Intellectual Property, Internet, and E-commerce
Protecting your brand, one of the most valuable assets of any franchised business, is essential part of any successful franchise system. Our Intellectual Property, Internet and E-commerce team recognizes that brand protection is more than just trademarks and have addressed a wide variety of intellectual property issues facing franchisors, including:
- Addressing copyright protection and representation in copyright infringement matters
- Addressing trademark and related disputes, in state or federal courts
- Drafting and negotiating software license agreements
- Developing Internet-based distribution and marketing systems
- Drafting Internet use guidelines
- Drafting contractual provisions limiting franchisees’ use of franchisor trademarks on the Internet
- Drafting Web privacy policies
- Establishing and enforcing trademark and service mark standards
- Handling domestic name disputes using ICANN arbitration procedures
- Registering, maintaining and managing trademarks, service marks, and other intellectual property assets
- Registering foreign trademarks through our network of associates