San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property Counsel
Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, Matzger & Melnick LLP offers a broad range of intellectual property services: trademark selection and protection, copyright registration and infringement, prosecution, trade secret matters, technology transfers, and high-tech or product marketing, distribution and licensing. Our clients range in size from individual entrepreneurs to growing businesses at all stages of development, including publicly traded companies, who work in brick and mortar businesses to those from one end of the e-commerce spectrum (software development and Internet applications) to the other (end-user marketing and distribution).
Our clients' ability to maximize the value of their intellectual property holdings is often enhanced by the breadth of our lawyers' experience in a number of areas, including trademarks and copyrights, corporate and securities law, commercial transactions, employment, taxation and litigation.
Focused IP Experience in a Full-Service Business Practice
From business formation and corporate finance to contract preparation and enforcement, the attorneys of LPS serve the widely varied and rapidly changing needs of companies wanting to protect their interests in intellectual property of all kinds. We advise and represent local and national businesses about such opportunities and problems as the following:
- General counsel services for high-tech startups through every stage of growth
- Business and intellectual property advice for industry-specific software, Internet or intranet development
- Advice about trademark registration and protection whether in traditional commerce or in e-commerce
- Assessment and review of complex international cross-licensing agreements integrating biotechnical research with food product applications
- Marketing and intellectual property protection for companies in traditional industries, such as women's apparel, the food industry, the travel industry, or manufacturing
- Resolution of disputes concerning Internet piracy and infringement
- Advice for venture capital investors in pursuing business opportunities in new media and e-commerce
- Mergers and acquisitions counsel for investors interested in California companies
- IPO or divestiture counsel for entrepreneurs whose startups are ready to go public or sell out to a larger company
Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, Matzger & Melnick LLP - San Francisco
Our intellectual property and high-tech business clients appreciate our firm's ability to address immediate challenges and opportunities while keeping an eye on a company's broader capital needs and business objectives. Contact an intellectual property lawyer at LPS to learn more about our ability to help you manage your growth.
