Intellectual Property in the United States
Protecting, registering, managing, licensing, and enforcing intellectual property in the United States.
A few examples of what we can handle
Protection and registration
- U.S. trademark strategy, clearance, federal applications, prosecution, registration, maintenance, renewal, and portfolio management
- Copyright ownership, registration, recordation, and management of rights in software, written content, photographs, audiovisual works, designs, publications, and other creative material
- Patent and design-patent strategy, including coordination of searches, applications, prosecution, and maintenance with USPTO-registered patent practitioners where required
Ownership, trade secrets, and portfolio management
- Intellectual-property ownership and chain-of-title review, including assignments, employee and contractor creations, commissioned works, work-made-for-hire issues, and rights developed through collaborations
- Trade-secret and confidential-information protection under applicable federal and state law, including NDAs, internal policies, access controls, restricted disclosure, employee departures, and other measures designed to preserve secrecy
- U.S. portfolio audits, ownership records, docketing, maintenance filings, renewals, assignments, security interests, and changes in ownership or name
Commercialization and transactions
- Intellectual-property licenses, assignments, coexistence agreements, consent agreements, merchandising arrangements, and other agreements governing the use or transfer of IP rights
- IP provisions in development, distribution, manufacturing, franchise, joint-venture, employment, contractor, vendor, customer, and strategic-partner agreements
- Intellectual-property due diligence for investments, acquisitions, financings, reorganizations, joint ventures, and other commercial transactions
Enforcement and disputes
- Infringement and unauthorized-use assessment, cease-and-desist measures, negotiated resolution, settlement, and litigation coordination in the United States
- Trademark oppositions, cancellations, and other proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
- Copyright takedown notices and counter-notices, domain-name disputes, online infringement, counterfeiting, impersonation, and enforcement through digital platforms
- Defense against infringement, misappropriation, ownership, and licensing claims involving trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and other intellectual property
Ownership comes before enforcement.
An application, license, transaction, or enforcement claim can be weakened by uncertainty about who created the asset, whether the relevant rights were transferred, or how the asset has been used. We begin by establishing the chain of title and identifying the documents and evidence that support ownership.
U.S. intellectual-property law does not protect every asset in the same way. Depending on the right involved, protection may arise through use, federal registration, patent prosecution, contractual assignment, confidentiality, or measures designed to preserve secrecy. We determine which protections apply and coordinate with USPTO-registered patent practitioners or other specialists where required.
Registration is not the end of the analysis. Ownership records, registrations, licenses, maintenance filings, monitoring, and enforcement measures should support one another. A coherent record makes intellectual property more usable in commercial arrangements, investment, acquisitions, and disputes.
Put ownership and protection on a clear legal record.
Securing the registrations, assignments, safeguards, and agreements needed to use and enforce intellectual property in the United States.
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