Are you looking for ways to expand your business? One effective strategy is to increase business opportunities with licensing or distribution. Licensing or distributing agreements could open new vertical markets and geographical opportunities. Licensing and distribution are quite different from “franchising” your business and that is an important distinction in...
Licensing and Distribution Increase Profitability
Looking for a way to grow or expand your business? Licensing and distribution increase profitability and expand your business into new markets. The Watkins Firm has served San Diego’s business community for decades. We have extensive experience in licensing and distribution agreements. Our business contract and intellectual property attorneys have...
Trademarks and Intellectual Property in San Diego
The Watkins Firm registers and protects our clients trademarks and intellectual property in San Diego. We are one of the most creative and productive regions in a state which is second only to Japan internationally in the number of patents granted each year. California businesses were granted more than has...
Protect the Intellectual Property of Your San Diego Corporation
Protect the intellectual property of your San Diego corporation and leverage it 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...
Registering and Protecting Intellectual Property
What should your company do to establish and protect your brand(s) and the creative works of your team? The Watkins Firm has decades of experience helping clients with registering and protecting intellectual property and original works. Intellectual property or IP is an original creation of the human intellect relative to...
Registering and Protecting Your Intellectual Property in San Diego
What is intellectual property and why is registering and protecting your intellectual property important for any San Diego business? Intellectual property is generally any creation of a human intellectual mind or creativity. For example, in business we first think of a logo, brand, tagline or saying, song or jingle. Intellectual...
Protecting San Diego Corporate Intellectual Property
What constitutes “intellectual property?” Why is protecting San Diego corporate intellectual property so important? Intellectual Property or IP is a broad legal term referring to unique and original creations of the human mind. This includes obvious corporate work such as logos, trademarks and industrial designs, but also extends to original...
Preserve Intellectual Property Rights as a San Diego Business Owner
In a recent op-ed in the Union-Tribune, a San Diego entrepreneur laid out a case helping to ensure that our city and state remain technology industry leaders. The article noted that the best means of ensuring future growth is to continue to preserve intellectual property rights. The founder and CEO of Aventyn...
Protecting Your Company Name or Logo with a Trademark
Are you searching to learn more about protecting your company name or logo with a trademark? One of the first steps many entrepreneurs take when starting a business in California is protecting the name of the company, its catchphrase or its logo from duplication or misuse. This is done by...