Our Expertise
Copyright
What is a Copyright?
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form. A copyright owner has the exclusive right of reproduction, adaptation, publication, performance, and display of the original works, as well as the right to authorize third parties to exercise these rights.
What Can Be Copyrighted?
Copyright law protects original works of authorship. Categories of works that may be protected under copyright law are:
Why Register to Copyright Your Intellectual Property
Some of these benefits are identified below.
Copyright Counseling
We devise strategic plans to help our clients effectively manage and protect their copyright assets and entire intellectual property portfolios.
Copyright Registration
Our copyright lawyers have assisted clients obtain copyright registration for different types of works, including jewelry and ornamental works, industrial and graphic designs, sound recordings and musical works, visual art, logos, software, and games.
Copyright Enforcement
We advise and assist our clients with the enforcement and defense of their copyrighted content. If a potential copyright infringer is revealed, we are able to readily address the issue with a solid plan of action. In addition to enforcement, we also assist clients who have received cease and desist letters or have been served with a complaint, to defend against allegations of copyright infringement. Our copyright enforcement and defense practice also includes response and submission of DMCA take-down notice claims.
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form. A copyright owner has the exclusive right of reproduction, adaptation, publication, performance, and display of the original works, as well as the right to authorize third parties to exercise these rights.
What Can Be Copyrighted?
Copyright law protects original works of authorship. Categories of works that may be protected under copyright law are:
- Literary, musical, and dramatic works
- Pantomimes and choreographic works
- Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
- Sound recordings
- Computer programs
- Architectural works
Why Register to Copyright Your Intellectual Property
Some of these benefits are identified below.
- The right to file a lawsuit in federal court for copyright infringement.
- A presumption of validity in copyright litigation if the work is registered within 5 years of publication.
- Eligibility to seek an award of statutory damages. This can be especially helpful where actual damages are difficult to calculate.
- It puts others on notice of your rights.
Copyright Counseling
We devise strategic plans to help our clients effectively manage and protect their copyright assets and entire intellectual property portfolios.
Copyright Registration
Our copyright lawyers have assisted clients obtain copyright registration for different types of works, including jewelry and ornamental works, industrial and graphic designs, sound recordings and musical works, visual art, logos, software, and games.
Copyright Enforcement
We advise and assist our clients with the enforcement and defense of their copyrighted content. If a potential copyright infringer is revealed, we are able to readily address the issue with a solid plan of action. In addition to enforcement, we also assist clients who have received cease and desist letters or have been served with a complaint, to defend against allegations of copyright infringement. Our copyright enforcement and defense practice also includes response and submission of DMCA take-down notice claims.
Trademark
What Is a Trademark?
A trademark is a distinctive sign that identifies the origin of goods or services. It can include names, logos, slogans, sounds, characters, scents, colors, color combinations, product packaging, or even the design of a product itself. However, not every identifier can be trademarked. Generic or descriptive terms, purely informational matter, and misleading geographic indications generally cannot receive protection under trademark law.
What Can Be Trademarked?
Trademarks protect the elements that distinguish one brand from another. Examples include:
What Makes a Strong Trademark?
Trademarks vary in strength depending on their distinctiveness. Generally, they fall into four categories: arbitrary or fanciful, suggestive, descriptive, and generic.
How Our Trademark Lawyers Can Help
By maintaining strong relationships with international counsel, we provide a global perspective in developing and managing trademark portfolios.
Trademark Counseling
We guide clients through every phase of a trademark’s lifecycle — from clearance and registration to maintenance and enforcement. Our analysis focuses on a mark’s inherent distinctiveness and its position within the competitive marketplace.
Trademark Prosecution and Enforcement
We handle the full registration process, including clearance, filing, and opposition procedures. When infringement or conflict arises, we develop strategic responses to protect your rights. We also assist clients who receive cease-and-desist letters or face infringement claims.
Trademark Portfolio Management
We help clients maintain and expand their trademark portfolios worldwide, ensuring continued validity and consistent protection across jurisdictions.
Domain Name Disputes
Our firm also assists in domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP). We represent trademark owners in cases of bad-faith registration, securing transfer or cancellation of infringing domain names.
A trademark is a distinctive sign that identifies the origin of goods or services. It can include names, logos, slogans, sounds, characters, scents, colors, color combinations, product packaging, or even the design of a product itself. However, not every identifier can be trademarked. Generic or descriptive terms, purely informational matter, and misleading geographic indications generally cannot receive protection under trademark law.
