Intellectual Property
Intellectual property is a tangible asset – and perhaps your most valuable one. Nothing is more powerful than a big idea – or more vulnerable if left unprotected. Consequently, we created our intellectual property practice to prevent the theft, loss and misuse of intellectual property. We foster the development of your brands, products, business processes and creative assets, enabling you to secure and realize their full value. Our intellectual property attorneys in Minneapolis wield deep experience in this high-stakes and highly complex area of law.
Working with new and established brands alike, our intellectual property lawyers focus on the development, documentation, protection and proper uses of intellectual property assets, including trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets. From patent defense to trademarks and copyrights, Hellmuth & Johnson’s intellectual property attorneys can help protect your business or idea from theft and misuse.
Our clients receive solid legal advice regarding IP creation, ownership, exploitation and revenue generation — whether through their own direct business activities, or licenses, assignments or joint ventures with others. Our IP attorneys in Minneapolis also provide due diligence and guidance in mergers and acquisitions related to intellectual property assets, as well as business deals between the target and acquirer or suitor.
Drawing on our transactional and litigation experience in IP matters, our intellectual property lawyers negotiate and draft agreements to proactively avoid misunderstandings, breaches and disputes. If a problem arises involving an intellectual property asset or agreement, we work closely with our clients to help evaluate options, then implement a plan to achieve the best possible solution. We also know how to resolve disputes in every forum, agency, panel, arbitration setting or courtroom. Your ideas are too valuable for us to offer you anything less.
News Items
- Alexandria Mueller Featured as a 2022 Next Generation Attorney
- Heidi Bassett Featured in Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Women in Law “Table of Experts” Panel
- Attorney Colman Sutter Joins Hellmuth & Johnson
- Entertainment Law Attorney Alexandria Mueller Discusses Spotify with WCCO Radio
- Alexandria Mueller Selected as Up & Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer
- Nick Kuhlmann Moderates Panel at Mitchell Hamline Annual IP Symposium
- Hellmuth & Johnson Names Heidi J. Bassett as Partner
- Alexandria Mueller Named a 2019 North Star Lawyer by the Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hellmuth & Johnson Receives Winning Final Written Decision In Patent Dispute
- Priceless Prince Photos Recovered Same Day Lawsuit is Served
Thought Leadership
- Attorney Spotlight: Colman Sutter
- What’s Protected by Trademark?
- Can I Trademark That? How to Conduct a Trademark Clearance Search
- Copyright Small Claims Board Opens Today
- Attorney Spotlight: Alex Mueller
- Received a Letter Demanding Money for Images Used on your Website and Threatening to Sue for you Copyright Infringement?
- Attorney Spotlight: Ray Bonnabeau
- Attorney Spotlight: Heidi Bassett
- Understanding Minnesota’s Face Covering Requirement for Performers
- Why Should I Register My Trademark?
Past Seminars
- Legal & Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2020
- 2019 Community Association Fall Seminar
- CLE: Millennials and Gen Xers Are in Your Jury – Are You Ready?
- 2019 Community Association Spring Seminar
- 2019 Community Association Spring Seminar
- Legal and Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2019
- Community Association Seminar Fall 2018
- Divorce Litigation from Start to Finish
- New Overtime Rules Seminar 2016
- Second Saturday Divorce Seminar
- Community Association Seminar Fall 2016
- Revocable Living Trusts from Start to Finish
- Entertainment Law
- Revocable Trusts from A to Z
- Business Decisions You Can Bank On
- Cyberliability Insurance Session
- Intellectual Property – Armor for Entrepreneurs
- Small Business Series: Wage and Hour Issues
- Mastering Fiduciary Accounting Income
- Small Business Series: Succession Planning
- Drafting IRA Trusts
- Proactive vs. Reactive: Charitable Giving Seminar
- 2017 Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference
- Small Business Series: Intellectual Property
- Community Association Seminar Spring 2017
- Trusts From A to Z
- 2017 Probate & Trust Law Conference
- What Can You Do With Property Nobody Wants?
- How Not to Get Sued
- Estate Planning: The Ultimate Guide
- How To Get It Done: A Homeowners Guide
- Accommodation Requests Under the Fair Housing Act
- Small Business Series: Business Banking
- Legal and Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2017
- Commercial RE Seminar: Environmental Due Diligence
- ABA Property Insurance Law Spring CLE Conference
- Community Association Seminar Spring 2018
- Preventative Maintenance & Const. Defect Claims
- Single Member LLCs
- Revocable Living Trusts 101
- Trust Taxation: The Ultimate Guide
- Legal and Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2018
- Intellectual Property: Start to Finish
- 2017 Greater Mankato MHA Conference and Trade Show
- Community Association Seminar Fall 2017
- Drafting IRA Trusts
- Small Business Series: Non-Competes & More
- Rochester Community Association Seminar 2017
- What’s Your End Game? Succession Planning
- Handling the Sale of a Business
- “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” Flooring Seminar