The Dewrell & Sacks Intellectual Property team consists of lawyers and paralegals trained and qualified in the legal service areas that apply to advanced technology. The IP Team handles litigation throughout Georgia and Florida; and also provides transactional and regulatory specialties. The IP lawyers’ practices encompass:

Software technology. Protecting companies’ proprietary software and customized programming. Dealing with federal and state regulations on registration and protected use. Negotiating software-related contracts such as licenses and maintenance contracts. Representing purchasers of deficient software systems in their efforts for relief from manufacturers. Litigating software system infringement issues.

Internet and Cyberspace. Advising on and negotiating competing claims for domain names. Managing trade mark and advertising issues relating to the Internet. Representing private interests in areas of public law dealing with the Internet such as the Communications Decency Act. Protection of proprietary rights to materials published on the World-wide Web.

Inventions and Discoveries. Advising on patent aspects of corporate acquisitions and investments in technology development. Litigating patent infringements and patent challenges. Technology licensing and royalty structuring. Evaluating patent issues and coordinating patent prosecutions by outside specialist firms.Trade Secrets and Confidential Information. Advising on what is and is not a protected trade secret under contract and non-contract regimes. Designing contractual protection for processes, formulas, designs, customer lists and supplier information to secure a company’s competitive edge. Trade secret/misappropriation/ unfair trade practice trial and appellate representation throughout Georgia and Florida.

State, Federal and International Protection. Full service representation of companies’ copyright interests before the United States Copyright Office and trademark interests before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and secretaries of state. Coordination with foreign specialist firms practicing before foreign tribunals and agencies.

Entertainment. Music rights analysis and litigation, and drafting and negotiating recording contracts and music publishing deals. Explaining and negotiating book deals and ancillary rights. Movie and television production packaging advice. Identifying and protecting merchandising and publicity rights.

Dewrell & Sacks understands where and how technology intersects with law. Our view of the legal treatment of intellectual property is balanced and integrated, keeping in mind that rapidly developing technologies occur amid legal systems steeped in traditions and principles that are often slow to change. Our goal is to help our clients prosper in this exciting and promising field by paving their way with timely, resourceful and critical legal advice and service.