Intellectual Property - Trademark Protection and Maintenance
Crowell & Moring LLP intellectual property attorneys provide full service capabilities in the preparation, prosecution, and maintenance of trademarks. We handle trademark matters on a worldwide basis through an international network of foreign associates. Our legal assistants are specially trained in trademark application preparation and prosecution procedures and state-of-the-art docketing techniques, to facilitate the cost-effective management of our docket.
We also work closely with our clients to design and establish in-house programs and procedures to facilitate the cost-effective preparation and prosecution of trademark applications.
We also represent clients in opposition and cancellation proceedings. One of our recent successes in a case before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board resulted in the cancellation of a trademark consisting of the word Internet.
We are also expert at licensing and transferring federal and common-law trademarks, including development of model licenses and implementation of quality control programs.
Our attorneys also practice in a variety of other trademark-related areas. Some of these areas include:
- Trademark law applied to the Internet, namely use of a mark as a domain name, linking, cross-licensing, metatags, and keywords. Our attorneys have lectured and written on the Uniform Dispute Resolution procedures, as well as the Anticybersquatting Act.
- Trademark fair use issues, and unfair competition and advertising.
- Trade secret protection, including drafting of secrecy policies, and confidentiality agreements.