INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Today’s business environment demands that businesses protect their brands closely. The Firm offers clients advice and guidance on the steps necessary to protect against infringement. The Firm is experienced in intellectual property counseling, litigation, and registration and provides comprehensive services for clients including:

Trademark and service mark registration
Trademark monitoring
Copyright registration
Copyright monitoring
Protection of trade secret
Unfair competition
Technology disputes
Licensing agreements
Technology transfers
Brand protection
Infringement litigation
Entertainment agreements and disputes – sports, music, film, television, and publications
Use of name, image, and likeness
Take-down notices
Cease and desist letters
Right of publicity matters
Strategic use of IP assets to advance business objectives
Succession of IP estate assets to heirs in probate proceedings

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

The following are examples of services previously provided (results may vary), but this is not an exhaustive list of prior representation

Represented and obtained injunctive relief for a Fortune 500 company in a dispute with a serial typosquatter when the typosquatter filed suit in federal court under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act after losing at the UDRP proceeding.
Represented professional fishing event organizer and drafted waivers for events such as participant agreements and waiver of likeness.
Drafted cease and desist letters for athletes seeking to protect their intellectual property holdings and rights of publicity.
Defended and represented an apparel manufacturer in a matter brought against the company by a professional athlete arguing that his right of publicity had been violated including such representation in ICANN proceedings.
Represented a high school football recruiting service with a regional television show and drafted waivers of likeness and filed and protected its intellectual property holdings through cease and desist communications.
Represented an international jewelry manufacturer in a copyright infringement action against a national retailer that resulted in a multi-million dollar settlement.
Represented comedians in copyright proceedings brought under the Copyright Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act relating to comedy material that was inappropriately used and sold by a third-party for profit.

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