What Can Be Trademarked?
Trademarks protect the elements that distinguish one brand from another. Examples include:
- Brand names, logos, and slogans
- Product shapes or packaging designs
- Distinctive sounds or jingles
- Color schemes and visual identities
- Mascots, symbols, and brand characters
What Makes a Strong Trademark?
Trademarks vary in strength depending on their distinctiveness. Generally, they fall into four categories: arbitrary or fanciful, suggestive, descriptive, and generic.
- Arbitrary or fanciful marks are the strongest. These are invented or unrelated words, such as XEROX for copiers, EXXON for fuel, or APPLE for computers.
- Suggestive marks imply qualities or features without directly describing them, like MICROSOFT for software or COPPERTONE for sunscreen.
- Descriptive marks identify a characteristic of a product or service (WORLD’S BEST BAGELS). They can gain protection only after achieving secondary meaning.
- Generic marks are common terms for goods or services (ASPIRIN, ESCALATOR) and cannot be protected.
How Our Trademark Lawyers Can Help
By maintaining strong relationships with international counsel, we provide a global perspective in developing and managing trademark portfolios.
Trademark Counseling
We guide clients through every phase of a trademark’s lifecycle — from clearance and registration to maintenance and enforcement. Our analysis focuses on a mark’s inherent distinctiveness and its position within the competitive marketplace.
Trademark Prosecution and Enforcement
We handle the full registration process, including clearance, filing, and opposition procedures. When infringement or conflict arises, we develop strategic responses to protect your rights. We also assist clients who receive cease-and-desist letters or face infringement claims.
Trademark Portfolio Management
We help clients maintain and expand their trademark portfolios worldwide, ensuring continued validity and consistent protection across jurisdictions.
Domain Name Disputes
Our firm also assists in domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP). We represent trademark owners in cases of bad-faith registration, securing transfer or cancellation of infringing domain names.
Patent
What Is a Patent?
A patent is a form of intellectual property that grants its owner the exclusive legal right to prevent others from making, using, or selling a claimed invention for a limited time. Patents not only protect innovation but also create opportunities for monetization through licensing, assignment, or sale. Ownership of patents often enhances a company’s market value and attracts potential investors.
What Are the Requirements for a Patent?
Obtaining a patent in the United States involves meeting five key requirements. Assessing whether an invention satisfies them requires technical and legal expertise:
How Our Patent Lawyers Can Help
We champion innovation and technological progress. By collaborating closely with foreign counsel, our patent attorneys bring a truly global perspective to every client’s portfolio. Our patent practice encompasses the full spectrum of services needed to secure, manage, and enforce patent rights.
Patent Applications & Prosecution
We provide strategic guidance throughout the application process, assisting inventors and businesses in obtaining patent protection in the United States and internationally. Our experience covers provisional, non-provisional, and design patent applications across diverse industries and technologies.
Patent Enforcement & Defense
We develop tailored strategies to enforce patent rights or defend against infringement claims. Our attorneys act swiftly when potential infringements arise, addressing issues through negotiation, administrative action, or litigation. We also represent clients facing cease-and-desist demands or patent infringement complaints, including post-grant challenges.
Patent Monetization
We assist clients in generating revenue from their intellectual property by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating patent licensing and assignment agreements. Our goal is to ensure our clients realize the full commercial potential of their innovations.
Patent Counseling
From the earliest idea to global commercialization, we provide strategic advice on maximizing patent scope, managing portfolios, and protecting inventions across jurisdictions.
Patent Portfolio Management
We align each client’s patent strategy with their business goals. This includes guidance on development, licensing, acquisition, and enforcement to expand and strengthen patent holdings.
Post-Grant Proceedings
Our attorneys represent clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in inter partes reviews (IPRs), post-grant reviews (PGRs), ex parte reexaminations, and covered business method reviews (CBMRs). These proceedings allow third parties to challenge patent validity efficiently and often serve as strategic alternatives or complements to court litigation.
Patent Litigation
Our litigation team represents clients before Federal and State courts as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In court, we seek both monetary and injunctive relief; before the PTAB, we focus on administrative challenges to patent validity, such as IPR, PGR, CBM, and derivation proceedings.
A patent is a form of intellectual property that grants its owner the exclusive legal right to prevent others from making, using, or selling a claimed invention for a limited time. Patents not only protect innovation but also create opportunities for monetization through licensing, assignment, or sale. Ownership of patents often enhances a company’s market value and attracts potential investors.
