Focused and timely attention is paramount to protecting a company’s valuable intellectual property. Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff’s attorneys proactively counsel clients on all aspects of managing intellectual property assets and represent clients in disputes over intellectual property rights.
With careful consideration of our clients’ business goals, we take a preventative approach to ensuring their intellectual property assets and portfolios, websites, and online and offline business practices are compliant with applicable laws. We focus on strengthening and protecting corporate value through the registration, documentation and protection of trademarks, copyrights and other valuable intellectual property assets and structuring of licenses.
We vigorously represent our clients’ best interests in prosecuting and defending claims arising from disputes over trademarks, trade dress and copyrights, including the misappropriation of ideas and trade secrets by former employees, partners, or vendors. We defend claims brought by state attorneys general and other regulatory violations. Working with local, state and federal authorities, we are proactive in preventing the importation of infringing goods.
Our Services:
TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADE DRESS
- Trademark selection, clearance, registration, acquisition and maintenance
- Copyright filings and acquisition
- Work-for-Hire Agreements
- Assignments and security interests in intellectual property
- International trademark filings under the Madrid Protocol
TRADEMARK, COPYRIGHT AND TRADE DRESS LITIGATION
- Infringement of trademarks, trade names, trade dress, patents and copyrights
- Litigation under the Lanham Act and state unfair competition laws
- Restraining orders and injunctions
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings
- Send and respond to demand letters
- Monitoring for potentially conflicting trademarks and domain names
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND LICENSING
- Development, acquisition, licensing, integration and implementation of software and hardware systems
- Resource planning, software customizations, licensing projects and traditional and Internet-based system acquisitions
TRADE SECRETS
- Misappropriation of trade secret litigation
- Breaches of confidentiality litigation
- Non-compete litigation
- Preventive policies: employee confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, employee manuals, workforce training and hiring and termination policies
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING
- Monitor Internet for counterfeiting activity
- Prevent importation of counterfeit and gray market goods
- Obtain and execute search and seizure orders
- Litigation in state and federal courts involving counterfeiting, gray-market goods and breaches of contract
- Restraining orders and injunctions
LICENSING, STRATEGIC ALLIANCES, JOINT VENTURES AND PARTNERSHIPS
- Ventures between software developers and customers including multi-party ownership, content creation, licensing, customization and maintenance provisions
- Technology and merchandise licensing, distribution and consent-to-use agreements
Achievements
Contacts:
Benjamin Alexander
Andrew Apfelberg
Olivia Goodkin
Nancy C. Morgan
Bernard Resser
Natasha Shabani
Los Angeles, CA 90067