INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

New Jersey Intellectual Property Lawyers/Trademark Lawyers

Alpert Butler & Weiss, P.C. provides representation for corporate clients involved in disputes and litigation relating to trademark infringement, trade secrets, Lanham Act, and related intellectual property rights. We have been involved in a number of prominent trademark litigation matters. Our attorneys also use their extensive commercial litigation experience to investigate and evaluate the complex issues that are often implicated in such intellectual property litigation.

We also have experience dealing with routine, day-to-day trademark issues and searches. The business law attorneys of Alpert Butler & Weiss, P.C., in West Orange, New Jersey, have extensive experience helping business clients secure and protect their ownership and licensing rights. Contact us to discuss your needs in the areas of trademarks or licensing law. Although Alpert Butler & Weiss, P.C., is not a patent law firm, we work closely with patent attorneys, when the specific need arises, as well as complex copyright matters. We have also acted as local counsel in patent litigation.

Case law regarding trade secrets, restrictive covenants, intellectual property and data rights continues to evolve. Since we established our firm in 1992, our own level of experience and knowledge of technology case law has also evolved. Through all of the changes, we have been true to our founding principle: Our clients deserve our full attention to the details of their case. Regardless of the complexity of your intellectual property dispute, our experience can help develop an effective strategy to accomplish your goals.

Lawyers for ICANN/Domain Name/Cybersquatting/Typosquatting Matters

The Firm’s trademark and intellectual property practice has been expanded to include representation of clients in Internet domain name disputes. ICANN, the entity which administers domain names, has issued policies providing for arbitration of disputes regarding domain names. These disputes include, but are not limited to, claims of "cybersquatting" (registering existing trademarks as domain names, in order to sell the name back to the trademark owner at a profit), and "typosquatting" (registering a variant of an existing domain name, so that customers misspelling a known websi/aop/CommercialLitigation/te are diverted to the website's competitors).

Under ICANN's policies, an owner of an enforceable trademark right (under some circumstances, even an unregistered trademark) can challenge domain name registrations, where (a) the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to the claimant's trademark, (b) the registrant has no rights or legitimate interests with respect to the domain name, and (c) the domain name had been registered and is being used in bad faith. A successful challenge to a domain name registration can result in the cancellation of the domain name or transfer of the registration to the complainant. This may be an attractive alternative to litigation under some circumstances.

ABW stands ready to protect and enforce your trademark interests on the Internet, as well as in more traditional commercial settings.

Spanish and Portuguese interpreters available

Office hours: 8:30 A.M. to 8:00 P.M., Monday through Friday (6:00 P.M.)

The laws regulating trade secrets, trademarks, and other Lanham Act disputes, are in place to prevent confusion, and to protect original names and works for individuals and corporate entities. Our attorneys can help determine the appropriate form of action to protect your rights; including:

Infringement litigation
Trademark infringement
Non-compete agreements and trade secrets
Data rights

A note about trademarks and services marks

The firm's partners have substantial experience handling significant and often prominent trademark/service-mark-litigation. Many of our prominent trademark matters have arisen in the gaming/entertainment industry. The firm's Senior Partner, Clark Alpert, handled a number of the leading casino-related trademark litigations in New Jersey, including an action between Golden Nugget, Inc. (later Mirage Resorts, Inc.) and Bally's relating to the naming of the New Jersey Casino Hotel sold by Golden Nugget to Bally's, Golden Nugget Inc. v. Bally Mfg. Co., Case No. 87 Civ. 91028 (D.N.J.); extensive litigation between Resorts International Casino Hotel, owner of Paradise Island, and the Sands Casino Hotel, which had named a portion of its New Jersey casino "Paradise Isle" (Resorts Casino Hotel v. Great Bay t/a Sands Hotel Casino, 1991 WL 352487 (D.N.J. 1991); and a separate litigation dispute involving Paradise Island Airways. He has also been consulted by prominent domestic and foreign casino gaming interests concerning naming of properties, infringement, and other intellectual property issues.

Mr. Alpert has also represented a prominent New York company, which features upscale home and decorative items, in various trademark matters. Partner David Butler has assisted on many of these matters.

Contact us to discuss your specific trademark violation or other intellectual property dispute case. We are ready to help you protect your success.