Dan Ovanezian
Dan Ovanezian
is a partner with Womble Bond Dickinson. He has 20 years of experience in intellectual property law and is able to offer the right strategic counseling to his domestic and international clients seeking to protect and defend their intellectual property. Dan’s practice encompasses the entire patent life cycle, including mining and identifying patentable inventions and advising patent committees, conducting training seminars in IP matters, and prosecuting patent applications with the USPTO.
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Posts by Dan Ovanezian
How to Maximize the Validity of Your Issued Patent Portfolio
Companies that have a strong, diversified patent portfolio can establish themselves as key innovators within a particular field and secure a freedom to operate in that field. …
Trade Secrets: Intellectual Property Considerations and Guidance for Start-Ups
Trade secret holders must take reasonable precautions to maintain the secrecy of their secrets, such as keeping such information on a “need-to-know” basis. Companies should have clear …
Copyrights: Intellectual Property Considerations for Start-Ups
Copyrights protect original works of authorship. This gives a copyright holder exclusive rights to modify, distribute, perform, display, and copy the work. However, as with other forms …
Trademarks: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know about Securing and Protecting Trademarks
Trademarks protect distinctive marks, such as brand names, logos, and designs. This protection allows a trademark holder to exclude others from using the mark without permission of …
Intellectual Property Considerations and Guidance for Start-Ups: Patents
Intellectual property probably isn’t high on the to-do list for most new nonprofits and business start-ups. There’s plenty enough to do with setting up an …
The Bill Carpenter Story: The Path to a Granted United States Patent
We started working with California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA), a nonprofit serving as statewide administrator for the California Inventors Assistance Program (CIAP). The firm assisted Bill …
