Trademarks

Matters include:

• Trademark and service mark searching, clearance and registration, federal and California
• 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
• Anti-piracy advice
• 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

Copyrights

Matters include:

• Advising on copyrightability of works
• Copyright registration
• Agreements for licensing, assignment, purchase or sale of copyrights and copyrighted works, including permissions, releases, and work-for-hire agreements
• Advising on use of copyright notices (©, All rights reserved)
• Sales and assignments of trademarks and copyrights
• Loans and financings using copyrights as collateral
• Anti-piracy advice
• 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

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”