Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP) is an increasingly important and complex area of law, critical to long-term success and viability of a business. Intellectual property law involves taking advantage of federal and state IP laws to perfect and use rights in intellectual assets. Reston Law Group, LLP (Reston Law) IP attorneys practice in all areas of the protection, licensing and enforcement of individual and corporate inventor innovations and creative works.  Reston Law attorneys protect ideas using confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements to maintain rights in trade secrets and know-how, and draft original Letters Patents to obtain US and international Patent rights. Reston Law lawyers protect client’s works of authorship using copyright registrations.   Our attorneys assist in building brands and protecting corporate identity via filing federal trademark registration applications, and worldwide using international treaty conventions.  Our attorneys have extensive experience representing client businesses and individuals. An experienced IP lawyer can help you secure your rights in these important assets. Our partner Ralph P. Albrecht is a US Registered Patent Attorney with decades of experience drafting patents, copyrights, and trademarks for clients.  Reston Law attorneys have extensive experience preparing technology license agreements, IP licenses (exclusive and nonexclusive), and related agreements.

Providing Complete IP Services

Each partner in our intellectual property practice has more than 25 years of experience helping clients protect their interests in intellectual property matters. They have comprehensive understanding of the law and provide customized solutions designed specifically to accommodate the requirements of your unique situation. From researching and filing initial trademark applications and handling trademark prosecution issues, to drafting and prosecuting patent applications, to registering copyrights in and the licensing of software and other technology, we are committed to obtaining a favorable outcome in every IP-related matter.

Our attorneys have an international network of law firms in foreign jurisdictions, which we use to seek protection of client patents, trademarks and other IP in foreign countries.  Our attorneys have extensive experience counseling clients on protecting patent rights abroad by filing direct foreign patent applications in various countries and multi-national regions including the European Patent Organization (EPO), under the Paris Convention, and via international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications and related national phase patent applications, as well as foreign counterpart trademark applications directly abroad under the Paris Convention, or in various regions including the Community Trademark (CTM) in Europe, and internationally via the Madrid Protocol system.   

We help clients in the following areas of intellectual property law:

• Patent application drafting, prosecution and Licensing
• Trademark registration applications
• Copyright registration
• IP Counseling
• IP Infringement litigation actions
• Trade secret protection
• Antitrust and unfair competition
• Technology licensing