Intellectual Property Copyrights, Trademarks & Trade Secrets

Trusted Intellectual Property Law Firm in Detroit & Bloomfield Hills, MI

Hertz Schram’s intellectual property team has been providing comprehensive representation on copyright, trademark, service mark, trade secret, domain name, and right of publicity matters for over 40 years. Individuals and businesses from a wide array of key and constantly evolving industries rely on Hertz Schram’s intellectual property team to protect, register, and enforce their valuable intellectual property rights in Michigan, throughout the United States, and across the globe. Our clients include Fortune 500 and multi-national companies, small and large businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals in the entertainment, media, automotive, educational, hospitality, fashion, food and beverage, and health care industries, many of which have become household brands and names.

Michigan Trademark Attorneys & Detroit Copyright Law Firm

Hertz Schram’s attorneys provide cost efficient, full-scope copyright services in protecting your creative works, personally and professionally. We regularly counsel clients on copyright registration, clearance, licensing, enforcement, the sale and acquisition of copyrights and catalogs, due diligence investigations as part of any merger or sale, as well as performance rights (and related royalty matters) and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) compliance.

Our savvy copyright team has represented clients both as plaintiffs and defendants in complex copyright dispute resolution and litigation involving infringement in music, film, advertising, and media industries, in addition to matters regarding creation of derivative works, piracy, file sharing, and the unauthorized use of an individual’s name, image, likeness, work, and performance. We help clients address complicated fair use issues and assist in collecting royalties due for the use of creative works in any media.

Hertz Schram’s attorneys provide cost efficient, full-scope copyright services in protecting your creative works, personally and professionally. We regularly counsel clients on copyright registration, clearance, licensing, enforcement, the sale and acquisition of copyrights and catalogs, due diligence investigations as part of any merger or sale, as well as performance rights (and related royalty matters) and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) compliance.

Our savvy copyright team has represented clients both as plaintiffs and defendants in complex copyright dispute resolution and litigation involving infringement in music, film, advertising, and media industries, in addition to matters regarding creation of derivative works, piracy, file sharing, and the unauthorized use of an individual’s name, image, likeness, work, and performance. We help clients address complicated fair use issues and assist in collecting royalties due for the use of creative works in any media.

We understand the importance of protecting your trademarks, service marks, brand, and reputation in today’s rapidly changing global economy. Creating and maintaining a competitive advantage often requires rights holders to maximize the value and reach of their intellectual property while safeguarding it from attacks and infringement. We take the time to learn about and appreciate our clients’ respective business and marketing objectives, values, and long and short-term goals, all of which are considered in providing our expertise. Hertz Schram’s trademark team collaboratively advises and counsels clients on selecting, protecting, enforcing, building, leveraging, and monetizing their brands and intellectual property domestically and internationally. 

Contact Our Bloomfield Hills, MI Trademark Lawyers & Detroit Intellectual Property Attorneys Today

We strategically draft and negotiate trademark license, co-branding, co-existence, joint venture, distribution, and franchise agreements, and assist in developing cost-effective strategies to help clients distinguish their goods and services in the market and maximize the value of their intellectual property assets. Our experienced team represents clients in proceedings with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and in trademark, Lanham Act, and unfair competition-related litigation.

Our unique ability to fully integrate Hertz Schram’s multiple and diverse team of attorneys in an array of practice areas – from entertainment and intellectual property to employment, tax, or real estate – affords our clients the luxury of representation by highly skilled attorneys who are able to anticipate their needs across multiple industries in a time and cost effective manner. 

We strategically draft and negotiate trademark license, co-branding, co-existence, joint venture, distribution, and franchise agreements, and assist in developing cost-effective strategies to help clients distinguish their goods and services in the market and maximize the value of their intellectual property assets. Our experienced team represents clients in proceedings with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and in trademark, Lanham Act, and unfair competition-related litigation.

Our unique ability to fully integrate Hertz Schram’s multiple and diverse team of attorneys in an array of practice areas – from entertainment and intellectual property to employment, tax, or real estate – affords our clients the luxury of representation by highly skilled attorneys who are able to anticipate their needs across multiple industries in a time and cost effective manner. 

  • US, international and foreign trademark applications
  • US copyright applications and reversions
  • Litigation, including enforcement and defense, of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, confidentiality and restrictive covenants in federal and state courts
  • Asserting, defending and rendering opinions regarding intellectual property infringement and validity
  • Branding analysis and strategies for national and international initiatives
  • Intellectual property portfolio management and audits
  • Trade secret protection policies
  • Trademark and copyright licenses, assignments, joint ventures, joint development arrangements and other intellectual property-related relationships
  • Confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-circumvention, non-compete and employment agreements
  • Cease and desist notices
  • Temporary restraining orders (TRO), preliminary and permanent injunctions
  • Digital Millennium Copyright Act compliance and enforcement
  • Royalty determination and collection
  • Domain name protection, “cyber-squatting,” take down notices, and other internet related issues
  • Complex federal and appellate litigation involving all types of intellectual property, trade secret, copyright, trademark, and fraud matters
  • Competitive analysis and IP monetization for aligning intellectual property and business strategies to optimize revenue generation, company value, product development, strategic relationships and the competitive advantage
  • Transactions relating to the transfers, sales, mergers, acquisitions, and licensing of intellectual property, technology, software, source code, product lines, assets and businesses

Testimonials

Attorney Howard Hertz is probably the best-known entertainment lawyer in town…When he began repping local producers Mark & Jeff Bass, it led to a relationship with one Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem.
Detroit Metro Times “People Got the Power”
With a blue-chip roster of rockers and rappers… and musical genres in between, attorney Howard Hertz is one of the top entertainment lawyers around. [Elmore] Leonard describes Hertz as “extremely intelligent, aggressive and he knows what he is doing…I don’t think there’s any glamour involved in it…he saves me a lot of money,” Leonard says, and quips, “I have never been in jail.”
The Oakland Press

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