Protecting Intellectual Property

For a high tech start-up in Silicon Valley, protecting intellectual property (IP) is critical. Our lead intellectual property attorneys are well-versed in this important area.

At start-up, our lawyers advise and prepare documents concerning:

• assignment to company of IP rights
• employee invention agreements
• contractor work-for-hire agreements
• confidentiality and nda issues

Our attorneys also advise on the relative value of using patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets to protect intangible assets constituting intellectual property.

We help you establish and maintain trade secret protection for valuable intellectual property.

We help with trade secret litigation and assist with obtaining TRO/injunction and other relief if trade secrets are misappropriated or other intellectual property is compromised.

We advise on how to minimize exposure to trade secret liability when hiring an employee from a competitor.

We advise on protecting trademarks, service marks, and trade names.

We prepare and prosecute federal and state trademark and service mark applications.

We do federal registration of copyrights, including software copyrights.

We advise and prepare documents for licensing of copyrighted works or other intellectual property.

We advise and prepare documents for patent assignments and licenses.

In general, apart from patent filings and international trademark work, we handle the full range of matters needed to protect intellectual property.