Nashville Intellectual Property Lawyers
The brand, the content, and the know-how.
Most businesses own more intellectual property than they have protected. Our Nashville IP lawyers handle trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, and right of publicity, and they litigate IP disputes in the Middle District of Tennessee and the Sixth Circuit when protection turns into enforcement.
Transactional + litigation
The same team that registers and licenses your IP enforces it — from our office at 222 Second Avenue South.
What we handle
Trademarks
Clearance, flat-fee federal registration, TTAB proceedings, and Lanham Act enforcement.
Nashville trademark attorneysCopyrights
Registration, music and content licensing, termination and recapture, and infringement litigation.
Nashville copyright lawyersTrade secrets
Protection programs, confidentiality and invention-assignment agreements, and litigation under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and the Tennessee Uniform Trade Secrets Act (T.C.A. § 47-25-1701 et seq.), including emergency injunctions.
Trade secret litigationIP licensing
License, royalty, co-branding, and catalog acquisition agreements that monetize IP without giving up control of it.
IP licensingRight of publicity and AI
Tennessee's Personal Rights Protection Act, as amended by the 2024 ELVIS Act, protects a person's name, photograph, likeness, and voice. We advise on AI voice and likeness replicas, endorsements, and influencer agreements.
IP litigation
Trademark, copyright, trade dress, false advertising, and trade secret claims, from cease-and-desist through trial and appeal.
IP infringement litigationA note on patents
We don't prosecute patents. When a matter needs a registered patent practitioner, we coordinate with patent counsel and handle the licensing, transactional, and non-patent litigation side ourselves — so you get a straight answer about who is doing what.
Representative matters
Every matter depends on its facts; past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
UltraClear Epoxy, LLC v. Epodex USA Corp.
M.D. Tenn. 2024
Obtained a preliminary injunction in a trademark infringement matter.
Parker v. Hinton
6th Cir. 2023
Summary judgment affirmed on appeal in a copyright infringement case.
Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony/ATV Publ'g, LLC
6th Cir. 2012
Significant copyright termination and recapture case in the Sixth Circuit.
Your Nashville team
Attorneys in our Nashville office who handle this work.
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222 Second Ave. South, Suite 1250, Nashville, TN 37201. Shareholder-led from the first call.