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We can help you protect your copyrightable products without breaking your piggy bank!  We speak the language of technology startups!

Introduction

In the new economy, ideas are everything.  When ideas meet up with capital, energy, enthusiasm and passion, anything can happen and the seeds of greatness can be sown.  We embrace the startup mentality and we offer legal services designed to help you launch, protect your intellectual property, and also avoid infringing the intellectual property of other companies (ex. copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, rights of publicity, etc.)

What types of things can be copyrighted?

Copyright can be obtained on basically any “creative work” that is “fixed in a tangible medium of expression.”  It's really that simple.  This means the following types of products can be copyrighted:

I think you get the idea. If you have created or authored any of these types of “works” you may be able to seek copyright protection.  Even transformative works can be protected.

We can help with Copyright Assignment & Licensing Agreements

If you need to obtain rights from another party to use their copyrights, we can hep with Copyright Assignment agreements.  We can also help you license copyrights owned by other parties.  In the assignment situation, the copyright holder assigns you all of their rights.  In the license scenario, you basically get legal permission to use their copyrighted works in one or more ways.

How can we protect our company to make sure we are not infringing on the intellectual property rights of other companies?

To obtain copyright protection your work needs to be original and not copied or a knockoff of what someone else, or some other company has done.  If you had access to someone else's copyrighted works (ex. any of the digital products identified above) and “substantially copied” their work, you could be sued for federal copyright infringement.  Sometimes, for new companies, it is important to get a legal opinion from a business and intellectual property law firm before investing in your product.  We can help you determine whether creation of your new video game, eBook or mobile application or other product will potentially infringe on the rights of others.  If so, some practical alternatives or modifications can be explored.

For a low flat rate legal fee you can have your own IP Counsel to advise you as you grow.  Not having legal counsel on your side is a potential recipe for legal disaster (you cannot grow your company when you are engulfed in state or federal litigation and paying expensive attorney fees).  As we like to tell our clients, the best money you can spend on lawyers is keeping you out of legal trouble in the first place.  This is why all the major Fortune 500 companies have either their own in-house corporate legal department, or outsourced business law firm like ours.  Talk it over with your partners and venture capitalists and see if they agree.

IMPORTANT: Click here to learn more about our DMCA agent law firm program.  Our intellectual property law firm can serve as your Digital Millennium Copyright Agent agent for DMCA take-down notices.

What do we charge for our intellectual property services?

We have low cost legal fees for our corporate and intellectual property business clients.  For more information about our eCommerce and IP services check out our ZipCounsel service.  Our fees typically blow away what typical law firms charge and is one of the reasons we have become such a successful law firm in a little over 14 years of doing business.  We understand that legal rates must be affordable, and that the double and triple billing that might be done by some law firms are famous for cannot work in the new economy.  As we like to say “this is not your daddy's law firm.”

Contact us to get started on our ZipCounsel copyright services.

We are ready to help you discuss your intellectual property needs.  We have an intellectual property attorney waiting to assist you.  When your creative assets are on the line, don't go it alone. Lawyer up to get the business and IP counsel your business needs to get out of the gate and grow and to protect and recover licensing and infringement fees when your intellectual property is being used on the internet or elsewhere without authorization.  We offer contingency fee based recovery services for film, music, video, fonts, photo infringement and more.  Contact us for more information.

We can be reached at (877) 276-5084 or email us at my email address on the right side of this page.

Contact us for an initial consultation!

For more information, or to discuss your case or our experience and qualifications please contact us at (877) 276-5084. Please note that our firm does not represent you unless and until a written retainer agreement is signed, and any applicable legal fees are paid. All initial conversations are general in nature. Free consultations are limited to time and availability of counsel and will depend on the type of case you are calling about (no free consultations for other lawyers). All users and potential clients are bound by our Terms of Use Policies. We look forward to working with you!
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