Intellectual property:
IP is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain names, written and recorded media, and inventions. Intellectual property laws and enforcement vary widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
ALF lawyers, are experts in all aspects of intellectual property laws ranging, from securing protection, through commercial transaction, to enforcement impositions and litigation.
Branding is the IP key driver for industries including artistic projects such as music, movies and other forms of arts and also food, pharmaceutical, household product, luxury goods, financial services and telecommunications. We clear new brands, register and maintain intellectual property rights and enforce those rights.
Patents- trademarks- copyright:
Patents grant an inventor the right to exclude others from producing or using the inventor’s discovery or invention for a limited period of time. In order to be patented an invention must be new, useful, and not obvious.
Trademarks are generally distinctive symbols, pictures, or words that sellers affix to distinguish and identify the origin of their products and avoid consumer confusion.
Trademark status may also be granted to distinctive and unique packaging, color combinations, building designs, product styles, and overall presentations.
The owner of a copyright has the title to exclude any other person from reproducing, preparing derivative works, distributing, performing, displaying or using the work covered by copyright for a specific period of time.
At ALF we have an extensive experience in hardening as patents, trademarks & copyrights issues as well as providing our clients with legal advices concerning this matters.
Internet law:
The internet’s explosive growth has given rise to many new legal concepts and created a need for expanding traditional legal concepts. Court decisions are recognizing the ever-growing importance of internet law and its sub-categories.
At ALF we also deal with all matters related to e- contract, intellectual property, internet security, encryption, cryptography, criminal offenses, gambling and privacy.