• Copyright
• Trademark
• Trade Secret
• Technology
• Licensing and use Agreements,
• Joint Development Agreements
• Non-Disclosure agreements
• Graphic Arts
• Literary Property
• Music
• Film
• Television
• Photography
• Entertainment
• Computer Hardware & Software
• Manufacturing Processes
• Inventions
• Biotechnology
• IP Litigation

All businesses have intellectual property (“IP”) issues to varying degrees. Businesses involved in commercially developing their own intellectual property portfolio assets, and those relying on the license of IP assets owned by others, face a wide range of risks arising from the growing variety and complexity global competition and the diversity of rights afforded thereto. In today’s globally interdependent environment, businesses must assert control over these risks to protect their intellectual property. Our firm works hard with our clients to devise a comprehensive strategy to protect their intellectual property at home and abroad.

We provide our clients with a wide variety of services in the arenas of copyright, trademark, trade secret, and technology law (relating to all aspects of the creation, acquisition, development and exploitation of intellectual capital), to register and protect their intellectual property. We assist clients with negotiating and drafting intellectual property agreements, including licensing and use agreements, joint development agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.

We also provide clients with a range of services for all stages of the Mergers & Acquisition process in which intellectual property is the key asset in the transaction. Our corporate lawyers have represented public and private buyers and sellers, investment bankers, private equity funds and individuals in negotiating merger and acquisition transactions, where IP rights were critical.

Aggressive IP Litigation When You Need It

We also handle all aspects of IP litigation. Whether our clients are seeking to enforce a trademark registration, defending against trade secret infringement or seeking to license a high-tech software program, we capably, confidently and knowledgeably guide them through the process.

Sometimes an infringement matter can be resolved with a simple cease and desist letter. Other times, even the threat of litigation will not stop a competitor. Upon several occasions, clients come to us after they have unwittingly signed away licensing rights to technology that will hurt their business. We deal with many nuanced infringement and aggressively represent our clients intellectual property rights. At the outset, and depending on a client’s needs, we often try to resolve disputes at a pre-litigation stage. When that is not possible, litigation may ensue. Depending on the nature and circumstances a dispute, a client may hire us to seek injunctive or other relief to enforce the terms of a license agreement, thereby protecting the licensor’s intellectual property, trade secrets, and other rights as against a licensee. Clients have also retained us to seek injunctive or other relief to ensure that its licensed rights under an agreement are protected during the pendency of a dispute.

We also defend clients against copyright infringement involving publications, computer software and other forms of infringement. In addition, our attorneys are effective in enforcing a company’s marks against trademark infringement, including cases involving infringement arising from the use of infringing marks on the Internet.  Our IP attorneys are backed by the multi-disciplinary resources of the firm, and confidently handle many types of IP-related issues, in any jurisdiction, and at any stage in the growth and development of our clients’ IP assets.