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Little is more frustrating than discovering that you have unwittingly failed to adequately protect your IP and someone is trying to use it or take it without just compensation.
Intellectual Property
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In today's competitive environment, protection of Intellectual Property ("IP") is critical to a business's survival. Little is more frustrating than discovering that you have unwittingly failed to adequately protect your IP and someone is trying to use it or take it without just compensation. Perhaps you face a claim that you have improperly used someone else's IP. Chamberlain Hrdlicka can protect your IP interests and, if necessary, pursue or defend claims concerning its taking or misuse.
From IP applications and agreements to litigation of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights and restrictive covenants, we have experienced lawyers to help you at reasonable rates.
Areas of Expertise
- IP Applications: Our lawyers can assist you with your trademark, copyright, and patent applications.
- Licenses, Assignments and Contracts: We have helped many clients, and would be happy to assist you, with licensing, assigning, and contracting IP.
- Disputes Concerning Ownership or Infringement of IP: Our lawyers have handled numerous disputes in federal, and state court, mediation and arbitration regarding trade secrets, restrictive covenants, patents, trademarks, and copyrights for both plaintiffs and defendants. Our litigators can efficiently represent you in court or arbitration in these areas in a proactive and professional manner.
- Covenants Not to Compete, Trade Secret, Confidentiality and Employment Agreements: We have helped numerous clients over the years with protecting their IP and customer base through crafting and negotiating savvy and thorough agreements.
- IP Consulting: Often clients do not fully appreciate the value of their IP until after the genie is out of the bottle and protection may no longer be attainable. Our lawyers ensure that your IP is adequately protected so that its value can be fully realized.
Representative Matters
- Successfully defended an application for temporary injunction by a patentee for patent infringement.
- Successfully defended a copyright case involving soft sculptures brought by a well-known manufacturer.
- Successfully defended several applications for temporary injunction for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets.
- Successfully prosecuted claims for three different clients concerning ownership of patents.
- Filed numerous trademark applications.
- Filed mechanical and method patents.
- Assisted numerous clients with IP protection, licensing and planning issues.