Intellectual Property Law

New Jersey Intellectual Property Lawyers, Copyright and Trademark Lawyers

Alpert Butler & Weiss, P.C. provides representation for corporate clients involved in disputes and litigation relating to trademark infringement, Lanham Act, and related intellectual property rights. We have been involved in a number of prominent trademark litigation matters. Our attorneys also use their extensive commercial litigation experience to investigate and evaluate the complex issues that are often implicated in intellectual property litigation.

We also have experience dealing with routine, day to day trademark, copyright issues and searches. In the United States, intellectual property (IP) rights may be protected under four major categories. The business law attorneys of Alpert Goldberg Butler Norton & Weiss, P.C., in West Orange, New Jersey, have extensive experience helping business clients secure and protect their ownership and licensing rights. Contact us to discuss your needs in the areas of trademarks, copyright, or licensing law. Although Alpert Butler & Weiss, P.C., is not a patent law firm, we work closely with patent attorneys, when the specific need arises. We have also acted as local counsel in patent litigation.

Case law regarding intellectual property and data rights continues to evolve. Since we established our firm in 1992, our own level of experience and knowledge of technology case law has also evolved. In the past fifteen years, we have been involved in matters ranging from copyright and trademarks to patent infringement litigation involving a nationally known corporation. Through all of the changes, we have been true to our founding principle: Our clients deserve our full attention to the details of their case. Regardless of the complexity of your intellectual property dispute, our experience can help develop an effective strategy to accomplish your goals.

Lawyers for ICANN/Domain Name/Cybersquatting/Typosquatting Matters

AG's trademark and intellectual property practice has been expanded to include representing clients in Internet domain name disputes. ICANN, the entity which administers domain names, has issued policies providing for arbitration of disputes regarding domain names. These disputes include, but are not limited to, claims of "cybersquatting" (registering existing trademarks as domain names, in order to sell the name back to the trademark owner at a profit), and "typosquatting" (registering a variant of an existing domain name, so that customers misspelling a known website are diverted to the website's competitors). Under ICANN's policies, an owner of an enforceable trademark right (under some circumstances, even an unregistered trademark) can challenge domain name registrations, where (a) the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to the claimant's trademark, (b) the registrant has no rights or legitimate interests with respect to the domain name, and (c) the domain name had been registered and is being used in bad faith. A successful challenge to a domain name registration can result in the cancellation of the domain name or transfer of the registration to the complainant. This may be an attractive alternative to litigation under some circumstances.

AG stands ready to protect and enforce your trademark interests on the Internet, as well as in more traditional commercial settings.

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The laws regulating copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks, other Lanham Act disputes, are in place to prevent confusion protect original names and works for individuals and corporate entities. Our attorneys can help determine the appropriate form of protection for your product, service, or design. We assist clients with establishing legal protection involving:

• Authorship
• Logos
• Software
• Biochemical products
• Medical products
• Pharmaceutical products
• Infringement litigation
• Copyright infringement
• Trademark infringement
• Non-compete agreements and trade secrets
• Data rights

A note about trademarks

The firm's partners have substantial experience handling significant and often prominent trademark litigation. Most of our prominent trademark matters have arisen in the gaming/entertainment industry. The firm's Senior Partner, Clark Alpert, has handled a number of the leading casino-related trademark litigations in New Jersey, including an action between Golden Nugget, Inc. (later Mirage Resorts, Inc.) and Bally's relating to the naming of the New Jersey Casino Hotel sold by Golden Nugget to Bally's, Golden Nugget Inc. v. Bally Mfg. Co., Case No. 87 Civ. 91028 (D.N.J.); extensive litigation between Resorts International Casino Hotel, owner of Paradise Island, and the Sands Casino Hotel, which had named a portion of its New Jersey casino "Paradise Isle" (e.g., Resorts Casino Hotel v. Great Bay t/a Sands Hotel Casino); and a separate litigation dispute involving Paradise Island Airways. He has also been consulted by prominent casino hotels in Atlantic City and Las Vegas and others within the domestic and offshore gaming industry concerning naming of properties, infringement, and other intellectual property issues. Mr. Alpert has also represented a prominent New York company, which features upscale home and decorative items, in various trademark matters. Partner David Butler has assisted on many of these matters.

Contact us to discuss your specific trademark violation or other IP dispute case. We are ready to help you protect your success.

We invite you to learn more about our intellectual property legal services and the experience of our attorneys helping corporations protect their intellectual property and trade secrets. Contact us to discuss your intellectual property legal needs.

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