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Intellectual Property Practice


Patent
Copyright
Trademark
At Leahy & DeSmet we recognize the increasing importance of intellectual property to a company’s bottom line. We assist our clients in the registration and protection of their intellectual property rights and work closely with them to insure that they recognize the intellectual assets they may already possess and how to capitalize on those assets. By helping our clients understand and develop the value of their intellectual assets, including copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets, our clients are able to take advantage of innovative strategies that allow them to maximize their intellectual capital.

We have the experience to assist you throughout the life-span or your ideas, from innovation and registration through licensing and litigation when necessary. Andrea Leahy-Fucheck has handled a variety of copyright and trademark cases in the federal courts.  Steven DeSmet has experience with intellectual property prosecution before the USPTO. Prior to joining Leahy & DeSmet, Steven served as legal fellow to the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property where he took part in the shaping of a variety of copyright, trademark and patent legislation. Steven is a registered patent attorney, licensed to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Patent

At Leahy & DeSmet we assist our clients with a wide range of patent law matters including:
        ●  Patent application preparation and prosecution
        ●  Patentability, validity and infringement searches
        ●  Patent legal opinions
        ●  Patent infringement cease and desist letters
        ●  Patent infringement litigation in Federal Courts

Copyright

In our copyright law practice we assist our clients with a wide range of copyright law matters including:
        ●  Copyright searches and registrations
        ●  Copyright infringement cease and desist letters
        ●  Copyright infringement litigation in Federal Courts


Trademark

In our trademark law practice we assist our clients with a wide range of trademark law matters including:
        ●  Trademark searches and clearance
        ●  Trademark application/registration proceedings at both the State and Federal levels
        ●  Trademark opinions
        ●  Trademark infringement cease and desist letters