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Trademarks, Copyrights & Trade Secrets
RWO has a full-service trademark, copyright and trade secret protection practice. RWO attorneys in this practice area have a broad base of litigation and transaction experience and understand the value of trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets to both established companies and start up organizations.
RWO’s intellectual property team is experienced in trademark registration, enforcing trademark rights, copyrights, covenants not to compete, and in preparing license agreements. RWO practitioners also regularly handle territorial disputes, royalty collections and the prosecution and defense of breach of contract and fraud claims for franchisors, manufacturers, distributors and franchisees. In regard to trade secrets, RWO's lawyers both enforce and defend misappropriation claims for companies, ex-employees and sales people including claims related to customer lists. In the copyright arena, RWO attorneys frequently deal with software licensing issues and have defended and brought infringement claims by manufacturers, authors, photographers, news service agencies and models.
RWO’s trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets practice group attorneys can handle international disputes, and are well-versed in arbitration procedures.
Representative clients include Shell Oil Company, Big O Tires, Rocky Mountain Rhino Linings, I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt, Signal Graphics, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Fast TracKids International and Crestcom International.
Attorneys in this practice area include:
Harold R. Bruno III
Jeffrey A. Bartholomew
Daniel J. Block
Zachary P. Mugge
