Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen’s Intellectual Property Section offers sound expertise and modern resources to the assistance of clients on IP matters.

The Firm has extensive experience in filing, prosecuting and litigating on such issues as registration of patents, trademarks and copyrights. The Firm is also involved in the protection of these rights against infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, contract, franchising and other disputes involving intellectual property and technology assets.

Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen has handled cases at state and federal trial courts, at appellate courts, at the Patent and Trademark Office and at Nic Argentina (registrar for Argentinean ccTLD´s).

The Intellectual Property Team carried out matters with great success in the trademark, patents and copyright litigation and enforcement fields. It protected its clients rights in many technological fields, especially the ones related to the pharmaceutical industry, high technology, entertainment and clothing industry. The professional work includes injuctions, preliminary injuctions and other complex court actions before the argentine and international courts.

The IP Section is made up by a large and experienced team of lawyers, engineers, translators, technicians and paralegals. Members of the team are fluent in English, German, Italian, French, Swedish and Portuguese.

Members of the Firm participate in several national and worldwide Intellectual Property Institutions like the Argentine Industrial Property Agents Association (AAA), the International Bar Association (IBA), the American Bar Association (ABA), the Interamerican Industrial Property Association (ASIPI), the International Trademark Association (INTA), the Association Internationale Pour la Protección de la Propriete Industrielle (AIPPI), the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) y the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

Technology

Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen owns and relies on a state-of-the-art computer network and on software specially designed for handling thousands of trademarks, patents and copyright issues. We have an in-house trademark search system and we also work with the best Argentine search companies, Sysmark and Damlong.

Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen IP practice includes:

¸ Registration in Argentina, Latin America, USA, Europe, Asia and Oceania
¸ Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights.
¸ Internet Domains, .com, .biz, others
¸ Transference of Technologies and Tax Matters
¸ License,
¸ Industrial Secrets
¸ Valuation of Intangible Assets and Tax aspects involved
¸ Franchising
¸ Legal Internet
¸ Injunctions. Litigation
¸ Legal fight against Piracy