TechLaw LLP was launched when several independent patent attorneys partnered to form a distinctive boutique IP firm. Our partners manage their own practices, collaborating weekly to provide expert legal knowledge and full service capabilities to our global clients.
With the recent globalization and the nature of intellectual property, we recognize the magnitude of our clients' needs. Our firm has far reaching capabilities with the ability to manage clients' matters worldwide through a network of foreign associates.
Our practice encompasses all areas of intellectual property and business law, including patent and trademark prosecution, due diligence, opinion practice, licensing, anti-counterfeit work, corporate transactional and litigation.
TechLaw, LLP has the expertise to help coordinate U.S. and foreign Customs offices to efficiently curb counterfeit and knock-off goods
TechLaw, LLP's patent practice covers biotechnology, pharmaceutical, electromechanical, and many other areas of technology.
TechLaw, LLP has coordinated with law firms in over 40 countries to register and enforce IP throughout the world.
On January 25, 2014, the San Diego Business Journal published an article about a possible merger between Sullivan International and Ohio Co. The article quotes TechLaw Partner and Sullivan board member Ross Epstein, and can be viewed on the San Diego Business Journal’s website (http://www.sdbj.com/accounts/login/?next=/news/2014/jan/25/sullivan-international-merge-ohio-co/).
TechLaw Partner Ross Epstein will speak at the LES (Licensing Executives Society) San Diego Chapter meeting on November 13, 2013 at the Marriott La Jolla. To register for this event or learn more about LES, see: http://www.lesusacanada.org/chapters/usa/san-diego-chapter/november-13-2013-san-diego-chapter-meeting
The law of privacy/publicity rights often leaves people confused because of all the terms left open to interpretation. In a recent California Appeals court, it was clarified that the right of publicity is assignable during one’s lifetime under California law. In a previous 1979 California Supreme Court case, Lugosi v. Universal Pictures, the court held that “the right of publicity [is] personal in nature and therefore non-assignable.” This past September, a California Supreme Court case, Timed Out, LLC v. Youabian, Inc. held that the right of publicity is assignable during one’s lifetime under California law. In this case, the Defendants’ allegedly displayed 2 models’ images in connection with advertising their cosmetic medical services. The plaintiff was a company that “specialize[s] in the protection of personal image rights.” The Models discovered Defendants had been using their images on a website without … Continue reading
