Cooper’s intellectual property lawyers have extensive legal counseling and litigation experience in the areas of trademarks, trade dress, service marks, copyrights, patents, domain names, trade names, brands and other intellectual property assets. The intellectual property lawyers specialize in registering U.S. and international trademarks and service marks, advising clients on selection of new marks, prosecuting applications for registration of trademarks in the United States and abroad, and working with clients to design and manage intellectual property protection and enforcement programs suited to each client’s needs.
When necessary, Cooper’s intellectual property lawyers litigate trademark matters in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and trademark, copyright, trade dress, and patent disputes in Federal courts across the country, including prosecution and defense of infringement and enforcement matters, and matters involving trade secrets and unfair competition, licensing, patents and other intellectual property rights. Cooper represents a wide array of clients including major retailers, manufacturers, distributors, telecommunications firms, publishing companies, construction and development companies, home builders, and technology companies.
Intellectual Property Attorneys
Intellectual Property Alerts
- How Green Are Your Products? The FTC Scrutinizes Marketing Claims April 30, 2014
- Ninth Circuit Rejects Doctrine of “Selective Waiver” April 19, 2012
- Supreme Court Clarifies Induced Patent Infringement June 23, 2011
- Impossible for LimeWire P2P User to Have Privacy Expectation March 25, 2010
- Spam Catcher Suit Fails January 13, 2010
- FTC Identity Theft Red Flag Rule Update November 6, 2009
- Ninth Circuit Overrules Copyright Prevailing-Party Rule for Legal Fee Recovery July 23, 2009
- No Privacy Claim for Republication of MySpace Posting April 9, 2009
- Online Behavioral Advertising: New FTC Report and Pending Litigation March 22, 2009
- Quashing Out-of-State Subpoenas to Internet Service Providers November 23, 2008
- Memo To Communications Clients: Arbitration Cautions; VC Alert: Quasi-California Corporations; Outsider Harassment as Hostile Environment; Software Licensing Survey; USF Rural Support; “No” to Some City RFIs; CALEA for VOIP; Digital-to-Analog Converters? October 1, 2005
- Bankruptcy Court Expands Nondischargeability to Copyright Infringement August 22, 2005
- Memo To Communications Clients: Arbitration Clause Survives?; Abetting Online Lottery; Contract Interference & Related Companies; Easement Gets Fiber Optics; Naked CA Broadband?; VOIP 911; Wine Online August 5, 2005
Intellectual Property Cooper News
- Three Partners Join Cooper, White & Cooper LLP January 31, 2014
- Cooper, White & Cooper LLP Joins Lawyers Associated Worldwide April 18, 2009
- Seven Cooper Attorneys Named as Northern California Super Lawyers in San Francisco Magazine July 26, 2007
- Retailers Get Relief From Threat of Class Action Lawsuit Based on Credit Card Receipts June 5, 2007
- Cooper Announces Strategic Alliance with Coombs and Dunlap September 6, 2005
Intellectual Property Legal News
- California Court of Appeal Reaffirms Effectiveness of Anti-SLAPP Protections As Procedural Device for Defeating Malicious Prosecution Claims January 27, 2011
- Road Map for Domain Name Seizure (All Roads Lead to Registry) March 25, 2010
- Malware or Product? Spam Filter Immune for Blocking It, Either Way July 14, 2009
- Ad Sales Are Services, Not Goods Covered by UCC July 24, 2008
- California Supreme Court Upholds Blanket Immunity for ISPs and Other Republishers From Liability for Defamation November 20, 2006
- Supreme Court Holds Injunctions Not Automatic for Patent Infringement May 17, 2006
- Federal Courts Split on Whether Sponsored Links Constitute Trademark Infringement April 24, 2006