Intellectual Property

Safeguard and Leverage Your IP

In today’s global, service economy, a business’ creative works and brand are often its most valuable assets. Intellectual property theft and leakage costs U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. On the flip-side, unwittingly infringing another’s intellectual property can cost a business tens of thousands of dollars and its management massive migraines, sleepless nights, and lost inertia. We can help.

Moye White’s attorneys have deep, practical, real-world experience protecting intangible assets, and understand that your brand, copyrights, trade secrets, unique processes, and data are priceless, irreplaceable assets.

Our team of IP lawyers includes attorneys who have served as in-house counsel in businesses of every size and within a broad spectrum of industries, understand how critical intellectual property is to success, and can craft IP-protection strategies with a holistic perspective.

We take special pride and care in brand protection – from developing and refining candidate trademarks, to registration, prosecution, and defense.

When it comes to computing and communications technology, we’ve been online since before Al Gore invented the Internet. Our IP leaders have lived and practiced through the entire computer revolution – from the 8088 to the Cloud. Social media, cloud computing, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, and Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms have radically changed the potential risks and rewards for intellectual property. Moye White’s IP team has a passion for technology and its impact on operations. They understand the legal ramifications of emerging technologies and can advise on various e-commerce issues.

We advise a wide range of clients -- including marketing and advertising firms, food distribution companies, banks, and financial institutions. We provide guidance to our clients on various IP business and litigation matters including: