Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property law deals with the protection and enforcement of the rights of creators and owners of inventions, writing, music, designs and other works. There are several areas of intellectual property including copyright, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets.
About Intellectual Property Law
Protection of intellectual property involves registering the trademark, patent or copyright to obtain the greatest rights available for the client’s asset. Finally, enforcement of intellectual property involves protecting the owner of the intellectual property against infringing uses. This can lead to litigation in the court of law.
Other components of practice include licensing, due diligence in connection with mergers or acquisitions, and developing strategies for both international and domestic intellectual property protection.
- Copyright law protects the rights of creators in their works in fine arts, publishing, entertainment, and computer software.
- Trademark law protects a word, phrase, symbol or design that is used by an entity to identify its product or service.
- Trade secrets are business practices, formulas, designs or processes used in a business, designed specifically to provide a competitive advantage to a business.
- Patent law grants protection for new inventions which can be products, processes or designs and provides a mechanism for protection of the invention.