What Are the Requirements for a Patent?
Obtaining a patent in the United States involves meeting five key requirements. Assessing whether an invention satisfies them requires technical and legal expertise:
- Utility – The invention must serve a specific, substantial, and practical purpose.
- Novelty – It must be new and not publicly disclosed by the inventor more than one year before filing.
- Enablement – The application must include a clear, complete description allowing skilled professionals to reproduce and use the invention without undue experimentation.
- Non-Obviousness – The invention must differ sufficiently from what is already known so that a skilled person would not find it obvious.
- Patentable Subject Matter – Eligible subject matter includes new and useful processes, machines, manufactures, compositions of matter, or significant improvements thereof.
How Our Patent Lawyers Can Help
We champion innovation and technological progress. By collaborating closely with foreign counsel, our patent attorneys bring a truly global perspective to every client’s portfolio. Our patent practice encompasses the full spectrum of services needed to secure, manage, and enforce patent rights.
Patent Applications & Prosecution
We provide strategic guidance throughout the application process, assisting inventors and businesses in obtaining patent protection in the United States and internationally. Our experience covers provisional, non-provisional, and design patent applications across diverse industries and technologies.
Patent Enforcement & Defense
We develop tailored strategies to enforce patent rights or defend against infringement claims. Our attorneys act swiftly when potential infringements arise, addressing issues through negotiation, administrative action, or litigation. We also represent clients facing cease-and-desist demands or patent infringement complaints, including post-grant challenges.
Patent Monetization
We assist clients in generating revenue from their intellectual property by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating patent licensing and assignment agreements. Our goal is to ensure our clients realize the full commercial potential of their innovations.
Patent Counseling
From the earliest idea to global commercialization, we provide strategic advice on maximizing patent scope, managing portfolios, and protecting inventions across jurisdictions.
Patent Portfolio Management
We align each client’s patent strategy with their business goals. This includes guidance on development, licensing, acquisition, and enforcement to expand and strengthen patent holdings.
Post-Grant Proceedings
Our attorneys represent clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in inter partes reviews (IPRs), post-grant reviews (PGRs), ex parte reexaminations, and covered business method reviews (CBMRs). These proceedings allow third parties to challenge patent validity efficiently and often serve as strategic alternatives or complements to court litigation.
Patent Litigation
Our litigation team represents clients before Federal and State courts as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In court, we seek both monetary and injunctive relief; before the PTAB, we focus on administrative challenges to patent validity, such as IPR, PGR, CBM, and derivation proceedings.
Litigation and IP Disputes
Intellectual Property Litigation
We represent clients on both the enforcement and defense side in all areas of intellectual property litigation, including trademark disputes, ITC/Section 337 investigations, UDRP proceedings, copyright litigation, patent disputes, and trade secret cases. Our goal is to help businesses and individuals maximize the value of their intellectual property while minimizing exposure to third-party threats. Intellectual property litigation is often complex, requiring not only a deep understanding of IP law but also of federal rules and global enforcement frameworks.
The Phases of Intellectual Property Litigation
Intellectual property disputes typically progress through six main phases:
How Our IP Litigation Attorneys Can Help
The Intellectual Property Litigation team at Grant Attorneys at Law represents clients in both enforcement and defense across the full spectrum of IP matters. Our experience includes patent and trademark infringement, trade dress, trade secrets, domain name disputes, rights of publicity, and DMCA-related litigation.
Copyright Litigation
We handle complex copyright disputes across industries including music, visual arts, software, film, television, publishing, fashion, and advertising. Our attorneys assist in both prosecuting and defending copyright claims in court and administrative proceedings.
Patent Litigation
Our Patent Litigation attorneys represent clients before Federal and State courts as well as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The PTAB oversees administrative proceedings that challenge patent validity, including:
Trademark Litigation
Our Trademark Litigation team represents clients in Federal and State courts and before the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). The TTAB handles:
Licensing Disputes
We handle licensing conflicts through litigation, arbitration, and mediation, providing strategic and persuasive advocacy to safeguard client interests and preserve business relationships.
Trade Secret Disputes
Our attorneys represent both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state trade secret litigation, including cases involving technology, research, and employee misappropriation.
