Trademarks.

A trademark is your brand and helps to identify the source of your goods and services. Federally registered trademarks are valid throughout the United States and can last indefinitely as long as the owner continues to renew the mark and use the mark in interstate commerce.

We offer comprehensive trademark representation, including the application filings, trademark clearance searches, responding to office actions, post-allowance filings, trademark monitoring services, renewing trademarks, trademark assignment filings, defending and prosecuting proceedings in front of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (such as oppositions and cancellations), and enforcing trademark rights through trademark infringement litigation.

Copyrights.

A copyright is a legal protection for original works of authorship in tangible form. The copyright owner typically has exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, perform, or display the work. In cases of “works for hire,” the employer is considered the copyright owner.

We offer comprehensive copyright representation, including filing applications, corresponding with the Copyright Office, and enforcing and protecting copyrights through litigation.

BUSINESS Law.

The startup and small business marketplace is still a new and fierce frontier that requires legal advice from attorneys who are deeply entrenched in the particularities of venture financing.

Our firm offers a holistic approach, so your company can get the best competitive advantage. Our services include business formations, contract drafting and negotiations, mergers, acquisitions, and many other business law needs.

Our firm provides peace of mind to our clients by ensuring that the contracts they enter into safeguard their best interests.

PAtents.

A patent, granted by the US government exclusively to the first inventor to file, grants exclusive rights to make, use, or sell the invention within the US. Priority and defensive rights go to the first inventor who diligently reduces their invention to practice. The first inventor who files for a patent promptly has preference over those who invent later or delay filing unreasonably. A US patent can also be carried over to many other countries.

Patents are granted for new and useful processes, machines, manufactures, or compositions of matter. While mathematical formulas are generally not patentable, recent changes have allowed patents for business methods and computer programs. Patents are not issued for perpetual motion machines, printed matter, or mere ideas, but rather for tangible expressions of those ideas.

DIGITAL MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY.

The internet, software, and technology are so pervasive that we can’t remember having ever lived without them. They make our lives simpler, but behind the curtain are fluctuating challenges in protection and monetization — challenges that our firm always stays two steps ahead of.

Amazon Brand Registry.

To that end, our firm offers comprehensive Amazon Brand Registry support services to enroll your eligible brands on the Amazon Brand Registry, which offers strong protection against trademark infringement on the Amazon marketplace.

Trade Secrets.

A trade secret is any valuable information used in business operations that is protected as a secret and provides an economic advantage.

Unlike patents, copyrights, and trademarks, trade secrets don’t require filing an application or receiving an official certificate. Instead, the owner must maintain confidentiality and enforce the trade secret. If the secret becomes public, its value is lost, and others can use it.

That’s why it’s important to have diligent legal representation with respect to your business practices… before issues arise. Our firm helps clients identify, protect, and defend their confidential trade secrets from exposure and theft by establishing internal protocols for maintaining trade secrets, and protecting against theft through litigation.