• Intellectual Property Law
• Patents
• Trademarks
• Copyrights
• Trade Secrets

Tulsa Intellectual Property Attorneys

According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office intellectual property is imagination made real. It is the ownership of a dream, an idea, and an improvement, an emotion that we can touch, see, hear and feel. It is an asset just like your home, your car, or your bank account. Just like other kinds of property, intellectual property needs to be protected from unauthorized use.

A Tulsa Intellectual Property Lawyer, sometimes referred to as a Patent Attorney, Trademark Attorney or Copyright Attorney, will help you protect your valuable property and recover compensation should someone violate your rights and try to take advantage of your ideas and hard work. The Tulsa intellectual Property Lawyers have many years of experience in their field. Contact them for help.

Attorneys Help Protect your Ideas from Theft

There are four ways to protect different types of intellectual property.

1. Patents – They Provide Rights for up to 20 Years for Inventions in Three Broad Categories:
   
   • Utility Patents – They Protect Useful Processes, Machines, Articles of Manufacture, and compositions of Matter. Some Examples include: Fiber Optics, Computer Hardware and Medications
   • Design Patents – They Guard Against the Unauthorized Use of New, Original, and Ornamental Designs for Articles of Manufacture. The Look of an Athletic Shoe, a Bicycle Helmet, the Star Wars Characters are all protected by design Patents.
   • Plant Patents – They Protect Invented or Discovered, Asexually Reproduced Plant Varieties. Samples Include Hybrid Tea Roses, Silver Queen Corn, and Better Boy Tomatoes.
2. Trademarks – They Protect Words, Names, Symbols, Sounds, or Colors that Distinguish Goods and Services. Trademarks, Unlike Patents, They can be Renewed Forever as Long as they are Being Used in Business. The Roar of the MGM Lion, the Pink of the Owens-Corning Insulation, and the Shape of the Coca-Cola Bottle are Familiar Trademarks.
3. Copyrights – Protect Works of Authorship, Such as Writings, Music, and Works of Art that have been tangibly expressed. Gone with The Wind (The Book and the Film), Beatles Recordings, and Video Games are all Works that are Copyrighted.
4. Trade Secrets – These are Information that Companies Keep Secret to Give Them an Advantage over Their Competitors. The Formula for Coca-Cola is the Most Famous Trade Secret.

If you feel that someone has infringed on your patent, copyright or trademark, a Tulsa Intellectual Property Lawyer will help you stop them from stealing your hard work and enable you to recover compensation for their illegal actions. If you have intellectual property you want to protect by use of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, contact one of the practiced attorneys for help.