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Intellectual Property (IP) Lawyers —
What they do, who needs them and why

Intellectual property lawyers deal with federal and state laws designed for the protection of copyrightable works, ideas, discoveries, and inventions. Intellectual property law governs patents (protection of the sole user, maker, or seller or a product or process) trademarks (how a product is identified), copyrights (protecting unique word clusters used for a purpose), industrial design, and trade-secrets.

Additionally:

• Copyrights can protect books, movies, music, paintings, photographs, and software for a certain period of time.

• Patents may be granted for a new invention give the patent holder exclusive rights

• A trademark is a distinctive sign which is used to distinguish the products or services of different businesses

• Trade-secrets include information that is not provided to the public concerning the commercial practices, plans, procedures, predictions, or proprietary knowledge of a business.

An intellectual property lawyer can help clients meet the confusing array of deadlines and requirements that state and the federal government require. An intellectual property lawyer can also participate in on-going research to make certain no one else is using a client’s intellectual property without permission. Additionally, if a client has an issue of intellectual property infringement, an attorney can guide the client through the difficult and strict procedural requirements for litigation and bring out the core of the case.