Intellectual property is often our clients’ most valuable asset.  We help our clients evaluate, protect, enforce, and defend their intellectual property at all stages.  At pre-business formation (or pre-brand launch), we can help you determine the availability and relative strength of proposed brand names and designs, and ultimately obtain federal protection with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  We advise and help protect original works of authorship under the Copyright Act, and negotiate license agreements to monetize (and protect) their use.  We help protect our client’s valuable trade secrets, using appropriate measures including confidentiality agreements and non-competes, as well as utilizing already-available protections under state and federal laws.  We also litigate patent infringement cases, and connect our clients with the right lawyer or patent agent for preliminary protections and obtaining patents.  Finally, where our clients are wrongly accused of infringing the intellectual property rights of others, we defend them and, where necessary, use creative solutions that can avoid costly litigation.