Copyright, Trademarks, and Patents

Intellectual Property (IP), a collective term, describes legal rights and interests in ideas and related property. Depending upon the nature of the property, it may be protected by the laws relating to Patents, Trademarks, Trade names, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition, and is often bought and sold through licensing agreements.

In today’s economy patents, copyrights and trademarks are not the only forms of intellectual property that can and most definitely should be protected. One’s customer list and market knowledge, financial information business processes, software code, and much more are all part of the knowledge assets of one’s business. These assets require the right employment agreements, secrecy agreements, non-disclosure agreements, physical protection and electronic (web site and email) protection practices.

Intellectual Property Law is also international in scope through a wide range of international treaties and conventions, Whitaker Chalk is able to obtain protection for our clients in countries around the world by maintain a strong network of associates and local agents in most countries of the industrialized world.

While our clients include a number of Fortune 500 companies, we welcome the opportunity to serve smaller companies and individuals. We know, because we have seen it happen, that clients coming to us initially as individuals often develop their businesses to a stage where they rely heavily upon Intellectual Property laws, making use of all manner of Intellectual Property protection.

Patent, Trademark, & Copyright Licensing and Enforcement

Whitaker Chalk protects its clients’ intellectual property through patent, copyright, trade mark, prosecution, registration, licensing, servicing and by negotiating and drafting of appropriate agreements and related documents. Our IP prosecution attorneys register, perfect, maintain and license Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights nationally and internationally.

Whitaker Chalk IP attorneys have technical as well as legal skills. We deal regularly with a wide range of technology; from oil field equipment to computer chips, from pothole patchers to the space shuttle, and from children's board games to applied chemistry, physics and computer technology. While we cannot claim to be experts in all these fields, our background and training enables us to quickly assimilate and understand new technologies.


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