the licensing, sale, distribution
and development of computer hardware and software, content, and related
copyrights and trademarks. This generally involves advising clients on
the appropriate business structures and distribution techniques, as well
as the preparation of a wide array of distribution, licensing, sale representative,
OEM, and agency arrangements.
Intellectual Property Audit
An important business practice for technology related companies, especially,
is the intellectual property audit. Management should also be educated
as to what is and is not protected by applicable intellectual property
laws and the company should routinely review the information posted on
it's website to ensure it is accurate, up-to-date, and appropriate for
disclosure to the public. I have aided many companies in educating their
management on:
- How to identify all of the company's own
intellectual property, as well as the intellectual property used by
the company from third parties;
- The appropriate steps that should be taken
to protect the company's intellectual property, whether it be through
trademark or copyright registration, renewals of said registrations,
or ensuring that all applicable contracts have the appropriate clauses;
- How to implement procedures to ensure
the required intellectual property notices are properly displayed in
connection with the sale of the company's products and services; and
- How to implement procedures to ensure
that infringing activities are monitored and appropriate actions taken
to enforce the company rights.
Related Services
I am also very active in related fields such as entertainment, literary
practice, product endorsements, celebrity and character merchandising,
right of privacy, and the right of publicity. |
