Bentley Law’s Intellectual Property Practice includes all aspects of trademark and copyright practice relating to registration, maintenance, licensing and enforcement, including protecting internet domain names associated with your trademark and legal issues in e-commerce and traditional advertising and marketing. Our expertise was developed from protecting well-known and highly valuable trademarks and copyrights.
ENFORCEMENT
Bentley Law recognizes that both implementing and executing an appropriate enforcement strategy is critical to creating and maintaining a meaningful and valuable intellectual property portfolio. We work with our clients in developing enforcement plans and strategies for each of their properties. We are experienced in researching, preparing and/or responding to cease and desist letters. Our experienced litigators have handled traditional trademark and copyright law cases as well as disputes in other cutting-edge issues emerging from the internet. We have represented clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including opposition matters, cancellation matters and ex parte matters. With respect to the internet, we advise our clients on registration and protection strategies for domain names and are experienced in using all the options for timely and practical conflict resolution through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution for Assigned Names and Numbers (UDRP) procedures, as well as the courts.
Bentley Law has a wide-ranging background in cases from trial to appeals involving intellectual property (non-payment of royalties, film copyrights, trade secrets, patent disputes prepare and file trademark and copyright applications), international entertainment contracts, cyber law, labor and employment (wage and hour, wrongful discharge), Anti-SLAPP cases, responses to Copyright Office Actions; Motions for Summary Judgment; oppositions to forum non conveniens and motions in limine, complex insurance, insurance coverage, real property, Civil Rights, breach of contract and fiduciary duties, D&O liability, international partnership disputes, RICO, KKK Act, HIPAA, accounting fraud, and termination for malfeasance.