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Franchising
Waller Lansden has over 25 years of experience in intellectual property law. Using a multi-disciplinary team of attorneys, we provide client advice and representation on a variety of matters in this rapidly growing and changing area of law. Waller Lansden regularly counsels clients on creating, securing, licensing and transferring rights in intellectual property.
By participating in various trade associations, our attorneys keep abreast of industry trends that help them anticipate the future needs of our clients. We routinely provide advice and representation to clients in the following intellectual property areas:
- Computer/technology
- Copyrights
- Franchising
- Trademarks
- Trade secrets
- Audit intellectual property holdings
- Negotiation regarding financing of intellectual property holdings
- Litigation of issues relating to intellectual property rights
Computer/Technology
Waller Lansden advises clients on many intellectual property matters relating to computers, information systems and related technology issues. These include licensing and protection of intellectual property such as computer software including object code, source code and operating system software protection and commercial use of databases. We also counsel clients on the protection of proprietary information and forming and maintaining outsourcing and systems integration arrangements.
For a number of years our firm has actively represented clients in various internet transactions and related areas including web hosting, electronic payment procedures, establishing e-commerce business ventures, negotiating web advertisements, resolving internet domain name disputes, negotiating agreements establishing private on-line areas and negotiating web linking agreements.
Copyrights
Waller Lansden provides a full range of copyright services, including registering copyrights, licensing copyrighted works, resolving transactional issues related to assigning or obtaining security interests in copyrights, and litigating transactional and infringement issues. Additionally, we advise clients on rights to license as well as protect and exploit copyrights in computer software, audio recordings, musical compositions and arrangements, literary works of fiction and non-fiction, photographs, paintings and other artwork and a wide array of other copyrightable materials.
Franchising
Franchising combines the advantages of a central system with the capital and micro-management of local independent business persons to produce a market competitor with critical mass. The potential geographic expansiveness and long term business relationships cause franchising to be affected by an array of dynamic federal, state and local laws. Waller Lansden attorneys have the depth and breadth of experience to navigate our clients through this intensely regulated area providing a wide variety of services, including corporate, litigation, trademark, registration and licensing, to assure full compliance.
Trademarks
Our attorneys counsel clients regarding selecting and using trademarks, handling registration procedures before state trademark offices and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and litigating infringement issues related to registered and common law trademarks. We also continually track the trademark to protect it from expiring. Waller Lansden also has counsels clients regarding foreign trademarks for international business.
Trade Secrets
As technology has grown and become more widely accessible, the necessity for trade secret protection has become a vital aspect of intellectual property law. Many intellectual property owners are exploring the benefits and advantages of trade secret protection where patent and/or copyright protection is unavailable or insufficient for their particular needs. Our attorneys advise clients on the propriety of trade secret protection for particular items of intellectual property, provide counsel regarding the appropriate procedures and safeguards for protecting trade secrets and litigate trade secret infringement.
Waller Lansden regularly provides intellectual property advice to:
- Authors
- Advertisers
- Defense contractors
- Electronic and web-based services
- Franchisors
- Healthcare companies
- Manufacturers
- Music and book publishers
- Retailers/service providers
- Software creators and licensees/VAR/OEM
- Video producers
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