COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK LAW

The firm advises a broad array of clients on establishing, launching, monetizing, licensing, and protecting their creative works with the legal protections afforded by trademark, trade dress and copyright law.  These include both their creative materials (including scripts, designs, software, films, books, songs and diverse other intellectual properties) and their brand identities (logos, trade names, website content, publicity materials).

Representative Services

■ Preparing filing and prosecuting trademark applications in the United States for both U.S.-based and foreign clients

■ Consulting, negotiation and drafting of license, transfer, non-compete, or joint venture agreements for creative works, collaborations with (or separations from) other creators

■ Registering creative works with U.S. Copyright Office

■ Conducting availability searches and writing opinion memoranda

■ Preparing demand letters and cease-and-desist letters, and preparing Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices

■ Planning a global trademark strategy, assisted by skilled counsel in foreign countries to analyze availability, register, and enforce foreign trademarks

■ Pre-litigation resolution of trademark, trade secret, and copyright infringement claims