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Branding, Trademarks & Copyrights

The attorneys in the Branding, Trademarks & Copyrights Practice Area focus their practice on helping clients establish, commercialize, and enforce trademarks, trade dress, and copyrights in the United States and in more than 200 countries throughout the world. Clients range from large multi-nationals to individual entrepreneurs and span virtually every field of commerce. In addition to procuring trademark and copyright registrations and managing global intellectual property portfolios, our lawyers counsel clients on domain name issues, developing and implementing strategies for protecting intellectual property rights on the Internet against cyber squatters. Hiscock & Barclay attorneys provide clients with practical and cost-effective enforcement programs to prevent the importation and exportation of counterfeit products. The practice also includes negotiating and drafting of agreements concerning trademarks and copyrights such as licenses, transfers, joint ventures, product development, and purchase and sale of intellectual property assets, including conducting due diligence examinations for acquisitions and mergers. We represent clients’ intellectual property interests in adversarial proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Trade Commission and other tribunals.

Intellectual Property Litigation

In today's innovation-based business climate, companies increasingly have begun to focus on protecting and preserving their intellectual property rights. Hiscock & Barclay represents clients in numerous industries across the complete spectrum of intellectual property issues, including the litigation of disputes which arise in connection with intellectual property rights. Hiscock & Barclay’s strong complement of trial attorneys add value to our clients’ infringement and misappropriation claims. In addition to state and federal courts, our lawyers have represented clients before specialized administrative bodies and agencies such as the Copyright Office and the Patent and Trademark Office, including the PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Patents & Prosecution

We excel at obtaining broad, affordable and enforceable patents for our clients. Each patent is a unique, intangible asset that can be used strategically by a business enterprise to grow, add value and enhance its revenues. A patent is a legal document that is designed to prevent others from making, using or selling the same or similar products or services. Therefore, each patent requires careful thought and attention in its initial preparation, as well as guiding drafted patents through rigorous Patent Office examination and possible enforcement against others. Our senior patent attorneys have extensive legal and technical experience with a wide variety of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, where they learned how to extract value from and commercialize patents. With their background and knowledge, they guide our attorney group and patent agents to provide solid patents drafted with our clients’ business goals in mind at a reasonable cost. These lawyers are also proficient in practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including reexaminations, interferences and other contested proceedings. Our lawyers also have networks with overseas firms to make sure our clients receive the same quality and efficiency in other countries. Their experience also helps us counsel our clients who may be preparing for litigation or seeking to avoid court battles. We further use our experience to blunt charges of infringement against our clients and to enhance enforcement of our clients’ patents against infringers. In transactions, our lawyers use their skills to conduct due diligence investigations where patent and other technology rights are transferred, either by sale or license.

Hiscock & Barclay LLP
M&T Center #1100
3 Fountain Plaza
Buffalo NY 14203-1414
Tel: 716 566-1300
Fax: 716 566-1301

Hiscock & Barclay is more than a law firm. We're a dynamic team of 160 attorneys in five strategic offices throughout New York State. We have a unique understanding of issues that drive business solutions. For clients that come to New York seeking legal, business or political counsel, we deliver results that exceed expectations.