Your intellectual property needs to be protected from day one, regardless of whether it is an invention, book, building, or symbol. Registering a patent, copyright, or trademark as soon as possible can mean the difference in ensuring legal protection against infringing products. Our intellectual property law team can help protect your creative works.
- Requirements: The work must be original. Derivative works can also qualify, but must have the permission of the original creator and only protect the new original elements.
- Length of protection: Copyright protection typically lasts during the life of the creator and an additional 70 years.
- Examples: The movie “The Godfather,” the book “The Hobbit,” the song “Let it Be” by The Beatles, and even the choreography in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video.
- Requirements: Trademarks must either be currently used in commerce or intended to be used in commerce.
- Length of protection: Trademark protection is available as long as the mark is used in commerce and can last indefinitely.
- Examples: “Microsoft,” “Godzilla,” Chevrolet’s bow-tie emblem, and Adidas’ three-stripe design.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICES OFFERED BY RANDOLPH LAW
- IP Counseling (copyrights, patents, and trademarks)
- IP Registration (copyrights, patents, and trademarks)
- IP Litigation (copyrights, patents, and trademarks)
- Product Design Protection
- Trademark Due Diligence
- Licensing and Technology Transfers
- Responses to demand letters
- Domain name registration and administrative proceedings
- Franchising
- Commercial agreements relating to IP and franchising
- And many more…
Contact Randolph Law today for assistance in all matters of intellectual property law. Our team of lawyers is prepared to help you protect and defend your intellectual property.
Government contract regulations and business laws are always changing.
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Randolph Law, PLLC
252 N. Washington Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
Phone: (703) 372-9127
Florida Office
7380 W. Sand Lake Road
Suite 500
Orlando, Florida 32819
Phone (407) 930-4741
Who We Are
Randolph Law is a full service law firm specializing in business law, representing government contractors, intellectual property, and dispute representation. Randolph Law was founded in 2009 by Christopher Randolph Shiplett and has since represented numerous clients in the Eastern District of Virginia, various local circuit and general district courts in Virginia, the Armed Services and Civilian Boards of Contract Appeals, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.