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| Intellectual Property & Technology Law |
Smith|Hartvigsen offers a broad range of services to help businesses and
individuals protect their intellectual property, from obtaining patents, trademarks, and
copyrights to litigating and enforcing all forms of intellectual property, including trade
secrets and employee knowledge resources. Smith Hartvigsen’s team has represented independent
inventors and start-up companies as well as growing and established businesses. Some of
the services we provide are:
PATENTS
Smith Hartvigsen can help you identify your business’s most valuable intangible assets
and ideas and obtain patent protection for them, including both U.S. and foreign patent protection.
Bryan Bryner, a licensed patent attorney, has
experience representing clients before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in
drafting and prosecuting patent applications in technical fields such as chemistry,
chemical engineering, biology, polymers, fiber optics, food products, soils,
composting, mechanical devices, and computer and software business methods.
We also assist clients in performing patent and product searches and clearances
and licensing, marketing, and branding their products.
TRADEMARKS
Trademarks can play a significant role in identifying your brand and protecting
your business, products, and services in an ever more visible and competitive economy.
We help clients obtain federal and state trademark registrations for their trademarks,
service marks, logos, slogans, sounds, drawings, trade dress, product packaging, and
other unique identifiers. We also help protect and enforce trademarks through strategic
and legal marketing counseling and trademark infringement litigation.
COPYRIGHTS
Smith Hartvigsen offers a wide range of legal services to assist clients in the registration,
acquisition, and licensing of rights in the creative expression of their ideas, including
literary works, art, music, motion pictures, photography, sculptural works, architectural
works, and other creative forms of expression. We help clients obtain copyright registrations
with the U.S. Copyright Office, as well as protect and enforce their copyrights.
NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS, TRADE SECRETS, & UNFAIR COMPETITION
We can also advise you on strategic ways to protect other forms of proprietary intellectual
knowledge that give you the competitive edge in your business, such as customer lists, processing
information, chemical formulas, and other compilations of data and information.
Attorney Lyle Fuller has extensive experience litigating all
aspects of non-compete agreements, unfair competition, and trade secrets. He uses that experience
to counsel clients on how best to protect their trade secrets and investments in employee training
and customer relationships.
INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY
All forms of intellectual property are finding an ever-increasing presence on the Internet. We can
help you successfully protect your intellectual property online, and advise you on the proper use of
trademarks, domain names, and copyrights with digital media. Smith Hartvigsen can also help you with
a broad range of cyberlaw and technology services relating to computer, software, web-based applications,
and Internet related issues, including reseller agreements, distribution agreements, online marketing,
Internet privacy, click-through agreements, domain name issues, and more.
LICENSING, CONTRACT, AND START-UP COUNSELING
In addition to obtaining and enforcing intellectual property protection, we can help you leverage those
assets, including through intellectual property and product licensing and distribution agreements and negotiation.
We offer a range of specialty services and expertise, including business formation and development, employment
law, contracts, and commercial litigation. As an added benefit, Smith Hartvigsen can assist you with federal
import and export regulations compliance to ensure protection for all of your products and intellectual property.
FRANCHISING
Whether you are seeking to expand your business by franchising, or you would like to buy and operate a
franchise, our team of intellectual property and business attorneys can help get your franchise business up
and running. Franchising and franchise law is often based and centered on intellectual property – your trademarks,
unique product or service offerings, trade dress and overall appearance, customer lists, and employee knowledge
resources. Together with our team of employment law attorneys and real estate attorneys, Smith Hartvigsen can
assist you in preparing your franchise disclosure documents, drafting and negotiating the franchise agreement,
purchasing a franchise, preparing an employee manual, and managing the day-to-day operations of a franchise business.
Practice Group Contact: Lyle
J. Fuller
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