Rylander & Associates PC is a firm of patent attorneys registered with the United States Patent & Trademark Office focusing on intellectual representation. We appear regularly before the Patent Office, the Trademark Office, the Copyright Office, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. We have attorneys licensed to practice in the State of Washington, the State of Oregon, and Washington D
C. We work with companies and individuals to protect their intellectual property in whatever form it takes, whether invention, unique look, unique logo or name, confidential information, creative expression, industrial design. We seek maximum asset value for our clients utilizing a strategy to create an umbrella of legal rights, including patents, trademark and trade dress registrations, copyright registrations, employment, shareholder, and/or third party contracts assigning work for hire ownership, protecting against unfair competition and providing for nondisclosure of trade secrets, assessing and drafting confidentiality control procedures for internal company operations, policing of licenses, review of corporate records for due diligence, and for annual IP audits as well as for mergers or acquisitions. We prepare and prosecute applications for patents, copyrights and trademarks domestically and internationally. We handle intellectual property suits in Federal courts, and appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board, and the U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. We provide counseling in the handling and licensing of trade secrets. We provide counseling regarding idea submissions and moral rights. We analyze your business for key revenue generating assets which can and should be protected , and we work to provide the best fit pragmatically, economically, and strategically.
