Intellectual Property and Brand Management

Mandelbaum Barrett PC’s Intellectual Property & Brand Management Group has extensive experience litigating the most difficult trademark, patent, trade dress, unfair competition, and anti-counterfeiting cases, including both obtaining and defending against temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, and at trials that often are conducted on an expedited basis. We represent clients in federal and state courts — including before the United States Supreme Court and various U.S. Courts of Appeal throughout the country — and before the Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, International Trade Commission, and domestic and international arbitral tribunals.

Our copyright practice encompasses our litigation, licensing, corporate and counseling practices. We offer full-service protection for clients that are seeking to obtain, enhance, and defend the value of their copyright assets, as well as clients that use copyrighted materials. Our lawyers work both on enforcing copyrights and on cutting-edge litigation at the intersection of copyrights, technology and the Internet. We regularly advise clients on a wide range of matters, including the acquisition and licensing of copyrighted materials, publishing and development agreements, technological and product developments and issues of fair use and the application of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

As the volume of digital content has exploded in recent years, our lawyers have developed broad knowledge and experience in a wide range of issues affecting Internet-based companies and the media, covering both litigation and transactional matters. We regularly provide advice and aggressively and effectively litigate a variety of issues impacting these industries, such as the right of publicity, defamation, false light, First Amendment protections and the licensing, sale, distribution and transfer of rights, as well as other business or contractual disputes. We also counsel our corporate clients and litigate in the increasingly busy area of employment-related defamation matters.

The Group’s members have experience on both sides of disputes involving trade secrets, key personnel restrictive covenants, and other legal issues that arise when top tier talent make transitions in their employment. We have been successful in both obtaining and defeating motions for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, as well as motions for expedited discovery aimed at quickly preventing the movement of key teams and business leaders and preserving confidential business information.
We also provide strategic advice to help clients in a broad range of industries protect their human capital, business relationships, confidential information and trade secrets. Our team works closely with our Employment Practice Group to navigate group hires and to draft confidentiality, non-compete, non-solicit and employment agreements, and related employer policies aimed at securing confidential and proprietary information.

Working closely with the firm’s Internet Law Practice Group, the Intellectual Property & Brand Management Group advises clients on developing and improving their Internet strategy. Whether in the area of acquisition, the sale of domain portfolios, or the enforcement of rights arising under trademark law, the firm’s lawyers are at the forefront of advising clients on practical strategies for the protection of brand ownership in the Internet era.

Our patent drafting and enforcement team combines years of professional industry experience with proven trial and appellate outcomes, strategic approaches, and technological knowledge to obtain, enforce and defend our clients’ patent rights. Our patent attorneys, who hold a variety of advanced degrees and backgrounds in science and engineering, can help you navigate the patent procurement process by developing a strategy specifically tailored not only to your invention – but your overall intellectual property portfolio both domestically and internationally.

The team has a vast experience litigating and counseling in numerous fields, including, chemical engineering, consumer electronics, wireless technologies, telecommunications, the internet and cloud-based applications, software, and design and business method patents.

Our team includes registered patent attorneys who are experienced in filing applications with the United States patent and Trademark Office to obtaining US patents for our clients. And we frequently work with colleagues abroad to help our clients obtain patent protection in jurisdiction worldwide. Likewise, our patent litigators are skilled and experienced, handling well over 100 patent cases in federal courts throughout the country. Our patent team also counsels and represents clients before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Inter Partes Review, Post Grant Review, and ex parte reexaminations proceedings.

At Mandelbaum Barrett PC, we recognize the critical importance of intellectual property and brand management within the hospitality industry. Our legal team is skilled in handling the unique challenges faced by hospitality businesses, from trademark registration and brand protection to navigating complex internet law for online marketing and bookings. We provide tailored advice and support to ensure that your hospitality ventures are not only compliant with the latest regulations but also strategically positioned to leverage their brand identity effectively in competitive markets. Explore our comprehensive range of hospitality services here.