Cislo & Thomas LLP is a highly specialized law firm with offices in West Los Angeles, Westlake Village, Santa Barbara, and Lakewood/Denver, addressing intellectual property matters, particularly patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. The services that we provide include clearing intellectual property, establishing rights in intellectual property, licensing intellectual property, and defending or bringing infringement suits for misappropriation of intellectual property. We use our proprietary IPCC® system for transactional work involving intellectual property and our LCC™ approach for litigation services involving intellectual property disputes.The attorneys at Cislo & Thomas LLP also keep up to date on the complex and constantly changing privacy compliance laws and regulations and can assist you in all aspects of your data protection and consumer privacy compliance needs.

IPCC® Intellectual Property Cost Control® Transactional Legal Services

For our transactional intellectual property services, we use a process driven by a cost-effective system called Intellectual Property Cost Control (IPCC®). This system enables us to provide strategic, high-quality IP protection and management while keeping costs predictable and efficient. Through IPCC®, we streamline filings, track deadlines, and ensure that clients receive personalized, business-oriented solutions tailored to their specific goals.

Some of the typical types of intellectual property law services we provide include:

Patents – We prepare, file, and prosecute patent applications both domestically and internationally, covering a wide range of industries and technologies. Our team helps clients protect their inventions, conduct prior art searches, manage portfolios, and strategically leverage their patent rights for competitive advantage.

Trademarks – We assist in selecting, clearing, registering, and enforcing trademarks in the U.S. and abroad. Our attorneys provide guidance on brand protection strategies, opposition and cancellation proceedings, and monitoring programs to safeguard valuable brand assets.

Trade Secrets – We counsel clients on identifying, protecting, and enforcing trade secrets, including drafting confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, implementing internal protection policies, and responding to potential misappropriation or breach incidents.

Copyrights – We register, license, and enforce copyrights for creative works such as software, marketing materials, written content, designs, and audiovisual media. Our team advises on ownership issues, fair use, and digital content protection under U.S. and international copyright law.

LCC™ Litigation Cost Control™ Litigation services

For intellectual property litigation matters we provide the same high quality approach to resolving disputes concerning patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition using our Litigation Cost Control™ or LCC™ methods:

IP Litigation

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Litigation Cost Control (LCC)

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