1. Identifying, Clearing and Securing Marks
We assist clients to identify and protect the words and designs that distinguish them from their competitors: trademarks, service marks, collective membership marks, certification marks, trade names and domain names. We conduct searches and draw on our experience with state, federal and international trademark registries to assess and convey to our clients the risks of adopting and applying to register those marks and names.
2. Registering and Managing Marks
Drawing on our many years of maintaining mark portfolios, our corporate experience and our network of proven and effective foreign colleagues, we design applications that will have a high probability to be accepted for registration. We then docket and maintain existing registrations for clients, ensuring maintenance and renewal deadlines are met.
We have filed, registered and maintain marks in a wide variety of industries, including:
- Architectural, construction and interior design services and sales
- Fashion, fragrance and jewelry retail and wholesale
- Clothing and linens
- Healthcare, medical, pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement
- Food and food services, national and regional restaurants and restaurant chains, food wholesale
- Financial and capital management
- Business management consulting
- Association services (including snow sports, science, energy, medical, beauty, textile, mining, banking, food)
- Entertainment (individuals, brokers, studios)
- Arts (performance, public and professional)
- Festival and event services
- Electronics and fiber optics
- Internet services
- Computers, peripherals and software
- Telecommunications services
- Defense
- Hospitality
- Marketing
- Wine, beer, spirits and other beverage distillers and distributors
- Sports drinks and equipment
- Railway equipment and services
- Home inspections and pest control
- Automobiles and car care services
- Political (campaign, PAC and state committee)
- Think tank services
3. Maximizing Value of Marks
We help clients derive greater profits from their intellectual property portfolios by conducting due diligence on their existing marks, providing valuation options, and designing contract provisions and licenses that protect and increase the goodwill value of their marks. We also assist clients in policing and defending against infringers their marks, trade names and domain names.
4. Resolving Disputes
We devise innovative approaches to resolving intellectual property disputes, including negotiating purchases, drafting coexistence agreements, representing clients before intellectual property tribunals and working with outside litigation counsel in federal and state trademark infringement, unfair competition, cybersquatting, antitrust, and breach of contract claims.