Copyright and Trademark
The intellectual property attorneys at McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf, L.L.P. help businesses and individuals protect the value of the creativity they use to differentiate themselves in their markets. With a registered patent attorney and experienced federal trademark attorneys on staff, MHBG is the only firm in Lubbock to provide a dedicated intellectual property practice.
Intellectual property includes the following:
Technology has made it paramount to efficiently and aggressively do the following:
- Protect your trade secrets
- Obtain state or federal registrations when appropriate
- Be appropriately compensated for the value of your work
MHBG offers sophisticated legal representation including drafting, filing and prosecution services for copyrights, trademarks and patent applications.
As one of Lubbock’s oldest and largest law firms, MHBG has a strong team of litigators with the necessary federal court experience to back up intellectual property protection with tough litigation.
Copyrights
Copyright registration vests with the author upon creation of a fixed, tangible medium. Enforcing your copyright requires federal registration. Federal copyright registration may be obtained for written articles, books, printed material, music, computer software, artwork, photography, videography and more. Copyright registration is a fairly straightforward and relatively inexpensive form of intellectual property protection.
See the United States Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more helpful information on how copyright registration can protect your work.
Trademarks
MHBG attorneys can achieve state and federal registration of your trademark or service mark. Trademark ownership is established by “using” your work, logo or slogan. You may designate your claim to a trademark by using the TM symbol, even before filing a trademark application. The ability to seek remedies against infringers, however, arises once the trademark is federally registered. Once a federal trademark registration is granted the ® symbol can be used, putting the world on notice that you will aggressively protect your trademark rights.
Prior to choosing a name for your business or product, it is important to conduct comprehensive searches to determine that the name is available and that your use of it will not result in trademark infringement. MHBG can conduct this due diligence for you.
Check out www.uspto.gov for more helpful information on trademarks.
Licensing
Virtually any type of intellectual property can be licensed, including trademarks, service marks, copyrights, patents and even trade secrets. Having an experienced lawyer negotiate agreements regarding the stipulated use of the IP is critical to ensuring IP licensing relationships produce value for the owner
MHBG offers a broad range of IP legal services including the following:
- Counseling—instruction on compliance with state and federal registration procedures, freedom to operate and prior art searches and audits
- Transactions—negotiating and drafting of license agreements, joint venture/strategic partnerships and technology transfers
- Drafting and prosecution—drafting, filing and prosecution of patent applications
- Litigation—represents clients in disputes on all potential infringements on protected materials including domain names, theft of trade secrets, unfair trade competition practices, enforcement of non-disclosure and non-competition agreements, and other IP issues
Attorneys
Serving clients from offices in Lubbock, Texas
For over 80 years McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf, L.L.P. has provided full service representation to businesses and individuals in Texas and New Mexico. Call us at 806-796-7300 or contact us online today to discuss your intellectual property legal matters.
