Dissolving Your Business? Who Owns the Trade Secrets?
It is one of the most contentious issues when business partners decide to close down their business: Who has rights to the intellectual property? Business partners often spend so much energy building up a trusting relationship that they take trademarks and trade secrets for granted. It is not uncommon to run head-on into a dispute when copyrights, trademarks and patent rights rise to the surface.
Kerr, Hendershot & Cannon is a recognized leader in legal services for businesses and business owners in Houston and throughout South Texas. Our team of commercial litigation attorneys has extensive experience and knowledge in all areas of trademark protection and intellectual property ownership rights.
Our commercial law services for business owners include:
- Noncompetition agreements and confidentiality agreements: From initial draft and review through dispute resolution and enforcement litigation, we offer aggressive representation for parties on either side of the noncompete agreement.
- Trademark and trade dress infringement: Don't let your former business partner infringe upon trademarks or other intellectual property that you own rights to. We have served as lead litigation attorneys in some of the most significant trademark infringement cases between former business partners in Texas.
- Trade secrets protection: We'll help you protect your right of ownership of trademarks or other intellectual property. We also represent clients whose former business partners overreach their trademark property rights.
First-to-Use v. First-to-Register
Intellectual property cases involving a business dissolution and partnerships require in-depth understanding of intellectual property laws, including issues such as which partner was the first-to-use an application and which partner owns rights as first-to-register. Our attorneys aggressively fight to protect your rights. We know how much is at stake as your business dissolves and you move ahead with your future plans.
The Houston Business Law Attorney to Call
Our clients include many of the most successful corporate entities in the United States. If you are involved in a dispute involving theft or misappropriation of a trademark, talk to us about Texas trade secrets law and how our attorneys can help. Contact us to arrange an initial consultation with an experienced Texas business dissolution attorney.
