Intellectual Property

Protecting Your IP Assets and Optimizing Their Value

Offit Kurman’s Intellectual Property (IP) Group helps dynamic businesses and individuals to develop and protect their IP assets. We can help you through all stages of your IP matters – from concept through development, registration, licensing, marketing, renewals, enforcement and sales. Our comprehensive and strategic approach to IP protection is designed to maximize the value of your IP assets and minimize the related risks.

Our IP team can help you to protect your names, logos, inventions, lists, works and other intangible property – which you likely value as being among your most highly prized assets. We represent individuals, private businesses and public companies to develop IP protection plans of varying complexity which meet the specific needs of each client.

Emerging technologies and intellectual property move at a lightning-fast pace in today’s global marketplace. Protecting your IP is as crucial as ever, and is often an indicator of the value of your company’s potential. Our clients turn to us early and often for counsel regarding how to build, expand and profit from their IP portfolios.

Our seasoned team of IP attorneys is available to help you in any or all of the following areas:

TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS

Brand Development, Protection and Enforcement (i.e., trademark and domain name selection counseling, portfolio management services, trademark registration, monitoring, and renewal services)
Copyright Registration and Fair Use Determinations
Transactional Support Services (i.e., licensing, due diligence for commercial transactions and security interest agreements)
IP Governance Services (i.e., trademark and copyright usage policies and guidelines, affiliate agreements, joint marketing and reseller agreements, private label agreements, privacy policies and website terms of use)
Trademark Clearinghouse Registration Services

PATENTS

Preparing and Filing Patent Applications in Wide Array of Technological Fields Before the USPTO and Worldwide
Patent Portfolio Development
Offensive and Defensive Reexaminations Before the USPTO
Opinions for Freedom-to-Operate Patentability, Infringement and Invalidity
Patent Licensing and Agreements
Due Diligence, Competitor Watch Services and Counseling

PRIVACY/TRADE SECRETS

Development, Enforcement and Interpretation of Trade Secret Policies and Procedures
Data Rights Markings for Government Contractors
CAN-SPAM, PCI and GLB issues
Domain-Name Arbitration and Other Internet Disputes

LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Litigation and Disputes Relating to Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition
Patent Reexaminations
Trademark Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings
Cybersquatting and Typo-Squatting Claims
Domain-Name Arbitration and Other Internet Disputes