Law Offices of Lawrence Hersh

PROTECTING YOU AND YOUR CREATIVE PROPERTY

          Our intellectual property practice is dedicated to making sure you have the assistance and protection you need for your idea, creation, or invention. We assist clients with issues involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing agreements and internet related issues. We are involved in both pre-litigation and litigation matters.  We represent clients who have been sued or have been threatened to be sued in intellectual matters.  Similarly, we represent individuals who own intellectual property and their rights are being infringed.  This includes prelitigation matters such as sending out cease and desist letters to actually instituting lawsuits.  Most of these matters are handled in federal court.  Additionally, our services include searches, registration, and litigation related to these areas, including prosecution and defense of infringement claims.  We are registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

         Some of the matters that we have been involved in include:

Trademarks

• Representing a client sued for trademark infringement, where the defendant was not using the trademark, but other third-parties were using the trademark to direct internet traffic to the client's website.

Representing a client who had been sued for trademark infringement and counterfeiting related to a well-known sports drink.

• Representing a client in the school supply industry who allegedly infringed the trademark of a much larger, well known competitor.

Patents

• Representing a client in a million dollar collection matter related to computer accessories, where the counterclaims and defenses related to indemnificaton for patent infringement.

• Defending a client in a patent litigation lawsuit related to a design patent for a coffee mug.

Copyrights

• Representing a client in the garment industry whose copyright designs and packaging trade dress were being infringement.

• Representing a client against a claim of copyright infringement where the company's web designer used copyrighted images on the website without the client's knowledge.   

          If you have questions about how we can serve you or your business, contact us anytime. We are happy to answer your questions.

We conveniently serve clients in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Union and Morris Counties, and throughout Northern New Jersey. We are also nearby to New York City