In addition to filing and ministerial maintenance of trademark applications, we represent and advise clients in clearance, prosecution, enforcement, maintenance, licensing, counterfeiting, and domain dispute proceedings.
Trademarks today are among our clients’ most valuable intellectual property assets, not only for traditionally brand-driven consumer product companies, but increasingly among all of our technology and telecommunications clients.With the globalization and digital revolution, companies recognize the tangible value of corporate names, product names, logos, domain names, etc.In addition to offering our clients expert legal advice on trademark selection and registration, our firm provides a comprehensive trademark “monitoring and watch” service that allows us to uncover potential conflicts for newly filed trademark applications in the United States and Internationally. Our firm is committed to protecting a client’s brand identity through policing a client’s trademark for possible infringement, fighting the counterfeiting of trademarks, and defending against claims of infringement.We have wide-ranging knowledge in IP litigation and technological matters such as domain name registration, advertising on the Internet, cyber-squatting, and anti-spam legislation.
The CommLaw Group helps protect our clients’ product trade dress and designs. We have represented companies in the prosecution of design patent applications in the U.S. and around the world and worked to enforce their protected designs and trade dress.
Our attorneys recognize the importance of design patent prosecution strategies and the enforcement of design patents, which we believe is essential to procuring strategic and strong, enforceable design patents.
Our practice is sensitive to the fact that in any industry in which a product’s launch is followed closely by imitations, timing is of the essence, and expedited processing is of the utmost importance. Indeed, we have successfully prosecuted applications on an expedited basis and had applications issued as early as within six months of filing.
Copyright development affects almost all aspects of new media business development, from online content publication and distribution to software development and licensing.
The CommLaw Group’s attorneys provide clients with the best legal advice concerning the protection, development, registration, and enforcement of proprietary rights in film and music compositions, literary works, computer software and databases, and more.
The CommLaw Group has expert knowledge in the enforcement of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), the liability of ISPs following the Supreme Court’s Grokster decision, fair use arguments in a digital environment, and emerging regulatory matters such as the digital television transition, broadcast flag implementation, policing requirements of broadband service providers, and protection of computer software and Internet code.
To protect their interests, companies today often need to file for protection of their intangible rights in more than one country. The CommLaw Group’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice provides international IP advice to both U.S. and foreign companies, including:
The scope of services available from The CommLaw Group extends well beyond the U.S. borders. We have successfully filed trademark and design patent applications for our clients around the world, including:
Today, counterfeiting is a global enterprise – a devastating problem for companies in numerous industries around the world. According to the FBI, counterfeiting now costs U.S. companies some $250 billion annually.
The CommLaw Group’s attorneys have a broad range of experience dealing with the manufacture, sale, and distribution of unauthorized products throughout the world.
Our attorneys work closely with individuals and organizations in countries around the world that enable us to avoid protracted, expensive efforts, and offer our clients knowledge of how things work culturally and legally, who can get things done, and how to do it efficiently.
Award-winning practice with unparalleled experience in the telecommunications sector, our clients include VoIP, wireless and traditional telecom companies, SaaS and cloud technologists, and nearly every imaginable business driving the digital revolution.
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