Practice areas include advertising compliance, unfair competition, rights of publicity or privacy, trade secret protection, and patent litigation. Sample technical areas include computer software and hardware, telecommunications, electronics, consumer devices, medical devices, chemical pharmaceutical, and biological inventions, to name but a few. Our lawyers specialize in tailoring registration programs, both domestic and worldwide, to provide clients with the best protection for their particular situations, keeping in mind cost as a limiting factor. The IP Group has frequently negotiated license agreements so that clients may use the marks of others or derive revenue from licensing their own marks. As part of one of the nation's largest law firms, the IP Group has the resources to respond quickly and forcefully to our clients' needs for litigation services and to meet any challenge.
Litigation is a tool often best used to force a favorable settlement.
The IP Group provides advice to clients on a wide range of copyright questions, including copyrightability, copyright ownership, notice, registration, transfer and licensing, and fair use of copyrighted material. Our clients create and market copyrightable matter ranging from traditional artistic works to compilations, package designs, the look and feel of computer software, and computer-generated video displays. With increasing frequency, we provide advice to both creators and users of computer software on the scope of protection under not only federal copyright law but also trade secret law. Additionally, our Washington office affords us opportunities to represent clients before Congressional committees considering legislation. The IP Group has handled a number of suits involving domain names, infringement of trademarks, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property issues arising from the expansion of the Internet.