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Do you have an intellectual property rights problem?

  • Are your intellectual property rights being violated in a foreign market?

  • Have you registered your intellectual property (copyright, patent, trademark, etc) in the foreign market where the violation is occurring?

  • Are counterfeit or pirated products which violate your intellectual property rights being sold in the United States or in another country?

  • Have you registered your patent or trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office?

  • Have you registered your copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office?

  • Have you recorded your U.S. trademarks or U.S. copyrights with U.S. Customs?

  • Are you unable to register the patent, trademark, or copyright with a foreign government? Are similar trademarks, patents, or copyrights registered in that country?

  • Have you trusted a foreign government with your intellectual property and has it passed your business confidential information, technology, or trade secrets on to a local company without your permission? Is the local company now your main competitor?

  • Is a foreign government not helping your agent, distributor, or wholly-owned subsidiary to stop a violation of your trademark, patent or copyright's violation?

  • Is your patent, trademark, or copyright being used illegally in a foreign market?

  • Is your patent, trademark, or copyright protected under international law (the World Trade Organization's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property - TRIPs, the Berne Convention, or the World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO)?

  • Is your trademark considered a famous mark?

  • Do you have documentation or other proof of the patent, trademark, or copyright violation?

  • Are you unable to register the patent, trademark, or copyright with a foreign government? Are similar trademarks, patents, or copyrights registered in that country?

  • Have you trusted a foreign government with your intellectual property and has it passed your business confidential information, technology, or trade secrets on to a local company without your permission? Is the local company now your main competitor?

  • Is a foreign government not helping your agent, distributor, or wholly-owned subsidiary to stop your trademark, patent or copyright's violation?

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