Intellectual Property

Our Intellectual Property Group provides counseling, representation before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, foreign trademark offices and litigation support on a broad spectrum of trademark, copyright, licensing, trade secret, marketing and competition issues.

• Trademark and Copyright Registration and Enforcement
• Advertising, Distribution and Marketing Law
• Unfair Competition and Antitrust Law

• Trade Secrets and Protection of Confidential Information
• Commercial Speech, Defamation and First Amendment Protections
• Domain Name Disputes

The core of our IP practice includes trademark and copyright clearance, registration and enforcement of intellectual property rights. In conjunction with a patent expert, we provide counseling and litigation assistance in connection with design and utility patents.

Related areas of our IP practice include analysis of issues arising under the Lanham Act's unfair competition provisions and under the antitrust laws, all phases of advertising, distribution and marketing, enforcing and defending theft of trade secrets, addressing First Amendment and commercial speech issues, and the protection of confidential information.

Contact

• Thomas G. Bailey, Jr.