Intellectual Property - Patents and more

We provides comprehensive intellectual property protection services. We can develop an inventory of your protected intellectual property assets and those assets that need protection. As your company grows, we can patent your ideas, register and maintain trademarks, copyrighting your documents and works. We can help you make the most of your intellectual property assets through the licensing of patents or other intellectual property. When your intellectual property assets are threatened, we can respond with vigorous, results-oriented litigation to defeat that threat.

Patents

Whether you need a single patent for your great idea or a company-wide program to systematically capture your enterprise's innovation, we can help. Searches, design patents, utility patents, clearance opinions, we do them all.  Since we also litigate patents, we have a perspective on claim drafting that may be missed by an attorney who solely prosecutes applications.

Copyrights

We provide comprehensive copyright protection services. We can advise you in ways to protect your books, music, pictures, and other creative works. If your works are copied, we can take action seeking compensation for you. In addition, we can also draft licensing agreements that enable you to profit from your creative output.
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Trademarks

Trademarks are a deceptively complex area of the law with overlapping state, federal, and common law rights. Knowing trademark law is only the start however, as consumer behavior and opinions as wll as potential jury views must be accounted.  We can help you analyze the angles and make good strategic decisions to protect your trademarks and trade dress.

Licensing & Litigation

Licensing a product to another party can be an efficient way to generate profits without marketing the product yourself. Licensing income is sometimes referred to as "mailbox money," and it may recive favorable tax treatment However, it involves complex issues that can lead to disputes between the licensor and licensee, and sometimes litigation. Don't sign a licensing agreement without help!

Client Profiles

Trademark Prosecution

​Protected a range of trademarks for jewelry and fashion client, including designing and conducting a consumer survey to overcome at U.S. Trademark Office rejection of a trademark application

Copyright Litigation

​On behalf of an artisan mask creator, litigated against a large national chain and its supplier, a Chinese importer, to secure a settlement in this copyright infringement case.

Comprehensive IP Plan

Developed a comprehensive plan to protect the intellectual property of this Oklahoma manufacturer of storm shelters.  Secured multiple patents including U.S. Pat. 7,428,800 for an in-ground shelter and U.S. TM Reg. No. 3,927,285 for the above logo.  Also litigated to protect these assets.
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