We’re a Full Service Legal Team of Intellectual Property Attorneys
Call our team at 847-808-5500 to discuss your needs.
Providing Real Legal Support When Your Company Needs It.
With a team of attorneys focused on IP, backed by a proven practice management system, and a culture of client service, you’ll have a partner upon whom you can rely.
When you become a client, you get access to:
- A dedicated intellectual property attorney based in Chicago, ready to step in to resolve disputes and win cases in the most cost effective and efficient way possible.
- A team of attorneys with over 150 years of combined experience in the field, a phone call or email away for counsel.
- IP Management and intellectual property attorney services to Keep Copyrights, Trademarks, and more up to date, always.
- Our custom Practice Management system for easy organization and navigation of brand assets.
Ready to work with the IpHorgan team?
We Represent Ambition®
Multi-Industry Knowledge
Local & International Reach
Unique & Effective Perspectives
Well Versed in Digital & Online
We Serve Clients in Mass Consumer Markets and in Niche Industries.
We’ve represented ambitious small businesses looking to grow, as well as large multinational corporations, many of whom are household names.
Automotive
Consumer Electronics
Energy
Fashion
Food
Household Products
Healthcare
Leisure
Media
Music
Pharmaceutical
Power Generation
Professional Services
Publishing
Robotics
Software
Sanitary Ware
Transportation
A Proven Record of Case Wins and Out of Court Resolutions For Our Clients
Our best work is in the background by winning for our clients without ever going to court.
True mastery only comes with intense focus. That’s why we’re selective about the cases we take on. For that reason companies trust us as their go-to legal partner for trademarks, patents, and copyright.
Some of Our Recent Achievements...
- In recent years, we have appeared in cases before the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Texas, District of New Jersey, Central District of California, District of Delaware, and others.
- We made the winning argument in landmark TTAB decisions during 2021 and 2022.
- We made the winning argument in a precedential decision named one of the TTAB’s top 10 rulings of 2021
- For 2021, and 2022, we have on our resume successful decisions in Federal Courts from New Jersey to California
- We have secured famous mark status for our clients’ brands in China and India
Decided Attorneys
With a team of intellectual property attorneys in Chicago, we always have someone on hand. who is knowledgeable and experienced to address any particular problem.
Global Capabilities
We have a roster of counsel in over 200 jurisdictions, and have prosecuted over 70,000 overseas intellectual property cases.
We draw on that experience to provide creative yet practical advice and guidance.
Intellectual Property Essentials Covered with Ease
Trademarks and Trade Identities
We help businesses develop brands, secure registrations, maintain, and enforce trademarks.
Trademarks are words, signs, designs, colors, shapes, sounds, or smells that distinguish the goods or services of one company from those of others.
We can assist with the basics plus selecting elements to function as trademarks, exclusive ownership, maintaining registration and so much more.
Patents and Inventions
Patents protect the ownership of useful inventions that are new and not obvious to those skilled in the field.
We review inventions for patentability, draft and prosecute applications, enforce issued patents, and assist clients to navigate around others’ patents.
Copyrights and Audio-Visual Works
Copyrights protect original works of authorship in tangible form, such as literary writings, musical compositions, paintings, movies, and photographs.
We provide registration, assignment, fair use, licensing, and enforcement services to owners of copyrights.
Domain Names and the Internet
We can help you not only in the physical world, but also in the virtual one. We tackle issues on the world-wide-web, we assist with setting-up online stores, we take down scammers, we protect reputations and goodwill.
Domain names are where every website and email account lives online, making them extremely important assets to protect. .
Our attorneys tackle online fraud and abuse, and the technical aspects of managing domain names.
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
Trade secrets protect confidential information that is valuable to businesses. A trade secret is information that provides a competitive advantage and is not generally known or readily ascertainable, provided reasonable measures are taken to maintain its secrecy.
We regularly assist clients with the management of confidential information and trade secrets.
