Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind. This complex topic covers many different legal areas. With decades of experience in IP law, Marie Breaux can help clients to protect, manage, and leverage their creative and business assets. Marie provides strategic counsel in trademark, copyright, and intellectual property portfolio management, with additional services in litigation support and mediation.
Your brand is one of your most valuable assets. Finding a trademark not already in use by someone else often seems like panning for gold in a rushing river. Marie has extensive experience in helping clients find brand identifiers that won’t be refused by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or draw objections from competitors or other third parties.s, and the foundational concepts of copyright law. Marie excels in explaining complex legal matters and untangling the hardest IP problems her clients face.
From books, photographs, and other works of art, to software and product packaging, creative works are also valuable assets. Marie helps clients find the right legal protection for their creative works. She also helps clients navigate rights clearances for projects that involve the use of pre-existing works made by others, and NIL/publicity rights.
Marie helps clients acquire and manage their intellectual property assets. This includes acquisition due diligence and risk management assessments.
Conflict over IP rights is inevitable. Marie helps clients find a sensible solution when these conflicts arise. She utilizes the best tool for the job, from cease and desist letters to representation at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, to a coordinated program of policing for counterfeit and pirated goods. She also provides support to client trial teams to optimize outcomes in federal court litigation.
Marie has served as an expert witness on various copyright and trademark matters, both testifying and consulting. She has also acted as a mediator in IP-intensive disputes.