Bodman LLP
Practices & Industries
* Automotive
* Banking
* Business
* Construction
* Debtor-Creditor Rights and Bankruptcy
* Environmental
* Financial Crisis Response Team
* Health Care
* High Tech
* Individual Clients
* Intellectual Property
* Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
* Municipal Law and Finance
* Real Property
* Tax
* Workplace Law
A competitive edge is tied to marketing strategies and technology development. Organizations both public and private, from Fortune 500 to entrepreneurial start-ups, turn to Bodman for strategic counsel on the commercialization and protection of their ideas and other creative workproduct.
Our clients are innovative companies and individuals in the fields of computer science, social and business networking, biomedical engineering, advertising, entertainment, energy. education and research, and museum studies. As part of the client team, our attorneys share that spirit of imagination and inventiveness. We deliver legal services that help clients achieve their goals.
Our Services:
Bodman’s intellectual property specialists assist clients in national and international registration, licensing, counseling, and litigation of trademark, copyright, trade secret, right of publicity, and patent matters. Representative services for IP clients include:
Data Rights
* Protection of data as trade secrets and licensing of proprietary data
* Data protection and records retention policies and agreements
* Compliance with U.S. and international data privacy laws
* Collection, storage, use, and distribution of employee and customer data
* Data protection for financial institutions, hospitals and other clients with data subject to special legislation
* Complex debit and credit card processing arrangements, including development of programs used for distribution of governmental benefits
Business Process Insourcing and Outsourcing
* Complex business process outsourcing arrangements, including negotiations, drafting, implementation, and termination
* Insourcing of previously outsourced programs, including knowhow transfer and management of supply chain data and relationships
Franchising
* Brand selection, protection, licensing, and merchandising
* Franchisee requirements and management
* Franchise contracts and operations manuals
* Compliance with legal reporting and filing requirements
Web-Based Business and Networking
* Online publishing and development of new media
* Risk management of user-generated content; response to Digital Millennium Copyright Act take-down notices
* Terms of use for Web-based commerce and social networking
* Acquisition, maintenance and support of information systems
Arts and Culture
* Deeds of gift, purchasing, accessioning, de-accessioning, and licensing of collections
* Policies for public and commercial use of photographs of artifacts
* Artistic collaboration
* Advising architectural companies and construction companies on the application of the Visual Artists Rights Act to projects for urban renewal
Entertainment and Media Law
* Protection and licensing of the right of publicity; corporate naming rights
* Film and music production
* Disputes in the creative process, including infringement, libel and slander, defamation, plagiarism, fair use, and the protections of the First Amendment
* Purchase or sale of television and radio stations, newspapers, and Web-based media companies
Technology Transfer
* Patent, knowhow, and transfer of technology from leading research institutions, including Duke University, The University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University
* Sponsored research agreements, co-development, and collaboration agreements with research institutions
* Conflict of interest policies and procedures
Bodman LLP
Ford Field - 6th floor
1901 Saint Antoine St
Detroit MI 48226
Tel: 313 259-7777
Fax: 313 393-7579
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