An organization's ideas and identity are valuable assets.  Wilson Elser's attorneys recognize the importance of protecting these assets, from copyrights and trademarks, to patents and trade secrets. 

Our firm has an interdisciplinary team well versed in all aspects of intellectual property and corporate law.  The intellectual property team, headed by Thomas A. Leghorn and Adam R. Bialek, offers clients depth of knowledge, as well as access to all the resources of a national firm with 20 U.S. offices.

Our copyright practice is a multifaceted area, with cases involving literary and theatrical works, musical compositions, and sales and instructional manuals.  We counsel clients on registration of copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office, explain the effect of new technology and legislation on copyright law and litigate or defend against charges of copyright infringement.

Wilson Elser is involved in obtaining, securing, maintaining and enforcing trademark rights of clients worldwide.  The firm understands that a company’s investment in name and brand recognition often equates to increased profits.  The firm has experience with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. 

Wilson Elser can help your company develop programs that increase trade secret protection through the use of restrictive covenants in contracts for company executives and key employees.  Confidential information often needs protection because it has economic value when not generally known or ascertainable. Such information could pertain to devices, formulas, patterns, programs and methods.

We provide an array of other legal services outside the direct intellectual property arena, such as mergers, acquisitions and licensing.  Members of our corporate practice group assist in the filing of copyrights and trademarks and the drafting and review of licensing agreements.  Wilson Elser attorneys understand the power of ideas, and the ways to protect them.  

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