What is the best way to protect your company’s intellectual property(IP)?  Are there proven strategies that help your corporation to  leverage IP to increase market penetration and profitability.  The experienced intellectual property attorneys at the Watkins Firm provide sound advice and counsel to San Diego business owners, corporate entities and executives who need to protect the unique creative work product and ideas of their company and those who work for them.  Intellectual Property or IP is basically anything created by human intellect that uniquely establishes the identity of your company, as well as it’s brand, message, or logo(s).  Intellectual property includes all physically created assets such as written materials, documents, drawings, music, video, designs or original concepts.

The San Diego intellectual property or IP attorneys at the Watkins Firm provide a full array of legal services to register, protect and defend your corporate IP including:

• Copyright registration
• Registration and Defense of Logos and Trademarks
• Infringement Defense
• Licensing and Distribution Agreements
• Internet Legal Issues and Domain Disputes

Watkins Firm attorneys protect your company’s intellectual property from conception to implementation.  The registration and protection of IP relates to trademarks, copyrights, or patents.  Trademarks relate to the words, designs, colors, symbols and/or phrases which distinguish your unique products or services from those of any other company.  Copyrights protect original works of art or authorship such as software programs, architecture, documents, presentations, videos, music or other tangible works of the human intellect.

Original works for trademarks and copyrights must be researched against the existing body of trademarks and patents within the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  Copyrights in the United States are issued by the US Copyright Office.  Our skilled IP attorneys craft the application and documentation to preclude rejection by the governing agency and to ensure the fastest and most efficient process for approval.  We further protect the intellectual property of your San Diego corporation against misuse or infringement by any party.

Pro-Tip: “It’s always important to protect a company’s IP.  IP is part of the unique signature of a company, who it is and what it does.  Registering IP protects your business’ unique designs, ideas, concepts, processes and branding.  IP can be licensed to open new windows of opportunity for any company.  It makes sure all of the hard work and original concepts and ideas of your company are protected.

Intellectual property enhances the market value of any company while locking in competitive advantage and brand protection.  IP is often associated with our client’s identity, their brand.  It tells the market who you are, and creates an image for the quality of products and/or services you provide to help the market place to quickly identify your brand and what you stand for.  IP protections help to ensure imitators or knock offs aren’t able to siphon off your company’s revenues, an provides the legal grounds to challenge illegal usage, put a stop to unauthorized use and, when necessary, seek appropriate damages.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

We invite you to review our podcast Episode 19 – Your Business Attorney is a Valuable Partner as well as the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.