An enterprise’s Intellectual Property is often its most valuable asset.  Drakeford & Kane LLC understands the legal intricacies of Intellectual Property, its value to clients, and the nature of disputes and how best to defend or prosecute claims.  Areas of specialization include, but are not limited to: internet litigation, licensing, counseling, registration and government service, copyrights, trademarks and trade secret protection.  Additionally, our firm handles rights of publicity and idea misappropriation, computer, and technology law and policy.  A comprehensive list of Drakeford and Kane LLC’s areas of expertise are highlighted below.

The firm offers legal services in the areas of: copyright infringement, litigation, registration, licensing, counseling and opinion work, maintenance and protection.  Our professionals advise clients on the nature and scope of copyright protection, service provider liability and the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.  Drakeford and Kane LLC deals with traditional issues of rights clearance, global work-for-hire matters, and the scope of fair use involving various technology and industry applications.

Our experience in the copyright application process includes all areas of preparing copyright registrations, assignments and recording relevant documents with the U.S. Copyright Office.  Applications have been filed in industries such as, technology, art, publishing, music, media, film, wine and spirits and pharmaceuticals.

Drakeford & Kane LLC represents clients in all aspects of transactions involving the licensing or assignment of copyright interests.  Drakeford & Kane LLC’s has counseled licensors, licensees and other parties buying or selling intellectual property rights.

Drakeford & Kane LLC also has experience in litigating database, copyright liability and damage issues, including novel legal claims involving the likes of software, internet and intellectual property infringements.  We litigate copyright infringement claims involving website content, website and software interfaces, computer source code, infringement of industry standards, ownership rights in databases and digital content, musical compositions, music videos, motion pictures and cartoon characters. 

Business leaders understand that securing rights for their product or service can safeguard a company’s revenue stream.  Drakeford & Kane LLC has comprehensive experience in registering both traditional and unique trademarks with the Patent and Trademark Office.  Our attorneys conduct the required searches, "clear" rights as necessary, draft the appropriate applications and prosecute those applications through the PTO and equivalent offices in foreign jurisdictions.  We provide our clients with day-to-day advice regarding potential infringement of their trademarks and possible infringement of competitors’ trademarks. To ensure the protection of our client’s marks from infringement or misuse the firm also provides trademark portfolio management services.

Drakeford & Kane LLC represents clients in a variety of transactions, involving: the exploitation of trademarks, trade names, domain names, product configurations and other source designations.  Drakeford & Kane LLC’s professionals have represented licensors, licensees and parties buying or selling intellectual property.

To enforce and strengthen our client’s product branding, Drakeford & Kane LLC employs the full scope of federal and state laws governing trademark infringement, unfair competition, false advertising, trademark dilution, trade libel and disparagement, cybersquatting and false claims of endorsement or origin.  Moreover, the Firm has vast experience in litigation involving nontraditional topics such as dilution, gray marketing and ambush marketing, and novel means of infringement, including deep-linking, framing, internet traffic diversion, spamming, and the improper use of metatags.  This know-how extends to mediation, arbitration and other methods of alternative dispute resolution, as well as opposition, cancellation, and concurrent use proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB") of the PTO, domain name arbitration proceedings under ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedures, and importation and exportation proceedings before U.S. Customs.