Knobbe Martens Intellectual Property Law - Copyrights
Protecting and enforcing copyrights are a cornerstone of our IP
services. We have vast experience in this field—regularly assisting
clients to secure global copyright privileges and ownership of
copyright assets, including assignments from third-parties and
independent contractors, dealing with employee issues, authorship and
joint authorship matters, idea submission and work for hire issues. We
provide strategic advice regarding licensing copyrighted works,
entertainment properties and software, including counseling clients on
open source issues. We also counsel clients on enforcing copyrights
and defending copyright claims in federal court litigation and appeals
throughout the country and coordinate with foreign attorneys to
enforce rights and defend claims internationally. Our broad
expertise reflects the diverse nature of copyrightable works. From
architectural works and software to toys, works of art, music,
screenplays and entertainment properties, to websites and marketing
materials, we protect and enforce our clients’ copyrights
internationally by registering their rights with the U.S. Copyright
Office and working with attorneys in foreign countries to register
copyrights in those countries, recording rights with U.S. and foreign
customs, helping to identify possible infringement actions, issuing
cease and desist letters and vigorously litigating on our clients’
behalf. We also have experience conducting due diligence reviews and
counseling for acquisitions of copyrighted works or entertainment
properties. We are recognized leaders in the rapidly evolving and
changing fields of online copyrights and social networking, counseling
our clients regarding copyright enforcement and piracy issues, social
media issues, as well as matters under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA), including filing and responding to take-down
notices, establishing online enforcement strategies and policies, and
compliance with the DMCA’s safe harbor provisions. Follow
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