Intellectual Property

We have handled many of the seminal intellectual property transactions and litigations in the publishing, marketing, licensing, and new technology fields. Our clients often own or seek intellectual property rights, and our special expertise in the global intellectual property arena helps them succeed. Visit our IP & Media blog for legal updates and expert insights.

OUR CLIENTS

We serve a wide range of entertainment companies, performers, writers, fashion models, artists, and celebrities. We also represent major consumer products companies and other corporate brands, advertising and marketing firms, and software, eCommerce, telecommunications, and other technology businesses.

CLIENT BENEFITS

We are special intellectual property counsel to major corporations and individual creators, helping clients capitalize on their intellectual property rights in and across all media.

Plan Strategies

We help clients plan strategies and form ventures to profit from their brands, trademarks, copyrights, publicity rights, trade secrets, and television, film, theatre, and music rights.

Clear Intellectual Property

We assess the availability of trademarks, names, designs, advertising, packaging, and marketing plans; and file and defend trademark applications and registrations in the U.S. and abroad.

Register and Manage Trademarks

We handle all aspects of trademark registration in the U.S. and in most foreign countries.

Manage Copyrights

We clear, register, license, and oversee copyrights in books, screenplays, adaptations, music, software, advertising, and other materials; and we provide “fair use” analyses for clients seeking to employ third-party copyrighted material.

Enforce Intellectual Property

We help clients protect and enforce intellectual property rights, oppose registration of infringing trademarks and copyrights, and win compensation for unauthorized uses.

Exploit Ancillary Revenue Opportunities

We help clients identify and exploit ancillary revenue streams, such as licensing and merchandising, product placements and tie-ins, media appearances, international television format sales, video games, and other entrepreneurial opportunities.

Capitalize on Digital Rights

We focus on digital rights and help clients implement Web-based and other new media projects.

Craft Agreements

We use our knowledge of the IP marketplace to negotiate and draft clear, concise agreements for our clients.

Comply with Laws

We help clients comply with complex IP laws and treaties both in the U.S. and abroad.

Maximize Publicity Rights

We represent famous persons and their estates in publicity rights matters, and help heirs of deceased celebrities exploit publicity and other valuable IP rights.

Recapture rights.

We help artists and other creators of intellectual property terminate grants of copyright and recapture those rights for partner exploitation.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Our Intellectual Property Group lawyers are members of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., the International Trademark Association, and major bar associations. We are frequent speakers on licensing topics, and have participated in the Licensing International conference. We have appeared on MSNBC, CNNfn, and National Public Radio, and published articles in Intellectual Property Today, the Journal of Internet Law, World eBusiness Law Report, The Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal, eDesign Magazine, and other trade publications. BTI Consulting continues to recognize our attorneys for their expertise in IP litigation.