ITC / Section 337 Disputes and Investigations
Section 337 investigations, conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), prohibit importation of goods that infringe valid patent, trademark, copyright, or trade secret rights. Our team handles every aspect of ITC proceedings and has experience securing or contesting exclusion orders that block infringing goods from entering the U.S.
UDRP Proceedings
The Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP), established by ICANN, provides a streamlined way for trademark owners to challenge bad-faith domain registrations. Our attorneys regularly resolve domain name disputes through settlement, UDRP proceedings, or litigation, ensuring swift protection of clients’ online assets.
Federal Court Proceedings
Our firm litigates IP disputes nationwide, including trademark, patent, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition claims. Federal courts have jurisdiction over cases involving federal statutes, cross-border disputes, and constitutional issues. With extensive experience in federal IP litigation, we craft innovative and effective strategies to achieve the best possible outcome for every client.
We represent clients on both the enforcement and defense side in all areas of intellectual property litigation, including trademark disputes, ITC/Section 337 investigations, UDRP proceedings, copyright litigation, patent disputes, and trade secret cases. Our goal is to help businesses and individuals maximize the value of their intellectual property while minimizing exposure to third-party threats. Intellectual property litigation is often complex, requiring not only a deep understanding of IP law but also of federal rules and global enforcement frameworks.
The Phases of Intellectual Property Litigation
Intellectual property disputes typically progress through six main phases:
- Pre-suit Fact Gathering and Research
Each matter begins with a careful investigation and analysis of claims. We assess the strengths and weaknesses of a case and craft an enforcement or defense strategy that aligns with the client’s goals. - Pleadings
The plaintiff initiates a lawsuit by filing a complaint and serving the defendant, who must then respond by filing an answer or motion within the required deadline. - Discovery
Both parties exchange relevant documents, evidence, and witness testimony to support their positions. - Motions
Legal and procedural issues are raised through motions for resolution by the court before trial. - Trial
Each side presents its arguments and evidence before a judge or jury, leading to a judgment. - Appeals
If either party believes an error occurred, they may seek review by a higher court.
How Our IP Litigation Attorneys Can Help
The Intellectual Property Litigation team at Grant Attorneys at Law represents clients in both enforcement and defense across the full spectrum of IP matters. Our experience includes patent and trademark infringement, trade dress, trade secrets, domain name disputes, rights of publicity, and DMCA-related litigation.
Copyright Litigation
We handle complex copyright disputes across industries including music, visual arts, software, film, television, publishing, fashion, and advertising. Our attorneys assist in both prosecuting and defending copyright claims in court and administrative proceedings.
Patent Litigation
Our Patent Litigation attorneys represent clients before Federal and State courts as well as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The PTAB oversees administrative proceedings that challenge patent validity, including:
- Inter partes review (IPR)
- Post-grant review (PGR)
- Covered business method review (CBMR)
- Derivation proceedingsWhile PTAB decisions are injunctive, Federal and State court matters may result in both monetary and injunctive relief.
Trademark Litigation
Our Trademark Litigation team represents clients in Federal and State courts and before the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). The TTAB handles:
- Opposition Proceedings – Preventing registration of marks that may cause harm.
- Cancellation Proceedings – Challenging existing registrations.
- Trademark Appeals – Reviewing examiner decisions.As with PTAB matters, TTAB rulings are injunctive, while court cases may also include monetary remedies.
Licensing Disputes
We handle licensing conflicts through litigation, arbitration, and mediation, providing strategic and persuasive advocacy to safeguard client interests and preserve business relationships.
Trade Secret Disputes
Our attorneys represent both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state trade secret litigation, including cases involving technology, research, and employee misappropriation.
ITC / Section 337 Disputes and Investigations
Section 337 investigations, conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), prohibit importation of goods that infringe valid patent, trademark, copyright, or trade secret rights. Our team handles every aspect of ITC proceedings and has experience securing or contesting exclusion orders that block infringing goods from entering the U.S.
UDRP Proceedings
The Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP), established by ICANN, provides a streamlined way for trademark owners to challenge bad-faith domain registrations. Our attorneys regularly resolve domain name disputes through settlement, UDRP proceedings, or litigation, ensuring swift protection of clients’ online assets.
Federal Court Proceedings
Our firm litigates IP disputes nationwide, including trademark, patent, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition claims. Federal courts have jurisdiction over cases involving federal statutes, cross-border disputes, and constitutional issues. With extensive experience in federal IP litigation, we craft innovative and effective strategies to achieve the best possible outcome for every client.
