Intellectual property is often times a company's most valuable asset. Whether you are securing your trade secrets, protecting your copyrights or developing or licensing your brand, the attorneys of Marcus Stephen Harris have the experience to develop a comprehensive intellectual property strategy that allows you not only to protect your assets but leverage the law to provide you with the flexibility to fully exploit your intellectual capital.
Our attorneys have extensive experience in the following areas:
Copyrights & Advertising
With attorneys on our team with actual work experience at the U.S. Copyright Office, we are uniquely situated to assist our clients with preparing, filing and prosecuting copyright applications.
Our attorneys also have extensive experience working with marketing departments in reviewing advertising campaigns, Internet and multimedia communications, sales promotions, contests and sweepstakes.
Trademarks & Branding
We conduct and review searches of federal and state trademark applications and registrations and advise our clients on the potential risks involved with choosing a particular name, product configuration or advertising.
We prepare, file and prosecute trademark applications both in the United States and abroad. Once registered, we manage our clients' trademark portfolio through our trademark watching, renewal and maintenance services.
We are able to pursue licensing opportunities on behalf of our clients by drafting and negotiating complex documents.
We have extensive experience in the following areas:
- Preparing, filing and prosecuting federal and state trademark applications
- Negotiating, drafting, and enforcing trademark licenses
- Investigating potentially infringing trademarks
- Preparing and updating trademark watch reports
- Working with United States Customs to monitor the importation of potentially infringing trademarks
- Representing clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and Federal Courts
- Drafting and responding to cease and desist letters
- Conducting trademark audits
- Counseling clients on the importance of policing their marks to avoid abandonment, infringement and genericide
- Preparing employee manuals regarding the proper use of a company's trademarks
- Identifying company trademarks and outlining rules for protecting the goodwill associated with them
- Reviewing advertising and marketing materials to ensure proper trademark usage
