Harrang Long Gary Rudnick's Intellectual Property Practice Group provides counsel to clients on issues related to development, acquisition, protection, financing, licensing, sale and other disposition of trade secrets, patents, copyrights and trademarks. We offer a range of expertise and experience in U.S. and international procurement and licensing, litigation of Intellectual Property rights and joint development of inventions, plant patents, plant variety protections and biotechnology trade secrets.
Our Intellectual Property clients range from inventors, authors and business owners to governmental bodies and engineers, architects, scientists and artists, in fields including but not limited to environmental sciences, architecture and engineering, food processing, biotechnology, defense, agriculture and plant nurseries, graphic arts, healthcare, and software development.
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Transactions - We assist our clients in purchasing, selling, financing, developing, managing, registering
and licensing all kinds of Intellectual Property.
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Intellectual Property Advice - We advise clients on ownership issues, protection of Intellectual Property rights in businesses and employer/employee
Intellectual Property disputes.
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Protecting Intellectual Property Rights - We provide assistance in applying for copyrights and trademark registration, and prosecuting violations and defending patent, trade secrets, copyright and trademark infringement.
Our lawyers have represented clients in the following representative matters:
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Application for trademark registration in the United States, Canada, European Union and Mexico.
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Licensed trademarks and know-how in the United States, Canada, European Union, Mexico, South America, Australia, New Zealand and India.
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Assisted clients in obtaining U.S. export licenses for sensitive, restricted technology.
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Licensed key foreign and domestic proprietary technology and trade secrets for exclusive use in the United States and abroad.
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Defended patent infringement claims in Federal District Court litigation.
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Litigated against former employee and new employer for misappropriation and use of software trade secrets and copyright infringement.
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Licensed and sub-licensed key U.S. patents in a transaction with a research and development company and a major university research foundation.
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Litigated trademark infringement in federal and state courts.
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Advised clients on Internet domain name disputes, trade libel and trademark disparagement.
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Opposed infringing trademark registration in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the Federal District Court.
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