Intellectual Property

Experienced Intellectual Property Law Firm

In any society, intellectual property laws are vital for fostering and rewarding innovations. Encompassing trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets, intellectual property laws lend a legal status to intangible inventions similar to that of real and personal property.

The intellectual property department of Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Esensten, LLP offers full-service representation in the following areas:

• Litigation,
• Patent, trademark and copyright infringement matters,
• Intellectual property licensing, transfers and other transactions,
• Internet matters,
• Trade secret protection, and more.

In the area of intellectual property, the law firm of Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Esensten, LLP has a particularly prestigious reputation. Significant publications on intellectual property have been published by our patent, copyright, and trademark attorneys, including David B. Casselman, Reid Eric Dammann, and Kathryn Suarez Marshall.

Our firm's intellectual property lawyers have successfully prosecuted and defended several trademark and copyright litigation matters, including:

• Young v. U.S. ex rel. Vuitton et Fils S.A., a trademark dispute that reached the United States Supreme Court. (107 S.Ct. 2124 (1987))
• Unity Entertainment Corporation v. MP3.com, Inc., in which the proprietors of an Web site that offer free MP3s, and did not pay royalties, were prosecuted for copyright infringement. (Case No. CV 00-11868 MMM (AIJx) (C.D. Cal. 2000))

Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Esensten attorneys provide counseling on copyrights, patents, trademarks, designs, know-how, trade dress, and trade secrets. We prosecute trademarks, patents and copyrights, negotiate and draft licensing agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, assignments, and similar agreements.

We have also resolved U.S. customs disputes, as well as insurance coverage disputes for intellectual property matters. Our patent, copyright, and trademark attorneys have handled intellectual property disputes and transactions within the entertainment, fashion, furniture, technology, textile and toy industries.

For more information about Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Esensten's intellectual property practice, contact us today.