You’ve invested the time and effort in developing a competitive advantage — whether that is a new product, a distinctive brand, an improved process, a breakthrough software, or any other asset that is unique to you or your business.  Your continued success depends on effectively maintaining and enhancing that competitive advantage through a comprehensive intellectual property strategy.

Enforcement and Litigation – Patent Infringement, Copyright Infringement, Trademark Infringement, and Trade Secret Misappropriation

If you find yourself in an intellectual property dispute, FBFK’s team of intellectual property lawyers is here to help.

As an intellectual property owner, you may discover that a third party is infringing your patent, trademark, or copyright.  Our IP attorneys will effectively guide you through the process, whether that means a cease and desist letter, pre-suit negotiations, filing a lawsuit, or going to trial on a claim of patent infringement, trademark infringement, or copyright infringement.  Offensive enforcement of your intellectual property rights can be a “bet the company” decision, thus it is important that you choose an experienced intellectual property law firm like FBFK.

Despite your best intentions, a third party may threaten you with claims of intellectual property infringement or unfair competition.  FBFK’s intellectual property attorneys can help you to navigate the best resolution possible.  Our IP attorneys regularly defend allegations of patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and unfair competition.  FBFK will effectively and efficiently defend you against claims of intellectual property infringement.

Technology Transactions – License Agreements, Joint Development Agreements, SaaS Agreements

The intellectual property attorneys at FBFK are experienced in drafting, analyzing, and negotiating complex technology agreements.  When evaluating a technology transaction, an FBFK’s experienced technology attorneys will provide invaluable insight that allows you to maximize the transaction value while minimizing the risk.  A technology agreement often provides the foundation of your business – whether it’s a software development agreement, a license agreement, a SaaS (Software as a Subscription) agreement, a distribution agreement or reseller agreement, or any other form of technology transaction.  Our intellectual property lawyers have worked as senior in-house counsel at major technology corporations and as partners at BigLaw private law firms.  This experience allows FBFK to provide exceptional strategic advice with your technology transactions, for both standard agreements and customized agreements for one-of-a-kind deals.

Preparation and Prosecution of Patent Applications

Developing a patent portfolio to protect your innovations is critical to continued success.  Our team of patent attorneys at FBFK possesses an impressive depth and breadth of experience across many technologies and industries, providing you with excellent counsel during the often complicated process of preparing and prosecuting patent applications.  Filing a patent application can have many long-term benefits, including potential offensive enforcement in a patent infringement lawsuit, defensive assertion to establish prior rights, marketing the “patent pending” status of your innovation, maximizing the value of your innovation in a future exit event, and many others.  Trust the patent prosecution attorneys at FBFK to help guide you through the process.

Preparation and Prosecution of Trademark Applications

Your brand encompasses more than just the name of your product or service, and may include assets such as a word mark, a logo, a slogan or motto, a trade name, a domain name, a trade dress, a look and feel, just to name a few.  Protecting the overall brand requires a creative strategy.  FBFK’s team of trademark attorneys has tremendous experience across many industries and regularly manages trademark portfolios both in the United States and abroad.

Practice Areas

FBFK’s team of intellectual property attorneys have a wide arrays of capabilities and experience in intellectual property matters, including:

E-Commerce and Websites

• Website terms of use
• Website privacy policy
• Domain name disputes (UDRP – Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy)
• Click-wrap agreements
• E-Commerce agreements
• Web hosting agreements

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

• Data processing agreements
• GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance
• CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) compliance

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