Intellectual Property

We have extensive experience representing clients in intellectual property matters in many industries, with clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs and creative artists to major multi-national companies.

Intellectual property assets are often the core of a company’s business. We assist such companies in maximizing the value and market leverage of these assets. In many cases, our counseling involves complex issues of foreign law and the intersection of intellectual property law with other areas of practice such as antitrust, bankruptcy and constitutional law.

We tailor our services to each client’s particular business goals and policies, budget considerations and position within their industry.  We support our clients’ commercial strategies with the most efficient and cost-effective legal strategies.

Our key services include:

• Developing, protecting and enforcing trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, designs and trade secrets

• Trademark searching and clearance

• Advice on ownership issues, including rights in collaborations and historic copyright ownership searches and opinions

• Counseling on rights of publicity and privacy

• Advice on art law issues, including ownership, duplication, use and transfer 

• Counseling on risk issues, including rights of publicity, non-infringement, fair use and freedom of speech

• Business structuring

• Drafting and negotiating licensing, distribution, franchising and related agreements

• Managing national and international registration and enforcement programs

• International trademark monitoring

• Managing and advising on litigation

• Managing and advising on anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy programs

• Customs enforcement

• Management and conduct of audits