Practice Areas

Sabety +associates, PLLC advises an international clientele in the following areas:

Patent, Trademark and Copyright Prosecution and Opinions:

Sabety +associates, PLLC has procured patents over computer security inventions, nano- structured materials, media measurement software processes and fashion industry trademarks around the world. The firm has also advised major media companies about patent rights related to content distributions technologies and digital rights management. Our experience drafting, filing and procuring patents provides informs the litigation practice and vice-versa. We know what to look for when evaluating IP as well as what to look for in a new technological offering to find IP that can be protected. We speak your language.

Media, Copyrights and the Internet:

Sabety +associates, PLLC has extensive experience in the intersection of Copyright law, Internet distribution technologies and encryption technologies. Ted Sabety worked on the Napster, Grokster and MP3.com cases early in the internet music age. Ted also drafted the first major label sound recording distribution deal for EMI Recorded Music, Inc. Our experience in the music and entertainment business advantageously intersects with our experience in the digital technology fields.

Software Procurement and Licensing:

In addition, clients call on the firm to advise on and negotiate complex technology transaction agreements, whether development, acquisition or licensing. Our business experience in the technology and electronic media fields intersects with the digital technology background to provide you with insight and ability to structure and negotiate software technology deals that raise issues involving patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret law, and further, privacy law, consumer protection and data security.

Information Technology and Enterprise Software Procurement:

Sabety +associates, PLLC has represented major media companies negotiating enterprise data infrastructure and services agreements with the largest computer industry vendors. Our experience with computer architecture and software informs the tactics of negotiating procurement contracts with major computer software, SAAS and IT services businesses.

Intellectual Property/Patent Litigation:

Sabety +associates, PLLC engages in a broad range of IP litigation, including disputes over patents, trademarks, software licensing and copyrights. The firm litigated and won a patent ruling for Destiny Media Technologies on Summary Judgment, affirmed by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Yangaroo v. Destiny, 720 F. Supp. 2d 1034 (E.D. Wi. 2010), aff’d 412 Fed. Appx. 305 (Fed. Cir. 2011). The advanced technological background intersects with the legal experience to provide an advantage in a litigation: the patented technology is not a black box, but rather is something that can be addressed.

Trademarks and Branding:

We have represented fashion industry leaders around the world in their pursuit of establishing brand protection and expanding their markets world-wide. Our network of law firms around the world provide the ability to establish global branding.

Intellectual Property Strategy, Valuation and Sale:

We have valued and sold IP. We have advised investors on the IP position of potential investments. We understand how financial algebra works, how risk affects valuation and how real options involving intellectual assets can provide value.

 

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