Services

 

We offer intellectual property legal services and related business advice, including but not limited to trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, domain names,  and entertainment issues.  We help our clients understand their options and then assist them in selecting a preferred course of action.  Whether it is obtaining a patent (under the old patent law or the America Invents Act) or a copyright or trademark registration or litigating various types of intellectual property, we can help.

 

Our patent focus is on (but is not limited to):

• automotive components

• computer software

• electrical (EE)

• electro-mechanical

• electro-optics

• energy systems

• fiber optics

• mechanical devices

• medical devices

• telephony

 

We are located in the Upstate of South Carolina and have associate offices across the United States.  Many of our clients are found across the United States as well as in other countries.

Areas of Practice

Intellectual Property

Patents

United States

Provisional

Utility

Design

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

EPO

Individual Countries

Trademarks/Service Marks

United States

Principal Register

Supplemental Register

Trade Dress

Madrid Protocol

European Community Trademark

Copyright

Software

Novels

Photographs

Art

Architectural Drawings

Websites

Trade Secrets

Domain Names and Internet Disputes

Entertainment and Music

Related issues

Opinions

Licenses

Assignments

Pre-litigation investigations

Litigation

Related Business Issues

Licenses

Assignments

Employment Agreements

Non-disclosure (confidentiality) agreements

and more...

...but our team can help you over the hurdles.

 

We consider ourselves to be your "intellectual property coach" and business assistant, not just someone you call in a bind - but we can try to help you there as well!

 

Bernard S.  "Ben" Klosowski, Jr. graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served in the United States Navy flying with various patrol squadrons.  During his Naval Aviation years, Ben was involved in specialized acoustic and electro-optics programs.  These led him to become an engineering center manager after the Navy in which he was reponsible for various electro-optics and computer systems programs and projects.

 

Following his time as an engineering center manager and program manager, Ben became an intellecual property attorney.  Ben has written and obtained hundreds of U.S. and international patent applications and provided dozens of infringement, invalidity, clearance, and patentability opinions for his clients, which range from solo inventors to Fortune 500 companies.  Ben has also provided dozens of trademark clearance and registrability opinions and obtained many U.S. Trademark Registrations as well as international trademark registrations via the Madrid Protocol.

 

Ben has litigated patents, trademarks, and copyrights in U.S. courts and in administrative tribunals such as the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (and its predecessor, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences). 

 

Ben's experience across all forms of intellectual property and in service to many different clients help us understand the needs of each client.  Just as intellectual property is unique, so are our clients and their needs.  One size does not fit all, which is particularly true of intellectual property services.

News & Publications

Patent Troll Myths and the Law of Unintended Consequences   Intellectual Property Today

 

The Federal Trade Commission is the latest government entity to jump on the patent troll bandwagon. In September, the FTC announced it would use its subpoena power to investigate the operations of 25 so-called patent assertion entities (PAEs) -- also known more pejoratively as “patent trolls.” The announcement follows a veritable governmental free-for-all: From proposed legislation with names like the “Patent Abuse Reduction Act” and the “End Anonymous Patents Act” to executive actions by the president himself, the government has, it seems, declared war on companies that buy and sell patents. ...

 

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http://www.iptoday.com/issues/2013/11/patent-troll-myths-and-law-unintended-consequences.asp