INTERNET LAW, DOMAIN NAMES, AND TRADEMARKS
Our firm provides legal counsel in several other practice areas related to business law, including trademarks, trade dress, service marks, domain names, branding, and other intellectual property assets.
Brands and Trademarks
At Frame Legal, we understand that a company's identity is one of its most important assets. Symbols, phrases, logos, and other distinctive marks are developed at great time and expense. Moreover, the selection of a company's domain name has become increasingly important.
We provide counsel and advice to those who are serious about developing and protecting their proprietary marks and trade dress. We assist clients in everything from the selection of the trademark to its registration.
Trademark Search And Application
State and Federal trademark registration is the cornerstone of any program to protect the rights of a trademark owner. Without it, a business or individual may later obtain state or federal registration of the mark and block both the expansion of the trademark owner's use of it and any later attempt to register it. With it the United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will automatically reject an application in the name of the business or individual that later attempts to register the same or confusingly similar mark, and the rights of the trademark owner will always be superior to the latecomer.
Registering a federal or state trademark, at first glance, appears to be a relatively simple process. It requires a completed application, a specimen and a statutory filing fee. The process is, however, more complicated than filling out an application and submitting the appropriate fee.
We offer a simple flat-fee set-up packages that includes:
• Comprehensive Trademark Search
• Trademark Application Preparation
• Filing Your Trademark with the USPTO or State Agency
• Monthly Application Status Updates
• Responding To USPTO or State Office Actions
Please contact us if you would like more information about Trademarks, our trademark packages, and what we do.
Internet and Computer Law
In the area of internet and computer law, the scope of our legal services consists of reviewing, interpreting, and drafting a broad range of agreements, including browse wrap and click wrap agreements, website development agreements, terms of use and privacy policy agreements, as well as cease and desist orders. We excel at translating information into business value, particularly when it involves the strategic use of technology.
Website Disclaimers, Terms of Use, Privacy Policies
Website disclaimers, terms of use, and privacy policies are typically placed on a web site to inform users of the ways in which the users are permitted to use the website, and to alert users as to certain restrictions on the use of the site. These contracts also provide the user with information regarding the copyright and trademark ownership rights of the website provider (and its licensors) in the content contained on the website. Finally, disclaimers, terms of use, and privacy policies may also include legal provisions that apportion legal responsibility between the web site provider and the user.
Ideally, all users of the website should be required to demonstrate their consent to the terms of use. We recognize, however, that may businesses are reluctant to require visitors to demonstrate their consent, presumably because the business fears that this will dissuade the user from visiting its website. Moreover, we have realized that many businesses allow its website developer to copy and paste disclaimers, terms of use, and privacy policies from another similar website. This is dangerous because every business has different, unique needs.
Links to to the disclaimers, terms of use, and privacy policies should be readily accessible at all times for reference purposes. Typically, links should be accessible from the home page of the website, and, ideally would be placed on each page of the website. It is important that that these contracts be updated on a regular basis to reflect new functionality, features, policies, types of use allowed, and similar items. It is best for the business to consult with a lawyer to review the website's user contracts periodically as well as any time significant changes are made to the website.
Access To Several Legal Research Databases
In addition, our law firm has access to several legal research databases for fast answers to many legal issues, including Westlaw, LexisNexis and Casemaker.
