Industries Served

Patent Prosecution

We understand 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.

Our attorneys have extensive experience helping our clients prepare and file copyright applications 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.

Patent Litigation

Our attorneys have years of experience litigating complex patent matters. We have represented clients in matters ranging from aerospace technology to tennis shoes. Additionally, our 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 patent matters before federal courts involving a wide range of technology. 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 patent litigation. Drawing on decades of experience prosecuting patents, our attorneys are able to protect our clients’ rights at the early and crucial stages of litigation.

Patent Negotiations

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. Our attorneys have 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.

Trademark Prosecution

Our attorneys’ diverse backgrounds enable them to readily understand and properly protect trademarks of virtually any type. Specifically, our attorneys have over 100 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 trademarks 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.

Trademark Litigation

Our attorneys have years of experience litigating complex trademark matters. We represent clients in matters ranging from televisions to communication software. 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 courts, state courts, and the Trademark Board of Trial and Appeals in trademark matters. Our litigation experience draws upon extensive knowledge of the complexities of litigation, the complexities of trademark law in particular, and the subject matter of trademarks 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 Negotiations

Our attorneys also have 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.

Copyright Prosecution

Copyright Litigation

A copyright registration is only the first step to protecting a copyrighted work. Our attorneys have extensive experience in federal courts protecting and enforcing the copyrights of our clients. Our responsiveness to client needs in light of potential infringers enables us 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 intellectual property laws in other countries around the world can be daunting and difficult to navigate for prospective inventors. Our attorneys are 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.

International Intellectual Property Protection

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 clients. 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 clients’ international intellectual property goals, our attorneys serve their clients’ international intellectual property needs.

Domain Name Disputes

Our attorneys specialize 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.

Unfair Competition

Attorneys at 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 businesses. 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.

Business

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.