Gavin Law Offices, PLC has been actively handling the intellectual property needs of businesses, entertainers and individuals for years.

Clients appreciate the level of our commitment to client service, our professionalism, our big firm background and our low overhead.

We provide legal counseling services to a broad range of business entities and individuals including:

• financial
• publishing
• manufacturing
• entertainment
• professional accreditation
• advertising
• multimedia
• electronic commerce sectors

Our firm focuses on clearing, registering and enforcing intellectual property rights. We also help aspiring and established artists and labels with a wide variety of matters like assisting businesses with transactional and licensing needs, and resolving the variety of conflicts and disputes that arise in the course of business formation, management and continuation.

Our practice includes trial and administrative advocacy, client counseling, transactional services, and intellectual property clearance, transfer, prosecution and enforcement, in the U.S. and through a wide network of local agents worldwide.

Specifically, we focus on:

Trademark Matters

• We manage the global intellectual property portfolios of some of the largest U.S. based companies and organizations and of internationally famous musicians and other talent;
• We have handled matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, as well as Trademark prosecuting office; and  
• We've negotiated a thirty million dollar trademark licensing deal with the most powerful children's entertainment corporation in the world;
• We've negotiated collegiate trademark licensing deals for major universities;
• We've represented the trademark interests of professional certification organizations
• Brand Monitoring
• Domain Recovery Services
• Internet Monitoring

Internet Matters

• We've advised regarding web site audits and a variety of Internet related matters;
• We've handled numerous domain name disputes for our clients, including famous entertainers and various corporations before the World Intellectual Property Organization;
• We've scoured the Internet and worked to disable websites and auctions that infringe our clients' rights

Business Law

• Assist in business entity formation
• Review and draft agreements
• Offer advice and support throughout the lifetime of your business
• Act as Registered Agent in Virginia
• Business mergers and acquisitions (for small businesses and not-for-profits)
• Registered Agent
• Incorporation
• Qualification
• Mergers
• Amendments
• Limited Liability Companies
• Name Reservation
• Name Registration
• Limited Partnerships
• Name Clearance/Availability

Entertainment Matters

• We've advised clients regarding producing television commercials in compliance with Screen Actors' Guild requirements; 
• We've negotiated movie options deals, screenplay options and purchase agreements, protected screenplays, synopses, previews and treatments, and have advised new authors and musicians on agent deals;
• We've advised models and advertising agencies regarding rights of publicity;
• We've settled disputes between band members during dissolution;
• We have worked with major record labels and the Recording Industry Association of America to enforce our clients' rights;
• We've unraveled ancient agreements entered into by musicians who negotiated bad deals under pre-1978 copyright law

Commercial Litigation

• Fraud claims
• Breach of fiduciary duty claims
• Unfair competition claims
• Contract claims
• Covenant not to compete claims
• Shareholder disputes
• Defamation
• Collection claims
• False advertising claims
• UCC claims
• Professional liability claims
• Complex commercial claims
• Appeals

Copyright Matters

• We've represented the copyright interests of one of the most famous author's estates in the world;
• We've unraveled ancient agreements entered into by musicians who negotiated bad deals under pre-1978 copyright law;
• We've deposited our clients' work with the Writer's Guild and advised clients how to better protect their ideas and works of authorship

Intellectual Property Litigation

• Trademarks infringement
• Copyright infringement
• Patent infringement
• Trade secret claims
• Internet/domain name disputes and
• Unfair competition claims
• Licensing disputes

Other Services

• We've negotiated and settled disputes with nationally prominent corporations and organizations
• Our expertise also includes:  the worldwide protection, enforcement and strategic portfolio management of trademarks and copyrights, advertising law, sweepstakes design and deployment, all aspects of Internet law, entertainment law, music law, privacy, licensing, domain name disputes,  e-commerce, website development, creation and maintenance, and your general business and contractual needs.