Intellectual property can be among a business’s most valuable assets. Effective protection requires more than responding when infringement occurs—it begins with identifying valuable rights, securing appropriate registrations, and developing a strategy for managing those assets as the business grows. Peck Baxter advises businesses, entrepreneurs, creators, and technology companies on the development, protection, and management of intellectual property portfolios.

Our attorneys assist clients with trademark selection, clearance, registration, and portfolio management; copyright registration and protection; intellectual property ownership and assignment; licensing; trade secret protection; and the development of internal practices designed to safeguard proprietary information and creative assets. We represent clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. Copyright Office and advise on domestic and international protection strategies when appropriate.

Peck Baxter also provides ongoing intellectual property counseling as businesses introduce new brands, products, content, and technologies. We help clients evaluate potential infringement risks, structure employee and contractor IP arrangements, develop trademark and copyright enforcement strategies, and address intellectual property issues arising in commercial agreements, financings, investments, and mergers and acquisitions.

By combining prosecution and portfolio management with experience in transactions and intellectual property litigation, Peck Baxter helps clients build, protect, commercialize, and enforce intellectual property with their broader business objectives in mind.