Trademark & Copyright

Akabas & Sproule handles a diverse range of trademark and copyright matters for our clients, who include publishers and distributors in the book, magazine, recording, video and Internet industry on the one hand and authors, designers and recording artists on the other.

Increasingly, businesses look to their trademarks, content, know-how and business data as tools to improving the bottom line. Akabas & Sproule works with our clients to protect the value of their intellectual property assets, and then enhance their profitability by turning that intellectual property into working assets.

Akabas & Sproule can work with you to develop a comprehensive plan to build and protect your intellectual property. Your plan can include protection of your business’ identity, trademarks, business data, Internet domain names and content from your competitors. We can then help you to profitably exploit your intellectual property, whether through marketing, licensing, distribution or sale.

For more information, contact: Michael H. Sproule

Related articles: Organizing a New Business by Seth Akabas

Related links:

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (information and search online databases of patents and trademarks)

U.S. Copyright Office (information on copyright and protecting literary and artistic works)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (international governing body for Internet domain names)

World Intellectual Property Organization (international organization promoting intellectual property rights)

Publishing Deals

ZENBU MAGAZINES LLC
METAL EDGE METAL MANIACS MAGAZINES
11 MEDIA, INC.
Sale of Assets

December 2011

The undersigned acted as counsel to the Zenbu Magazines LLC.
CHEMICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
Reorganization

April 1, 2009

The undersigned acted as counsel to Chemical Publishing Company.
SUSSEX PUBLISHERS, LLC
$6,000,000

Sale of Assets for THE THERAPY DIRECTORY
to
SUSSEX DIRECTORIES, INC.

January 2009

The undersigned acted as counsel to the buyer.
RETAILER NETWORKS INC.
Sale of Assets to
THE OLB GROUP, INC.


June 2010

The undersigned acted as counsel to the buyer.
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