The Van Winkle Intellectual Property Law Team

Van Winkle’s Intellectual Property team works with clients to protect copyrights, patents, trademarks, and intangible assets including those associated with compositions, musical pieces, motion pictures, paintings, sculptures and other works of art; inventions and processes; logos; slogans; business and product names; industrial designs; and trade secrets. In recent years, intellectual property has taken on a new dimension due to the rapid growth of the Internet and digital media. This has created not only a new list of properties to protect – such as computer programs, computer graphics and domain names – but an easier and less-controllable way for all intellectual property to be distributed. Van Winkle continually educates its attorneys on the latest developments in the technology sector to stay ahead of these rapid changes. The Van Winkle Law Firm also works with an extensive network of trusted practitioners to navigate the diverse intellectual property laws outside the United States.

Intellectual Property Law & Legal Rights - Types of Services

Research of trade names, trademarks, logos and other protected materials
Filing of copyrights, patents, trademarks and intangible assets
Term extensions
Licensing of protected works
Domain name registration and contestation
Infringement litigation




	Van Winkle’s Intellectual Property team works with clients to protect copyrights, patents, trademarks, and intangible assets including those associated with compositions, musical pieces, motion pictures, paintings, sculptures and other works of art; inventions and processes; logos; slogans; business and product names; industrial designs; and trade secrets. In recent years, intellectual property has taken on a new dimension due to the rapid growth of the Internet and digital media. This has created not only a new list of properties to protect – such as computer programs, computer graphics and domain names – but an easier and less-controllable way for all intellectual property to be distributed. Van Winkle continually educates its attorneys on the latest developments in the technology sector to stay ahead of these rapid changes. The Van Winkle Law Firm also works with an extensive network of trusted practitioners to navigate the diverse intellectual property laws outside the United States. Intellectual Property Law & Legal Rights - Types of Services Research of trade names, trademarks, logos and other protected materials Filing of copyrights, patents, trademarks and intangible assets Term extensions Licensing of protected works Domain name registration and contestation Infringement litigation 11 North Market Street, Asheville, NC 28801 \| 828-258-2991 \| Fax 828-255-0255 422 South Main Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792 \| 828-697-6196 \| Fax 828-693-3999	The Intellectual Property Team: W. Carleton Metcalf Larry S. McDevitt Larry C. Harris, Jr.