Practice Areas

Our practice areas reflect the business needs of our clients. We have organized our firm to be at the intersection of those needs with the body of intellectual property law.

The following practice areas, while useful short-hand for categorizing the varieties of legal counseling and advocacy we can perform for you, in truth and in reality often overlap. Rest assured that we will deliver the precisely tailored set of skills and expertise that matches your business and legal needs.

Anti-counterfeiting

With a vibrant trademark and anti-counterfeiting practice, we understand that your business’s reputation, identity, and good name in the marketplace constitute a competitive distinction second to none in the eyes of your customers worldwide.
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copyright

From the pre-Civil War era of Charles Dickens to Napster and YouTube, copyright law has been evolving to address the commercial needs of the U.S. and now of the global marketplace.
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false advertising

All of us are used to salesmanship and even boasting in the course of commerce, as people and firms vie for our attention and our business, but sometimes the line is crossed, and claims for the characteristics or benefits of a product or service can then constitute “false advertising.”
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patent

To a historically unprecedented degree, the products and services available to us in today’s economy are a product of innovation. And patents protect your right to profit from your innovations.
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Trade Dress

“Trade dress” is closely akin to trademark in concept, in that both can be “almost anything at all that is capable of carrying meaning”¹
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Trade Secret

“Trade secrets” are information confidential to your firm which help you obtain a competitive advantage.
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Trademark

Trademarks are nothing less than your identity and brand in the marketplace, and for many firms can be an asset of almost incalculable value. They are indispensable to establishing and maintaining your reputation, and to staking out your competitive advantage.
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Unfair competition

Unfair competition can occur when a competitor infringes your trademark, “passes off” their product as if it were yours in a manner likely to confuse consumers as to the product’s true origin, or otherwise misappropriates your intangible assets.
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¹Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., Inc, 514 U.S. 159 (1995).

Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP - Intellectual Property Law