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