Practice Areas › Trademark & Copyright Licensing
Trademarks
Matters include:
- Agreements for licensing and use of trademarks, including channel of trade agreements
- Sales, purchases and assignments of trademarks
- Loans and financings using trademarks as collateral
- Audits and due diligence of trademarks and trademark licenses
- Reservation of corporate or LLC name
- Assumed name (or “Doing Business As” or DBA) filings
- Internet domain name issues (e.g., .com, .org, .net)
- Advising on proper use of trademarks, service marks and logos, and trademark notices (TM, ®), on products, services and marketing materials
Copyrights
Matters include:
- Agreements for licensing, assignment, purchase or sale of copyrights and copyrighted works, including permissions, releases, and work-for-hire agreements
- Sales and assignments of trademarks and copyrights
- Loans and financings using copyrights as collateral
- Copyright and copyright license audits and due diligence
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) – advising on takedown notices and copyright agent issues, and liability for web site content and user submissions; registration of Designated Agents with the U.S. Copyright Office
- Advising on use of copyright notices (©, All rights reserved)
- Advising on copyrightability of works
- Copyright registration
Other Intellectual Property
Matters include:
- Trade secret protection
- Confidential disclosure agreements (CDA), non-disclosure agreements (NDA), and confidentiality covenants – drafting and advising
- Waivers of “moral rights”