annuity payments eastern europe
Intellectual Property / Annuity Payments
PATENTS
- Conduct patent searches
- Prepare, file and prosecute patent applications
- Advise, draft and negotiate patent licenses
- Opinions and consultation on patent validity
- Extension of patent duration through Supplementary Protection
Certificates
- Extension and validation of European Patents and patent applications
- Investigate and identify infringements and infringers
- Evaluate patent infringement allegations and provide legal
opinions
- Assist clients in avoiding patent infringement of others
- Litigate patent disputes
- Mediate alternative dispute resolution and negotiate settlements
TRADEMARKS
- Conduct searches and consult on availability and registrability
of trademarks
- Draft and prosecute trademark applications
- Maintain and renew and watch trademark registrations
- Prepare and negotiate trademark assignments and licenses
- Investigate and identify infringements and infringers
- Advise on trademark litigation strategy
- Opinions and consultation on trademark rights and infringement
- Advise on trademark opposition and cancellation
- Litigate trademark disputes
- Mediate alternative dispute resolution and negotiate settlements
- Monitor and protect trademarks on the Internet
- Manage trademark portfolios
DESIGNS
- Conduct design searches
- Prepare, file and prosecute design applications
- Advise, draft and negotiate design licenses
- Opinions and consultation on design validity
- Investigate and identify infringements and infringers
- Evaluate design infringement allegations and provide legal
opinions
- Advise on unregistered design right
- Assist clients in avoiding design infringement of others
- Litigate design disputes
- Mediate alternative dispute resolution and negotiate settlements
COPYRIGHT
- Advise on copyright protection on all types of subject
matter
- Search copyright records
- Advise on copyright registration and proper use of copyright
notices
- Negotiate and draft agreements relating to creation, licensing,
purchase or sale of copyright material
- Draft work for hire agreements, assignments and releases
- Investigate and identify infringements and infringers
- Opinions and consultation on copyright and infringement
- Advise on copyright litigation strategy
- Mediate alternative dispute resolution and negotiate settlements
- Litigate copyright disputes
IP ENFORCEMENT AND ANTI-PIRACY
- Prepare cease and desist letters or other pre-litigation
warning notices
- Work with private investigators and government enforcement
agencies to obtain evidence of infringing use
- Litigate against infringers, counterfeiters and pirates
- Design and implement international enforcement programs
tailored to clients' needs
- Work with Customs agency, including registering as "Agent
of Record"
- Advising governments in Eastern Europe to improve and enforce
intellectual property rights protection
DOMAIN NAMES
- Advise on and acquisition of generic top-level domain name
registrations (including .com; .org; .net; .info; .biz.)
- Advise on and acquisition of country level domain name
registrations (including .ba, .bg, .hr, .pl; .cz; .hu; .ro; .lv;.)
- Monitor and recover domain names
- Resolve domain name disputes through established ADR mechanisms
or litigation
- Negotiate and draft settlement agreements
- Manage domain name portfolios