INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Our Intellectual Property attorneys handle all aspects of patent, trademark, and copyright matters, along with being skilled in the intricacies of trade secret, privacy, and security restrictions pertinent to protecting employee and customer data. This highly specialized and knowledgeable team assists and guides its national and international clients to realize the full value of their intellectual property assets in the ever-shifting, competitive IP landscape. We implement forward-thinking strategies that account for and anticipate the demands of domestic and international markets.
The IP Group understands and can provide IP counsel for a diverse array of industries, from traditional businesses such as jewelry, finance, hospitality, banking, insurance and mortgage brokerage, and consumer goods and services, to knowledge-based industries in the fields of semiconductors, electronics, chemicals and chemical intermediates, waste management, fibers, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, software development, aeronautics, wine/beer/spirits, technology, and telecommunications.
IP LITIGATION
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Copyright
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Patent
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Trademark
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Trade Secrets
Our Intellectual Property Litigation Practice has achieved outstanding results in trials. Our IP Litigation group enables Finlayson Toffer Roosevelt & Lilly LLP to build teams tailored to the client’s needs. We are uniquely situated to handle cases involving all types of intellectual property claims, including in combination with contract disputes, unfair business practices, and other causes of action.
IP PROTECTION
PATENTS
Our Intellectual Property Litigation Practice has achieved outstanding results in trials. Our IP Litigation group enables Finlayson Toffer Roosevelt & Lilly LLP to build teams tailored to the client’s needs. We are uniquely situated to handle cases involving all types of intellectual property claims, including in combination with contract disputes, unfair business practices, and other causes of action.
TRADEMARKS
Our trademark attorneys have substantial experience in advising and counseling clients on trademarks and service marks in a variety of industries. Our attorneys are familiar with all facets of trademark law and prosecution. Our team of professionals performs searches and counsels clients on the selection of trademarks, prepares and files trademark applications and renewals, and handles oppositions, cancellations, and appeals at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Our attorneys have collectively prosecuted hundreds of trademark applications to registration and keep our clients apprised of possible infringers and competitors. Our attorneys also have substantial experience in implementing and managing domain name protection strategies in providing enforcement against domain infringers.
Our attorneys stay current on recent changes and new developments in the laws to provide our clients with the best service and advice.
IP LICENSING & AGREEMENTS
We assist clients in obtaining the intellectual property they need to move their businesses forward whether through acquisitions or licensing. We also help clients maximize the value of their existing intellectual property assets through licensing, manufacturing, distribution, reseller and similar agreements. We focus on minimizing risks associated with commercial transactions and protecting our clients’ intellectual property rights while expanding commercial opportunities.
IP AUDITS & COUNSEL
To enhance business value, our team conducts intellectual property audits for a wide range of matters. Our evaluation of IP assets owned by borrowers, buyers and sellers provides key information for venture capital group investments, loan transactions by financial institutions, and merger and acquisition deals. Our attorneys are experts at providing a birds-eye view of potential investments. We also routinely counsel new product inventors on the protection of commercial interests.
TRADE SECRETS, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION & UNFAIR COMPETITION
We serve to protect trade secrets and confidential information through various means, including confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreements, employee non-solicitation provisions, and other restrictive covenants. Our lawyers understand the ever-evolving best practices for protecting trade secret information, and rely upon their extensive experience handling employee mobility disputes to lessen the risk of trade secret information being misappropriated. Our lawyers also have extensive experience prosecuting and defending trade secret, unfair competition, and employee mobility disputes.