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Licensing, Trademarks, and Internet
In today's world, sound management of your intellectual property rights is critical. Our clients turn to us for patent and trademark licensing agreements, counsel on issues of trade names and domain names, trade secret protection, and other issues related to technology and intellectual property.
ELM lawyers who practice licensing, trademarks, and internet law:
Representative matters:
- Our client, a bio-technology company with a rich portfolio of patents and proprietary know-how, developed an efficient, low-cost water purification system. A number of multinational consumer products companies were interested in licensing the technology and our client came to terms with one such company. We were extensively involved in intellectual property disclosure and secrecy issues, and in negotiating the terms of a global exclusive license in a specified field. We steered the client through a number of complex legal, international tax, intellectual property, and contractual issues before a definitive agreement was finally signed. The client's technology will be the foundation for a significant new stream of revenue for the multinational company, and the completed license agreement represents a major technological and business success for the client company.
- Our client, an educational institution, discovered that fake diplomas were being sold on the internet with the client's name. As with many shady internet businesses, the person infringing on our client's trademark made every attempt to hide, so we immediately went after the internet service provider as well and quickly stopped the infringement.
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