With our unique backgrounds and dedicated experience in the business world, our Advertising, Marketing & Trademark (AMT) Group has the comfort level and confidence to provide smart, fast, creative and practical solutions to your branding challenges. We’re up-to-speed on the business world and uniquely situated to hit the ground running, whether we’re managing an international trademark portfolio or finding creative ways to minimize advertising risk.
We’re not patent or corporate attorneys moonlighting on advertising, trademark and copyright projects. We’re creative thinkers with creative backgrounds who provide clients with a true ally in protecting, enhancing and trouble-shooting your brand assets.
Trademark & Copyright
Attorney Ann Dunn Wessberg recently joined Fredrikson & Byron as chair of the firm’s Trademark Group. “Ann is a leader that is uniquely familiar with the business challenges in-house counsel face in terms of the pressures on money, people and time,” said Lora Friedemann, chair of Fredrikson’s Intellectual Property Division. “She has more than 20 years of experience serving as a trademark and copyright attorney in private practice and in-house and will be able to benefit our clients by providing a comprehensive approach to brand development and management through strategic clearance, prosecution, use and enforcement of trademarks.” Learn more about Ann.
The Trademark Group advises and represents businesses and individuals in every imaginable industry, both in the United States and throughout the world.
We clear, register, maintain, and protect clients' trademarks and help them develop and implement creative intellectual property protection strategies for building brand and product value around the globe.
We offer them the following services:
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Worldwide registrability and availability searches
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Trademark validity and infringement opinions
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Preparing, filing, and prosecuting trademark applications in the U.S. and internationally
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Conducting trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings
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Trademark litigation, including infringement, counterfeiting, cybersquatting, and grey-market goods.
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Copyright registration, protection, and litigation
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Trade secret protection and litigation
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Trademark and copyright license agreements
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Music license agreements
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Domain name registrations and disputes
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Due diligence for intellectual property transactions
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Trademark and brand counseling, including portfolio management
Advertising & Promotion
We advise and represent advertisers, advertising, direct marketing, and sales promotion agencies, designers, illustrators, photographers, and other creative service businesses of all sizes throughout the country.
The services we offer these clients include:
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Advertising copy compliance
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Sweepstakes compliance and official rules
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Agency/client agreements
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Talent & celebrity contracts
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Privacy & publicity rights issues
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Competitive advertising disputes & litigation
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Television network clearance
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Disclaimers & disclosures advice
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Confidentiality & non-disclosure agreements
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Hold-harmless & indemnification agreements
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Product labeling and warranties
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SAG/AFTRA issues
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Errors & omissions insurance review
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Client seminars
