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"We help businesses start, grow, and prosper by providing strategic business counsel, preventing and resolving difficult problems, and protecting and defending intellectual property and other business interests.”

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From artistic, entrepreneurs, and small businesses to well-established brands and global corporations, our representation is uniquely tailored to our clients' specific sizes and needs.  

  • Business Entity

  • Contracts

  • Trademarks

  • Copyrights

  • Trade Secrets

  • Business Counsel

  • Regulatory Compliance

  • Dispute Resolution

  • Online Enforcement

  • Defamation

  • Litigation

PRACTICE AREAS
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PRACTICE
AREAS

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GENERAL BUSINESS NEEDS

From contracts to regulatory compliance, and from employment issues to due diligence, we assist businesses of all sizes by providing high-quality legal counsel. 

LITIGATION

When litigation is unavoidable, we represent clients of all sizes in state and federal courts across the U.S. in enforcing and defending their rights. 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Intellectual property includes some of the most critical and valuable company assets. Securing, protecting, and enforcing these assets (including trademarks, copyrights, patents, publicity rights, and trade secrets) is key to any long-term business success. 

ONLINE ENFORCEMENT

Stopping online piracy and infringement is oftentimes vital to a company's competitive survival.  We employ a variety of legal actions and mechanisms to ensure unlawful conduct is addressed as expeditiously as possible. 

ENTERTAINMENT

Artists and entertainment companies need assistance with a variety of contracts, intellectual property rights, and regulatory issues.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

From advertising and marketing issues, to FTC, FDA, and FCC compliance, business regulatory issues abound.

OUR VISION

EXPERIENCE 

 The firm offers decades of legal experience successfully helping clients with the following legal needs:

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  • ​General Business Needs

    • Drafting and Negotiating Contracts (independent contractor agreements, distribution agreements, employment agreements, MSAs, influencer agreements, etc.)

    • Terms and conditions

    • Privacy policies 

    • Distribution agreements

    • Material transfer agreements

    • Operating agreements

    • Employment agreements

    • Master service agreements

    • Licenses and Assignments 

    • Entity Formation

    • Operating Agreements

    • Partnership Agreements

    • Data Privacy Needs

    • Data Breach Disclosure Requirements

    • Regulatory Compliance

    • FTC Investigations​

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  • Business Litigation 

    • Breach of contract disputes​

    • Employment disputes

    • Partnership disputes

    • Deceptive trade practices

    • Breaches of fiduciary duty

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  • Trademark Clearance, Prosecution, & Portfolio Management

    • Knockout and comprehensive clearance searches

    • Brand standards, style guides, enforcement procedures for internal business use

    • State and federal registration of word marks, logos, slogans, product packaging marks, and product design marks

    • Worldwide trademark portfolio management

    • Bespoke global domestic and international brand-enforcement strategies ​

    • Licensing, franchising, co-branding, and coexistence agreements

    • Due diligence for M&A transactions 

 

  • Trademark, Copyright, and Patent Litigation 

    • Infringement lawsuits in state and federal courts

    • TTAB proceedings, including ex parte appeals, oppositions, and cancellations

    • Counterfeit goods lawsuits with ex parte asset restraints

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  • Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, and Deceptive Trade Practices

    • Identification and Protection of Trade Secrets

    • NDAs and Confidentiality Agreements

    • Non-Competes

    • Fraud Litigation 

    • Unjust Enrichment Litigation 

    • Violations of federal and state unfair competition statutes and common law

 

  • Cybersquatting

    • UDRP and URS proceedings

    • Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act Litigation

    • Cease-and-Desist Letters

 

  • Copyright Protection and Enforcement

    • Registration of Complex Software Code

    • Registration of Compilations

    • Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Compliance and Litigation

    • Visual Artists Rights Act (“VARA”) Protection and Litigation

    • Termination Rights under Copyright Act Sections 203 and 304

 

  • Entertainment Agreements and Disputes

    • Publishing Agreements

    • Recording Agreements

    • Talent Releases

    • Location Agreements

    • Audiovisual Licenses

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  • Advertising and Online Policies

    • Advertising copy review and claim substantiation

    • Comparative advertising

    • Contests and sweepstakes

    • Sponsorship agreements

    • Terms and conditions

    • Privacy policies

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 The firm's attorneys have assisted hundreds of businesses and obtained millions of dollars in judgments and settlements​.u thin and give us feedback in the Wix Forum.

ATTORNEYS

*TESTIMONIALS*

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Madeline Zephyr
CEO, Begin Health, Inc.

"Working with a readily responsive, extremely able counsel who goes above and beyond to obtain results in a budget-firendly manner is a refreshing contrast to the big law firms that are more interested in billable hours than helping your business." 

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Patrick Lockman
SVP, Mon Ami Real Estate

"Trademark law is its own beast, and

so having an attorney that can explain, in simple and easy-to-understand terms, all of the nuances of trademark law is invaluable." 

CONTACT

CONTACT

LIGHTHOUSE 

 LAW GROUP

ADDRESS

127 W Hargett St Ste 301

PMB 456

Raleigh, NC 27601

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Email: admin@lighthouse-lawgroup.com
 

 

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