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e-Business - IP, Media & Tech

TRADEMARKS / DOMAIN NAMES
McDermott Will & Emery has one of the largest groups of lawyers with full time practices related to the selection, protection and enforcement of trademarks and trade names. Our e-Business Group in conjunction with the Firm's Trademark Group offers very cost-effective internet surveillance services to police the internet for trademark and copyright infringements. Our lawyers have also represented clients in more than 150 successful domain name disputes before the U.S. federal district courts and ICANN-accredited arbitration panels.

PATENTS
Technology is especially important to internet related and e-business companies. Often the most effective way to protect that technology is through an active and informed patent program that procures intellectual property rights and enforces those rights. Our patent prosecution lawyers are experienced in all aspects of prosecution practice. Our representation includes ranges from large high technology companies to start-up companies in the Silicon Valley and other technology centers. Our patent lawyers have experience in virtually all fields of technology, with particular strengths in telecommunications, computer hardware and software, and semiconductor fabrication. Frequently, evaluating the patent rights of competitors is just as important as obtaining patent rights. Businesses need to know if they are free to use or deploy their technologies without infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others. Our lawyers are often engaged to render infringement and validity opinions with respect to patents and products of competitors of our clients.

COPYRIGHTS
U.S. and international copyright laws protect computer-related works, multimedia, literary, dramatic, artistic, architectural and many other purely technical works such as software, compilations (including catalogues, directories and some databases), maps, blueprints and drawings. Copyright protection for these types of items have become even more central in the content-driven environment of the internet. Our e-Business lawyers are very experienced with copyright issues and have recently handled several cases concerning the evolving protection for databases.

Privacy and Identity Theft Issues
McDermott clients are increasingly responsible for huge volumes of confidential personally identifiable information.  In view of the almost daily reports of private information being pilfered and increasing government regulations, it is essential that businesses seek to protect themselves from economic loss, bad publicity and future actions.  Our lawyers understand the applicable laws and regulations such as HIPAA, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley safeguard rules, the EU Directives and corresponding national and state laws.  Using the skills of our legislative group we also closely monitor pending legislation.  Our lawyers keep close watch on the reported breaches of data security, corresponding law suits and U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigations.

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