Trademark & Copyright
Trademark Law: Ferstman Law Office can handle all stages of the trademarking process, from conducting availability searches and drafting availability opinions, to preparing and filing applications for registration, to conducting trademark opposition proceedings. Brian Ferstman has been a registered trademark Agent since 1996, and has dealt with hundreds of Canadian and foreign trademark matters.
Copyright Law: Ferstman Law Office can conduct copyright searches, draft availability opinions and register copyrights. As well, in his 10 years of representing clients in the entertainment and software industries, Brian Ferstman has negotiated and/or prepared thousands of agreements and other documents dealing with copyright in movies, plays, books, websites and software applications, and will be happy to help you as well.
Trademarks & Copyrights: In addition to the above, for both of these types of intellectual property we can provide you with opinions regarding infringement, draft or reply to demand letters and cease & desist letters regarding alleged infringement, and negotiate settlements of disputes. We can also draft virtually any type of copyright and trademark licensing agreement.
Confidentiality & Non-Competition: Agreements to protect trade secrets and business advantages are used in many transactions, and Ferstman Law Office can create an agreement that suits your needs.
Clients & the "Other Side": Our clients encompass a range of different industries. Some of their opponents that we have successfully dealt with on trademark and copyright matters have been: Firefly Books, Kayser-Roth, Key Porter Books, Novell and Procter & Gamble.
