Chicago Intellectual Property Attorneys
Forrest L. Ingram, P.C.
We are a full-service intellectual property law firm able to assist clients in all areas of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets and computer law. Our Firm has experience in both litigation and transactional matters. We serve clients throughout Illinois and nationwide in the following areas:
- Patent and copyright applications
- Patent investigations before the International Trade Commission
- Patent and copyright infringement litigation in federal court
- Trademark registration and litigation
If you are an individual or business that creates, invents, or discovers new ways to do things, we can help you to benefit from and safeguard your creations by developing and protecting your intellectual property rights. As skilled Chicago Intellectual Property Attorneys, we can help you put together an intellectual property portfolio through trademark, copyright, and patent applications and, if need be, will defend your interests through litigation or alternate dispute resolution.
We are a small firm concentrating primarily in the areas of intellectual property, civil litigation, and business reorganizations — areas that sometime interconnect. Recently, our firm settled a difficult 2001 copyright infringement case being litigated in the U.S. District Court in Chicago. Though the terms of the settlement are confidential, our client Passport Software, Inc., was very pleased. The case also involved claims of trade secret misappropriation and violations of the Lanham Act.
Our Firm currently represents Callpod, Inc, a growing American concern developing protectible devices in the area of wireless conference call technology, in an investigation before the International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., as well as in a patent infringement action before the U.S. District Court in Chicago. Our Firm’s patent attorney, Patrick F. Lambe, assists in the litigation and prosecutes new patents for creative companies such as Callpod, Inc.
If you or someone you know needs the assistance of a talented Chicago Intellectual Property Attorney, call Forrest L. Ingram, P.C. today at 866-655-3726, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.
Practice Areas and Legal Definitions
Intellectual Property:
Intellectual property involves the rights of ownership of ideas, inventions, trade secrets, processes, programs, data, formulas, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trade dress, service marks or trademarks, the application or registration (referred to as copyright, patent, trade dress, trade secret, trademark or intellectual property law) and the legal or illegal use of this property. The four main types of intellectual property are trademarks, patents, trade secrets and copyrights.
Intellectual property is the unique and non-obvious product of human intellect that has at least some marketplace value. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), intellectual property is divided into two categories: 1) Industrial Property: including inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and 2) Copyright (Library/Artistic Property): including literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, text and images on a World Wide Web (WWW) site, architectural designs, scientific publications, and artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, as well as performing artists in their performances, producers of recordings, and broadcasters in their radio and television programs.
Trademark:
A trademark can be a logo, name, symbol, or device used to differentiate a product or service of one trader (or commercial entity) from that of another. It protects brand identity; e.g., McDonalds' golden arches. Trademark protection can be renewed as long as the mark is in use.
Patent:
A patent is the grant of right to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing an invention or discovery, including new and improved products and processes. Patents can be registered in foreign countries and last for 20 years. If the patent expires, the exclusive rights to make, use, sell or import the invention or discovery are lost.
Trade Secret:
A trade secret (covered by state rather than federal laws) includes formulas, patterns, devices or any compilation of data that gives a company a tangible advantage over its competitors; i.e. Coca Cola's formula for its soft drink.
Copyright:
A copyright is protection granted to authors of original authorship such as literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, and computer software, as well as performing artists in their performances, producers of recordings, and broadcasters in their radio and television programs; i.e. the creators of your favorite music CD, movie, or computer game have a copyright on their work. Copyrights last for the life of an author plus 50 years.
If you or someone you know needs the assistance of a talented and vigorous Chicago Intellectual Property Attorney, call Forrest L. Ingram, P.C. today at 866-655-3726, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.
If you or someone you know needs the assistance of an energetic Chicago Intellectual Property Attorney, call Forrest L. Ingram, P.C. today at 866-655-3726, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.
ADDRESS OF THE FIRM:
Forrest L. Ingram, P.C.
79 West Monroe, Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60603
Telephone: 866-655-3726
Fax: 312-759-0298
MEMBERS OF THE FIRM:
Forrest L. IngramEDUCATION:
- Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL (BA, 1962, MA, 1963)
- University of Southern California (MA, 1965; Ph.D., 1967)
- Gemeinte Universiteit te Amsterdam (B.D., 1970)
- IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law (J.D., 1981)
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- U.S. District Court,
- Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. Supreme Court
- CBA
- ISBA
- ABI
- ATLA
- Law Review
- Bar & Gavel Award
- Dean’s List
Patrick L. LambeEDUCATION:
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, Civil Engineering, 2003)
- Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 2006)
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- U.S. District Court
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
- ISBA Member
- Chicago Intellectual Property Colloquium Fellow, 2005
- President, Intellectual Property Legal Society, 2004-2005
- Giles Sutherland Rich Patent Moot Court competitor
- Dean’s List, CALI Award in Advanced Copyright
- London Comparative Advocacy Program participant
- Circle of Advocates and Honors at Entrance Scholarship recipient
Peter L. BerkEDUCATION:
- Illinois Wesleyan University (BS, Psychology, Bus.Adm., 1997)
- Loyola University School of Law (JD, 2001)
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- U.S. District Court
- ISBA
- CALI Award for highest grade in Legal Writing
- Staff Editor, Consumer Law Journal
- Staff Writer, Blackacre (law school newspaper)
- Dean’s list; member of Psy-Chi (psychology honor society)
- First violinist in Civic Orchestra
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