Intellectual Property

CMPR’s Intellectual Property practice draws on decades of experience counseling clients in all aspects of trademark, copyright, trade dress, trade secret, and related IP matters. We work closely with clients throughout the life cycle of their IP assets – from selection, prosecution, and registration (in the U.S. and abroad), management of brand portfolios, licensing and due diligence, enforcement of rights, to the sale or other transfer of their intellectual property.  CMPR’s in-house trademark clearance capabilities allow for a more efficient, timely, and cost-effective search process.  However, instead of a “one-size fits all” approach, we devise brand strategies tailored to our clients’ specific needs and goals.  In addition to providing trademark guidance to hundreds of wineries and other alcoholic beverage producers around the world, we regularly advise clients in a broad range of products and industries, including hospitality and restaurant services, medical devices, apparel, boats, online gaming, affordable housing, non-profits, dietary supplements, perfumes and cosmetics. Our IP litigators have decades of experience in the enforcement of rights and defense of claims in federal courts around the country, as well as in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.   Our IP team regularly advises clients in the following areas:    

• trademark selection, clearance, and registration
• brand protection strategies for the U.S. and abroad
• copyright registration
• trademark, copyright, trade dress, trade secret, and unfair competition litigation
• IP due diligence
• IP licensing and technology transfer agreements
• trade secret protection
• publishing agreements
• television and film production agreements
• name and likeness agreements