Intellectual Property
 
Intellectual Property & Information Technology Section serves established and emerging businesses

Our Intellectual Property and Information Technology practice serves established and emerging businesses in diverse industries: entertainment, sports, internet, computers, telecommunications, consumer products, healthcare, advertising, publishing, and consulting to name a few. We help you protect your intellectual property in ways that promote your products and services.

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Trademark:
We can help you with all aspects of brand protection.
  • Evaluations of potential marks, including searches for availability of trademarks and consultation as to selection
  • Applications and registration of trademarks
  • Enforcement of trademark rights and trademark disputes
  • Trademark protection and development programs -- including training of client personnel
  • Oppositions and cancellations
  • Sending and responding to cease and desist notices
  • Trademark licenses and other transactions involving trademarks
  • Domain name protection
  • Trademark portfolio management
  • Litigation
Copyrights:
Copyrights are the principal business assets for a wide range of our clients including, for example, television production companies and broadcasters, motion picture production companies, recording artists, songwriters and record companies, sports figures, computer software developers, internet companies, and book publishers. We have extensive experience in:
  • Registration
  • Enforcement of copyrights
  • Copyright licenses and other transactions involving trademarks
  • Disputes involving copyright
  • Sending and responding to cease and desist notices
  • Clearing rights in copyright owned by others
  • Copyright portfolio management including, for example, music publishing
  • Litigation
IP Evaluations and Due Diligence:
Because of our extensive experience in the IP and IT areas we are able to conduct evaluations of intellectual property in acquisitions and other situations where the status and/or ownership is at issue.
  • Rights clearance work for entertainment properties (motion pictures, television programs, computer software, books, music, and websites) involving issues such as copyright, trademark, right of privacy/publicity, defamation, etc.
  • Rights clearance work for endorsements and other sports properties
  • Errors and Omission Insurance matters, including attorney opinions
  • Investor side evaluations
  • Intellectual property audits
Technology Companies:
We bring experienced intellectual property and commercial transaction attorneys to the sophisticated practice of technology transfers. We have worked with a range of technology companies in assisting them in many ways, such as:
  • Content Acquisition Agreements
  • Distribution Agreements
  • Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Agreements
  • Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
  • Nondisclosure / Confidentiality Agreements
  • Noncompetition Agreements
  • Licenses
  • Application Service Provider (ASP) Agreements
  • Web Designer Agreements
  • E-commerce Agreements
  • IP Escrow Agreements
  • Franchise Agreements

We approach the practice of law the same way you approach your businesses . . . with passion and commitment.

For more information contact Dan Satorius at dsatorius@lommen.com or 612-336-9332; Tim Matson at tmatson@lommen.com or 612-336-9331; Paul Bezilla at paul@lommen.com or 612-336-9344; Sherri Ulland at sherri@lommen.com or 612-336-9337; Stacey DeKalb at stacey@lommen.com or 612-336-9310; or Bryan Feldhaus at bryan@lommen.com or 612-336-4389.


Helpful Links:

CLEARING RIGHTS FOR FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS

US Copyright Office

US Trademark Office

 

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