Experienced Intellectual Property Attorneys
Patent Law, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Technology Transactions
The attorneys of Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, P.L.C., advise and represent clients on a broad range of intellectual property issues, including patent law, copyright, trademark, service mark, and trade secret matters. When necessary, we use litigation or alternative dispute resolution to prosecute or defend our clients' rights. We provide counsel, planning and advice to many of the leading information technology and technology-related institutions around the world.
Your Ideas Deserve to be Protected! At Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, P.L.C., we handle your immediate needs, and develop solutions that anticipate your future needs. Contact our trademark and patent attorneys for professional advice and representation.
The lawyers of our firm provide advice and representation in the following areas:
- U.S. and foreign laws regarding patents, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, and copyrights, including registration and litigation
- Patent litigation to prosecute or defend intellectual property rights
- Acquisition, divestiture, integration, and strategic transfer of software and systems
- Prosecution of and application for patents concerning complex hardware and software inventions
- Prosecution and defense of domain name challenges
- Financing, including sophisticated corporate and international finance
- International transactions in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, and throughout Asia
- Intellectual property audits and strategic planning
We protect our clients' patents, trademarks, and copyrights by working with several prominent intellectual property attorneys. We assist clients in registering their intellectual property rights through copyright, patent, or trademark applications with the Federal Patent and Trademark Office, with the Library of Congress, or with foreign nations' governments, as appropriate. In the event of infringement, we protect our clients by seeking monetary damages and/or injunctive relief at the federal courts.
Experienced, Knowledgeable Intellectual Property Attorneys
Our trial lawyers are licensed by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and have successfully defended and prosecuted patent infringement lawsuits against many major corporations. Corporations we have faced include Northrop Grumman, Philips Corporation, Proxim Corporation, Crossroads Systems, Acticon Technologies, GPC and K-Swiss, Inc. We have represented various international public corporations from Japan, China, and the U.K., as well as numerous companies in the United States with their intellectual property needs.
Our intellectual property attorneys have had many years of experience in fields relevant to intellectual property, including electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, technology law, and computer science. Our attorneys have dealt with various trademark prosecution, patent prosecution and licensing projects with major corporations and organizations such as Broadcom and NASA.
Furthermore, our lawyers have successfully handled various trademark and copyright matters in federal district courts across the United States, including New Jersey, Texas, and Southern and Northern California, as well as the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C.
Electronic Media and Intellectual Property
The evolving use of electronic media for retail and commercial commerce has created new challenges for a wide range of industries. It has also given birth to a myriad of legal issues. Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, has devoted significant resources to address the needs of our clients engaged in e-commerce.
While the technology employed in e-commerce is daunting, many of the legal challenges faced by corporations require the application of traditional corporate law practice. We advise corporate clients in their e-commerce business relations in the following areas:
- Negotiation of Internet contracts
- Corporate structuring for e-commerce subsidiaries and affiliates
- Intellectual property applied to e-commerce
- Mergers and acquisitions of e-commerce companies
- State and federal licensing requirements
- Taxation issues
- Securities advice
- Employment law in e-commerce
- Telecommunications law and licensing
- Patent law, copyright representation
- Proprietary business information and protection
- Intellectual property
- Privacy issues, content ownership and control
- Intellectual property transactions
- State sales and income tax liability
- Encryption and security
- Digital signature and verification statutes
- Domain name challenges
Internet law is a quickly developing arena with frequent statutory enactments and daily case law changes. New federal statutes such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the case law interpreting it necessitate constant vigilance. Internet law modifies the traditional trademark, trade dress, and copyright protections. It also encompasses important issues such as misappropriation of trade secrets in cyberspace, licenses and antitrust constraints, third-party liability for online content, tort liability of online service providers, privacy issues, and constitutional free speech issues, among others.
Protecting Your IP Rights at the Source — Worldwide
Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley concentrates on protecting and enforcing corporate intellectual property as well as participating in all manners of business litigation and regulatory compliance. Our reach is worldwide. With much of the recent intellectual property infringement originating in Asia, we have established strong teams in Beijing and Taipei that are ready to protect the IP interests of established brand names.
Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, P.L.C., has good working relationships with the Chinese State IP Office in enforcing intellectual property rights in China. Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, P.L.C., helps our clients pursue infringers at the source, making the enforcement of IP rights more effective, economical, and beneficial. Stopping infringement at the source is often more financially efficient than litigating a case in the United States.
Contact Our Firm
To learn more about how to enforce your IP rights in China or elsewhere, contact our firm to meet with one of our attorneys. From investigation to facilitating administrative action against wholesale and retail markets, wholesale dealers, and factories, Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, P.L.C., can help you protect your assets and prevent litigation. All legal consultations are conducted in strict confidentiality.
