Practice Area Overview

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Midwest Intellectual Property Attorneys
Trademarks • Patents • Copyrights • Trade Secrets

Protecting your ideas… Protecting your future

Trademarks
Our Minnesota trademark attorneys provide complete trademark portfolio management services. These services are wide-ranging, and amongst others, include:

Our services are not limited to those listed here. If you have any question about how a specialized trademark attorney can help you or your business, contact us at Schroeder & Siegfried, P.A., to schedule a consultation.

Patents
Our Minneapolis patent lawyers provide complete patent portfolio strategy and management services to individuals and businesses alike. This includes counseling clients on issues related to inventorship, ownership, patentability and licensing, as well as due diligence, patent validity and patent infringement issues. We file and prosecute U.S. and foreign patent applications, conduct ownership and due diligence investigations, and investigate patent validity and infringement matters. We also help negotiate licenses of our client’s inventions with manufacturing and production companies. Additionally, we enforce and defend the rights of our clients in patent disputes, when necessary, either through litigation or negotiation. Each of our attorneys is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Over the years, our firm has successfully prosecuted and obtained allowance of countless utility and design patents in a wide variety of client endeavors and diverse fields of technology.  Amongst others, we have extensive experience in obtaining patents in the following technological fields: plastics and rubber components and assemblies; computer and computer software technology applications; dairy processing equipment; cheese manufacturing equipment; ammunition and firearms; filtration technology; soil, drainage and erosion control technology; product conveying equipment; tooling applications; building construction; construction safety equipment; tooling and machinery (electrical and mechanical), and much more.

Copyright
Copyright protection is often overlooked as a viable means of protecting intellectual property.  Copyright protects the “expression” of an idea, as opposed to patents, which protect the underlying idea itself. Copyright protection is available for all original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression, and may include

• Literary works
• Musical works, including accompanying words
• Dramatic works, including accompanying music
• Pantomimes and choreographic works
• Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
• Motion Pictures and other audiovisual works
• Sound Recordings
• Architectural works

At Schroeder & Siegfried, P.A., we counsel our clients with respect to the availability of copyright protection, and service our clients by filing and prosecuting applications to register their works of authorship with the U.S. Copyright Office. We also counsel clients and issue opinions regarding the originality of works, authorship (i.e., whether or not a work constitutes a “work for hire”), and infringement and enforceability of copyrights. We have helped clients register a variety of works, including, advertising materials, instruction manuals, books, computer programs, sound recordings, and much more.

Trade Secrets
Because a trade secret is not registered and made public like a trademark or patent, a special area of law exists for the management of these valuable assets. Trade secrets can be formulas, manufacturing techniques and processes, designs, patterns, programs, systems, forecasts, customer lists, specifications, and other technical data. At Schroeder & Siegfried, P.A., we counsel clients on how to protect trade secrets, aid in the development of in-house procedures to reduce vulnerability, and advise them on actions against former employees who may have violated non-disclosure contracts.

To speak with a skilled intellectual property attorney, contact our Wayzata offices, Schroeder & Siegfried, P.A. , to schedule an appointment.

Schroeder & Siegfried, P.A.
15600 Wayzata Boulevard
Wayzata, MN  55391
Telephone: (952) 476-0580
Fax: (952) 476-0585
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An intellectual property law firm serving clients throughout the Midwest, the United States and world-wide from our Minnesota offices.