One of your businesses most important assets are its intangible assets, methods, know-how, business names, product names, logos, software and  other intellectual property that distinguishes you from your competitors and gives you a competitive advantage. Once you create a distinctive brand or business asset, it is imperative that you take the necessary measures to protect these assets.

The attorneys at Tucker Arensberg help individuals and businesses to identify, legally own, protect, and enforce their intellectual property rights through securing patent, trademark and copyright registrations, licensing and trade secrets.  We work with our clients’ creative teams from their initial development of the brand or idea to help ensure the best strategy for maximum protection.  Once the brand or idea is ready to move forward, we take proactive steps to seek appropriate protection for the intellectual property that was created.  We also assist clients with license agreements when they need to license intellectual property from third-parties or want to make their content available to other companies or the public.

From the earliest spark of your idea, it’s our business to help you institute the proper strategy for protection and enforcement.

• Our clients include both large and small existing companies as well as start-up companies that seek to market new ideas and inventions in a variety of industries, including information technology, health care, biotechnology, manufacturing, hospitality, and software.

• We assist clients with intellectual property due diligence to ensure that selected brands and names are not possibly infringing on other already protected brands.

• We work closely with clients to identify and protect their intellectual property assets.

• We help businesses protect their trade secrets by reviewing trade secret protection plans and drafting and negotiating confidentiality and license agreements. We have experience drafting complex technology licensing agreements and perfecting ownership interests.

• We also regularly counsel clients on intellectual property issues with employees and draft employment and independent contractor agreements as well as conduct corporate trainings.

• We help resolve technology disputes through arbitration and infringement suits seeking either monetary damages or injunctive relief.

• We help businesses by resolving web tag disputes and domain name disputes.

• We assist clients in negotiating and drafting website terms and conditions, privacy policies, application service provider agreements, software licenses, and customized software development contracts.

Representative Experience:

• Represented entertainment company in trademark and copyright matters, as well as in matters enforcing rights of publicity, both domestically and internationally.
• Handled copyright infringement litigation in which damages were awarded against companies for violating federal copyright law.
• Successfully represented an Amazon.com business that was accused of trademark infringement by a manufacturer of products it was selling.
• Worked closely with a petroleum industry business to conduct due diligence and implement a brand protection strategy for a formerly well-known and abandoned trademark in the industry.
• Software and intellectual property licensing.