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Maintaining a competitive edge in today's technology driven marketplace requires entrepreneurs and companies to actively engage in strategies that will serve to increase public recognition and distinguish their identities, products and services from those of competitors while safeguarding these valuable proprietary rights and assets from unfair competition. In the area of intellectual property law, we understand the vital importance of protecting and defending as well as commercializing and licensing proprietary rights that may include patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, images, brands, services and domain names of our clients. We represent clients who range from individual entrepreneurs and startup companies to well known and established corporations and trade associations in a wide array of industries including information technology, computers, biotechnology, e-commerce, health and life sciences, consumer products, telecommunications, fashion, entertainment, toys, publishing, manufacturing and construction. Our practice routinely includes the following:

• U.S. and international intellectual property portfolio management including implementing numerous strategic filings to protect or register intellectual property rights and assets on a virtually worldwide basis
• Federal and state court infringement and unfair competition litigation; Inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Domain name protection and related dispute arbitration
• Drafting and negotiating complex software and biotechnology agreements and licenses
• Technology transfer
• Internet sweepstakes
• Web site development agreements; Web site Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy statements
• Trade secret counseling
• Valuation of emerging technologies
• Work-for-Hire, Confidentiality and Non-Compete agreements
• Entertainment and publishing agreements and contracts relating to endorsements, employment, production, distribution and merchandising tie-ins
• U.S. Customs Service recordation of proprietary assets