Practice Areas
Patent Rights
Patents protect technological advancement. The following sections describe Ware, Fressola, Maguire & Barber LLP’s capabilities in securing patent rights, in designing approaches for exploiting those rights, and in devising approaches to avoid p…
Read More
Trademark Rights
A trademark serves as a symbol which communicates to consumers that the associated goods or services are from a unified source and/or embody a consistent quality level. The mark, which can be a word, name, symbol or device (including trade dress), mu…
Read More
Copyrights
Copyrights protect the expression of an idea, not the idea itself. Thus, the copyright protects a writing, not the general concepts communicated in it; the depiction of an object in a photograph, not the object’s natural appearance; the code in whi…
Read More
Other Areas of Expertise
Our IP attorneys also offer counsel and advocacy in areas including trade secret protection and disputes, claims of unfair competition, and laws governing undeveloped ideas. Trade secrets are items of information maintained in confidence which have c…
Read More
Transactions
Ware, Fressola, Maguire & Barber LLP has strong expertise in the transactional area, for instance, licensing of IP rights, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), and contractual matters with a significant IP component. Licensing When a client wishes e…
Read More
Dispute Resolution
Ware, Fressola, Maguire & Barber LLP's comprehensive intellectual property law practice includes dispute resolution expertise tailored to each client and the IP rights at issue. After receiving a patent, the owner may, from time to time, be impelled…
Read More