Joel Feldman counsels companies, organizations and individuals on the protection of their intellectual property rights. He focuses his practice on establishing effective domestic and international trademark and copyright portfolios, and resolving intellectual property controversies between his clients and third parties, including trademark, copyright, domain-name and right-of-publicity disputes.

Areas of Concentration

• Trademark

  • Clearance of trademarks

  • Filing, prosecution, and maintenance of trademark applications and registrations

  • Monitoring of third-party trademark applications and registrations

  • Negotiation and preparation of licensing, coexistence and assignment agreements

  • Defense and prosecution of trademark oppositions and cancellations

  • Preparation of cease-and-desist letters

• Copyright

  • Filing of copyright applications

  • Negotiation and preparation of licensing agreements

  • Termination of copyright transfers

  • Preparation of cease-and-desist letters

• Domain Name

  • Recovery of infringing domain names through the National Arbitration Forum

  • Defense of UDRP lawsuits

• Right of Publicity

  • Analysis of complex right-of-publicity issues

  • Negotiation and preparation of licensing agreements

  • Monitoring of third-party trademark applications and registrations