Intellectual Property Advice for Supplements Companies
Ullman, Shapiro & Ullman helps businesses in the food, dietary supplement and other industries make the most of their intellectual property holdings, whether in the form of trademarks, copyrights or trade secrets. Our attorneys work with clients nationwide on matters of registration, protection, valuation and infringement.
Maximizing the Value of Your IP Holdings
In a consumer products business of any kind, it can be easy to overlook the value of a company's intellectual property. Our lawyers can review your products, proprietary formulas, logos, advertising, packaging, inserts, Internet presence and other materials in order to ensure that your trademarks, copyrights and manufacturing processes are fully protected.
We find that many of our clients in the dietary supplement industry begin with an incomplete understanding of the scope of their IP portfolios. While most businesses recognize the importance of protecting the trademarks of their company and their main product brands, we often point out that product line logos, Web sites, packaging designs, marketing slogans or proprietary ingredients also require copyright or trademark protection and can represent a significant portion of your company's overall value.
Our attorneys also work with companies protect trade secrets in various ways including drafting confidentiality language in contracts to make sure that your consultants or contractors cannot take unfair advantage of your processes after the end of an engagement. Another service we provide concerns the aggregation of intellectual property holdings, which can be transferred to a subsidiary established for ownership purposes. Many of our clients find that aggregation of their trademark and copyright holdings adds value to the whole.
The main benefits of proper attention to your intellectual property portfolio are twofold. First and foremost, proper registration expands your ability to enforce your interests and protect your rights against infringers. Additionally, registration and protection adds value to your portfolio that can be realized upon the sale of your business or upon taking a closely held entity public.
For additional information about our ability to help maximize the value of your intellectual property holdings, contact Ullman, Shapiro & Ullman in New York.
