Need help with Intellectual Property Law?

You've come to the right place.  If you have created something new -- whether it is artistic or scientific -- and you wish to protect your rights to your invention, an intellectual property lawyer can help.

Intellectual property lawyers also help you react to unauthorized use and misuse of your intellectual property in cases like copyright infringement.

Use FindLaw to hire a local intellectual property lawyer to help you proactively and reactively protect your intellectual property.


Intellectual Property Definitions

intellectual property: (n) an idea, invention, trade secret, process, program, data, formula, patent, copyright, or trademark or application, right, or registration relating thereto.

trade secret: (n) a formula, process, device, or item of information used by a business that has economic value because it is not generally known or easily discovered by observation or examination and for which reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy have been made.

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