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PATERSON LEGAL FIRM

Practice Area

Intellectual Property

Trademarks, copyright ownership, and the agreements that decide who owns a business’s work.

Intellectual property advice at the firm helps a business identify what it owns, what it may use, and how a name or a work should be treated in an agreement. Registration is not the first question. The first question is what the client is trying to protect and where.

Trademark work looks at the name or logo, the goods or services, and the territory. The firm explains why a search and a filing strategy depend on those facts. It does not tell a client, from this page, that a name is available.

Copyright work covers ownership of content created by employees, contractors, and agencies. The agreement should say who owns the work and what each side may do with it. A handshake about a logo or a website is a frequent source of later disagreement.

Disputes about names, content, or branding are handled by reading the agreements and the use that actually occurred. The firm does not promise that a mark will be registered or that a dispute will end on particular terms.

Matters in this area

These are the kinds of questions the firm discusses. The list is not a promise that every matter will be accepted.

Trademark questions

Names, logos, goods, and the territory in which they are used.

Filing strategy

Whether and where a filing makes sense after the facts are known.

Copyright ownership

Who owns content created for the business.

Contractor agreements

Written terms for designers, developers, and agencies.

Brand disputes

Conflicts about a name, a logo, or the way content was used.

Licenses

Permission to use a name or a work, and the limits on that permission.

How a matter begins

The first conversation is used to understand the facts, the documents, and the timing. The firm then says whether it can assist.

  1. 1

    Describe the matter

    Use the consultation form and name this practice area. Do not include highly sensitive facts in the first message.

  2. 2

    Share the papers

    If the firm can review the matter, it will ask for the contract, notice, or other documents that control the next step.

  3. 3

    Agree the scope

    Representation begins only when the firm agrees to act. Until then, there is no attorney-client relationship.

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