Copyright

Copyright Litigation Our clients include creative individuals and companies at the forefront of the software industry. We also represent our clients in matters of copyright litigation with regard to textual works, tennis shoes and musical works. Kleinberg & Lerner attorneys have extensive experience in federal courts protecting and enforcing the copyrights of our clients. A copyright registration is only the first step to protecting a copyrighted work. Our responsiveness to client needs in light of potential infringers of our client’s works enable Kleinberg & Lerner to represent our clients effectively. Our attorneys also have substantial experience protecting the rights of our clients to use non-copyrighted subject matter when that right has been questioned by a copyright holder.

Copyright Negotiations The copyright registration is only the first step for our clients making the most of their creative efforts. Our clients have valuable copyright registrations and various individuals and companies seek to license those copyrights. Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP has negotiated complex copyright licenses, representing both licensees and licensors. We can help you quickly arrive at an agreeable license, granting you or your clients access to valuable intellectual property rights.

Copyright Registration Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP understands that the creative endeavors our clients undertake are difficult yet rewarding work. Creating computer software, music, video, web sites and all forms of writing take time and require hours of creation and improvement. Copyright laws exist to enable creative individuals and companies to protect the fruits of their creative enterprises. Kleinberg & Lerner attorneys have extensive experience helping our clients prepare and file copyright registrations so that they gain the broadest possible protection for their works. We also have experience gaining and maintaining copyright portfolios in the U.S. and around the world. Our attorneys are able to help you make the most of your copyright registrations.

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International IP

The intellectual property laws in other countries around the world can be daunting and difficult to navigate for prospective inventors. Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP is able to help individual inventors and companies to clarify their global intellectual property goals, to acquire the desired rights throughout the world and to maintain various forms of intellectual property protection and benefits throughout the world. Through our extensive experience in all forms of international intellectual property and our many relationships with attorney all over the globe, we can help acquire and manage patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property virtually anywhere that may be important to our client. Attorneys at our firm regularly file Patent Cooperation Treaty applications that proceed to issuance as patents in numerous countries around the world. Similarly, our attorneys are proceeding with Madrid Protocol applications that mature into registered trademarks in virtually every country. Utilizing the most cost-effective and time-efficient methods to accomplish our client’s international intellectual property goals, Kleinberg & Lerner serves its clients international intellectual property needs.

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Other Matters

Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP specializes in intellectual property law. Attorneys at our firm also have extensive experience in other related areas of law. We have successfully brought and defended Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) proceedings before the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to protect our clients rights to domain name registrations. Attorneys in our firm successfully represent clients in matters of unfair competition, protecting the rights of our clients to a fair and equitable marketplace in which to conduct their business. Kleinberg & Lerner’s unfair competition practice focuses on the rights to which our clients are entitled, but for which intellectual property rights may not directly apply. We also represent clients in business related matters such as negotiating licenses, drafting or negotiating employer/employee agreements and counseling related to non-disclosure agreements. We also represent clients in the sales and acquisition of intellectual property.

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Patent

Patent Litigation Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP has years of experience litigating complex patent matters. Representing clients in matters ranging from aerospace technology to tennis shoes, Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP attorneys have patent litigation experience in matters of diverse commercial and social impact. The firm strives to match excellent litigation experience with a substantial body of technical and specialized knowledge regarding the complex subject matter that typically becomes the subject of patent litigation. Our attorneys have successfully litigated matters before federal courts in patent matters of widely varying types. Our litigation experience draws upon extensive knowledge of the complexities of litigation, the complexities of patent law in particular and the subject matter of patents of various types. The unique synergy provided by an understanding of each of these complex areas of knowledge enables our attorneys to efficiently and powerfully represent our clients needs in the complex process of patent litigation. Our attorneys also have extensive experience performing claim construction in preparation for the specialized Markman hearings that lay the stage for the remainder of a patent litigation. Drawing on decades of experience prosecuting patents, our attorneys are able to protect our client’s rights at this early and crucial stage of litigation.

Patent Negotiation Once our clients have obtained a patent, the use of that patent inevitably involves licensing that patent to other companies and individuals. Similarly, our clients in varying industries often wish to begin utilizing patented inventions within their products or services. Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP attorneys have negotiated numerous patent licenses for their clients, both as licensor and as licensee. Bringing our extensive experience in litigating and prosecuting patents, our attorneys are able to help clients enjoy the fruits of the labor creating their patented inventions. We have also consistently negotiated mutually-beneficial licenses for our clients regarding technology vital to the on-going successes of their businesses.

Patent Prosecution Kleinberg & Lerner attorneys diverse backgrounds enable them to readily understand and properly protect inventions of virtually any type. With degrees and experience in fields ranging from Biomedical Engineering to Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science, all types of inventors can find patent attorneys able to create patent protection for virtually any type of invention at Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP. Specifically, our attorneys have over 200 years of combined experience prosecuting patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Several of the attorneys have spent time working for the Patent and Trademark Office as examiners. This wealth of experience in conjunction with litigation experience provides our attorneys with the know-how to prosecute patents protecting important subject matter to issuance. Our attorneys regularly counsel clients regarding the necessity and potential for international patent protection. We have helped clients to gain and maintain patents in numerous countries around the world. Through on-going relationships with attorneys in virtually every country we are able to gain our clients useful patent protection almost anywhere. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP also has substantial experience providing on-going services after a patent issues. From maintaining patent protection throughout the term of a patent to negotiating licenses with potential licensees, our attorneys and staff bring extensive experience to bear to help our clients make the most of their patented inventions.

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Trademark

Trademark Licensing Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP also has substantial experience providing on-going services after a trademark issues. From maintaining trademark protection throughout the term of a trademark to negotiating licenses with potential licensees, our attorneys and staff bring extensive experience to bear to help our clients make the most of their marks.

Trademark Litigation Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP has years of experience litigating complex trademark matters. Representing clients in matters ranging from televisions to communications software, Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP attorneys have trademark litigation experience in matters of diverse commercial and social impact. The firm strives to match excellent litigation experience with a substantial body of technical and specialized knowledge regarding the complex subject matter that typically becomes the subject of trademark litigation. Our attorneys have successfully litigated matters before federal and state courts and the Trademark Board of Trial and Appeals in trademark matters of widely varying types. Our litigation experience draws upon extensive knowledge of the complexities of litigation, the complexities of trademark law in particular and the subject matter of patents of various types. The unique synergy provided by an understanding of each of these complex areas of knowledge enables our attorneys to efficiently and powerfully represent our clients needs in the complex process of trademark litigation.

Trademark Prosecution Kleinberg & Lerner attorneys diverse backgrounds enable them to readily understand and properly protect trademarks of virtually any type. Specifically, our attorneys have over 200 years of combined experience prosecuting trademarks before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Our attorneys regularly counsel clients regarding the necessity and potential for trademark protection all over the world. We have helped clients to gain and maintain patents in numerous countries across the globe. Through on-going relationships with attorneys in virtually every country we are able to gain our clients useful trademark protection almost anywhere.

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