Charlotte Towne, P.A. assists clients with protecting, enforcing and profiting from their intellectual property.

Intellectual property rights are valuable intangible assets that give intellectual property owners exclusive rights over their artistic and commercial creations. Artistic creations are covered by copyright laws, which protect creative works of authorship, such as musical compositions (music and lyrics), sound recordings, literary works, motion pictures, paintings, photographs, and software. Commercial creations are covered by trademark law which protects rights in a logo or business name.

Charlotte Towne, P.A. offers legal services in the following intellectual property law areas:

- Copyright protection:

• Copyright Registration
• Music publishing and registration of songs with performing rights societies such as BMI or ASCAP

- Trademark protection:

• Trademark and service mark registration
• Trademark and service mark oppositions and cancellation proceedings

- Trade secret protection:

• Protecting confidential and proprietary business information
• Drafting nondisclosures and confidentiality agreements for employees

Drafting licenses and assignments of intellectual property rights

Intellectual property litigation

• Copyright infringement
• Trademark infringement
• Trade dress and unfair competition claims
• Domain name issues and cybersquatting claims
• Defending against claims of infringement

Although Charlotte Towne, P.A. does not handle patent matters, we refer our clients with patent needs to competent patent attorneys and work closely with them to make sure our clients are protected.

If you believe someone has violated your intellectual property rights or if someone has challenged your use of intellectual property, you should contact an intellectual property attorney immediately.

Charlotte Towne, P.A. is an intellectual property law firm that can assist you with your intellectual property law matters.