One of the more significant areas of our firm's expertise is our Intellectual Property practice. The Intellectual Property practice group assists our clients by identifying and protecting their intellectual property assets through registration and enforcement and guiding them through corporate transactions. In the corporate area, our practice ranges from working with our clients to realize value and expand market awareness by licensing of intellectual property rights and serving client needs in financing, acquiring and selling copyright and trademark assets. In the litigation area, our practice is also wide ranging with lawyers concentrating in the fields of trademark and copyright prosecution and registration and enforcement through litigation to halt infringements, counterfeiting and unfair competition.
PRACTICE AREAS
Licensing
The firm has been actively and intensely involved in the field of domestic and international licensing. We have acted as licensing counsel for our many fashion apparel industry clients, including internationally renowned designers and also has represented our manufacturing clients, as both licensor and licensee, in a substantial number of licensing transactions. In addition to traditional trademark and copyright licensing, the firm has been involved in "private label" licensing projects involving retailers.
Copyright and Trademark Acquisitions, Sales and Financings
The firm has acted as counsel to clients acquiring United States and foreign copyrights and trademarks and related assets, as well as effecting the financing and disposition of intellectual property rights.
Litigation
The firm counsels and represents our clients, both as plaintiff and defendant, in numerous matters involving trademark and trade dress infringements, trade secrets, rights of publicity and privacy, and copyrights. We have obtained temporary restraining orders, injunctions and seizures in trademark and copyright infringement cases for our clients. Our intellectual property group is very active in establishing and managing anti-counterfeiting programs and pursuing trademark counterfeiters with the assistance of international, federal and local investigators and law enforcement officials.
