In the food business, your most valuable assets are intellectual property.
Many of our clients own little more than inventory, recipes, and trademarks. You have worked hard and invested resources to develop your products and branding.
The proprietary formulas and methods by which your products are made are trade secrets. Your brand name and branding assets are trademarks that consumers associate with the high quality of your products. They hold the goodwill of your business.
All of these assets are your intellectual property. If you fail to protect them, then you fail to protect your business.
If not properly protected, a competitor can unfairly profit from your efforts. Without confidentiality protection, you lose your trade secret rights. And while a competitor may be able to copy your product lawfully without using your recipe, it cannot use a properly protected trademark.
We partner with clients like you to identify your intellectual property and develop an integrated strategy for securing, protecting and enforcing your intellectual property rights.
We offer IP legal representation tailored to food business needs.
Because of our extensive food industry experience, we understand the value of your intellectual property rights. We know what needs to be done to secure and protect your rights. We routinely assist with:
- Trademark strategy and clearance searches
- Trademark and copyright registration
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings
- Trade secret protection
- Non-disclosure agreements
- IP assignment agreements
- Licensing agreements
- Infringement disputes
We’ll work closely with you to understand the assets you need to protect and how they fit into your overall business strategy. Then we can walk you through your options and work with you side-by-side to develop the best strategy for your needs.
Your intellectual property rights are worth protecting.
Your rights are worth protecting. And if you don’t take steps to stop infringers, you lose your IP. We help our clients monitor for trademark infringement and enforce their intellectual property rights. We also defend our clients against infringement claims. Whichever side of the dispute you are on, you can depend on us to provide candid advice about the strengths of your position and your options for moving forward. We will fight for your intellectual property rights to ensure that your interests are protected.
Contact Handel Food Law today to discuss your intellectual property needs.
Our clients count on us to protect the valuable IP assets that make them unique. To discuss how we can help you protect your IP, contact us to schedule a consultation.