Services

Patent Procurement

At Tsircou Intellectual Property Law, we lead clients through the process of securing patent rights in the United States and throughout the world.

We work with clients who have a broad array of goals for their patents. Patents are a powerful business tool. With a strong patent one can fend off competitors from critical technologies or products, build business value and monetize investments in research and through a royalty program. With a vast understanding of our clients' ever changing needs, we construct a patenting strategy to align with their business objectives.

Within the firm, we build and execute a process for identifying innovations, securing patent rights for those innovations and developing a patent portfolio that best protects our clients.

Representative services relating to patents procurement include:

Patentability opinions
U.S. and foreign patent application preparation and prosecution
Representation before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Patent portfolio development and maintenance

Client Counseling

Tsircou Intellectual Property Law can evaluate its clients' products to ensure they do not infringe patents held by others. During this process we perform an in-depth study of relevant patents within the specified field in order to assess scope of coverage, validity and enforceability.

Through our efforts, your company will have the utmost confidence that its new product does not infringe patents of others. If necessary, we will suggest alternative product features to alleviate infringement concerns.

Additionally, we assist clients in monetizing intellectual property rights, through enforcement and licensing.

Representative services relating to client counseling include:

Patent infringement and validity opinions
Right to Use evaluations
Patent avoidance designs
Licensing of intellectual property assets

Trademark Clearance and Procurement

We counsel clients how to best protect trademarks, service marks and trade dress. To that end, we research potential marks for conflicting third-party rights. Through this clearance process, clients can avoid issues before investing resources into a mark.

Once cleared, we proceed with securing the mark though domestic and foreign registrations. We are very experienced in filing and prosecuting trademark applications through the USPTO and for the added convenience of clients, we also utilize a network of foreign attorneys to secure registration throughout the world.

Copyrights

Copyrights vest to a creator of an original work of authorship once that work is fixed in a tangible form. Types of original works can include literary, musical, artistic, and certain other creative expressions, both published and unpublished. Registration is not necessary for the copyright protection to vest. Nonetheless, registering is necessary for enforcement in federal court and to recover statutory damages and attorneys' fees from an infringer. To preserve the right to statutory damages and attorneys' fees, an application must be filed within three months of publication or at least before infringement begins.

At Tsircou Intellectual Property Law, we assist our clients in registering, licensing and enforcing copyrights. We are also of benefit prior to the creation of a copyrightable work. At this early stage, we ensure that important issues such as ownership, financial considerations, and other concerns are identified and resolved and subsequently prepare agreements between the parties.

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