Intellectual Property Coverage

If you want to profit from your original work or inventions, making sure you have adequate intellectual property protection is critical. Working with experienced lawyers can help you make sure that all your applications and documentation is correct, and, if your company owns valuable intellectual property, filing for intellectual property protection can increase your company's value, as well.

Intellectual property includes topics such as trademarks, copyrights, and patents. A trademark protect brands: names, logos, taglines, and more that are used on goods and in advertising. Logos are considered Design Marks and plain text names and taglines are considered Word Marks. Depending on your branding, you may need both types of trademarks. Service marks are used to protect the names of intangible assets, such as songs or ideas. Copyrights protect creators - authors, artists, songwriters - and cover creative works, such as songs, scripts, novels, software, architecture, and more. If you own a construction company that creates original building designs, or write a book as a real estate agent, you need to register copyrights to protect your valuable creative works. Patents protect inventions. The two most common types of patents are Utility Patents and Design Patents. If you develop a new machine or your software company creates new software, you may need a patent. Software can be protected by both copyrights (for the code) and patents (for the invention). Choosing one over the other may have serious implications and/or consequences; you may need the protection of both.

Intellectual property attorneys help in several ways, including strategy, registration, and negotiation and litigation. The first step in protecting your intellectual property is knowing the kind of protection you need. Our attorneys who specialize in this area of law have the experience and skills needed to know what kind of protection your intellectual property needs, and can help you develop a strategy for registering your work with the proper agencies as well as providing help with forms and documentation.

Once you and your attorney have determined the kind of protection you need, your attorney can conduct searches for existing trademarks, copyrights, or patents that might prevent you from registering your work. If your attorney doesn't find anything, your lawyer can now prepare and file all the needed applications and documentations on your behalf. During this process, your attorney will communicate with the relevant entities, such as the government, answer any questions they might have, and provide information to them if necessary. Registering intellectual property can be very complex, particularly in the case of patents. Working with an experienced intellectual property law attorney you can relax knowing that the process has been done right and your work is protected.

Lastly, intellectual property lawyers can pursue legal action if your intellectual property rights have been violated - or if you've been accused of using someone else's. Attorneys can engage in negotiations to get a violator to stop using your work, and, if necessary, go to trial. Your attorney can also seek an injunction or damages against businesses that violate your intellectual property rights.

If you have a valuable invention or other creative work and want to make sure that it is adequately protected, speaking with one of our experienced, dedicated intellectual property attorneys can save you both time and money.

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