Our attorneys are based in Reno and have a breadth of experience when it comes to protecting and enforcing the intellectual property rights of our clients. We work closely with our clients to identify their intellectual assets and to ensure that these assets are protected under the law.
IP Law
- Under Intellectual Property Law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets for creations of the mind such as inventions, literary and artistic works, names, symbols, designs and images used in commerce.
Patent Law
- Deals with the protection of the mental concepts, ideas or creations known as inventions. The three types of patents are: utility, design, and plant.
Trademark Law
- Deals with the degree to which the owner or creator of a symbol used in marketing goods and services will be allowed a monopoly over the use of that symbol.
Copyright Law
- Grants authors, programmers, artists, and others the right to prevent others from replicating or using their original expressions and to recover damages from those who do so without proper permission.
Trade Secret Law
- Deals with the acquisition of offensive rights on private knowledge that gives the owner a competitive business advantage. Unless its
Unfair Competition Law
- Affords offensive rights to owners of nonfunctional mental creations that don’t fall within the rights offered by the four types law mentioned above, but which nevertheless been unfairly copied or replicated by competitors.
Licensing
- A licensing agreement is a partnership between an intellectual property rights owner (the licensor) and another party who is authorized to use such rights (the licensee) in exchange for a fee or royalty.
