A 1989 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Francine is known for her stellar reputation as an upstanding Attorney, Francine brings you expertise as a business and intellectual property attorney, with a focus on copyright, trademark, publishing, book, social media, and business law. Intellectual Property Law, sometimes called IP Law, is an area of law that focuses on the creation, protection, and maintenance of intellectual property. You may learn more about Intellectual Property Law here.
She is active in leadership in the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section, currently serving as Vice Chair of the Committee on Ex Parte Trademark Relations. She is also Chair of the Terms of Use Subcommittee of the Copyright & Social Media Committee of the ABA.
Francine’s clients include small business owners, business entrepreneurs, and small business entrepreneurs. She helps you protect what’s yours – - your valuable content, your products and your services, as well as, your brand and business structure.
Explore the areas of law in which Francine specializes and then pick up the phone. Francine offers a no-obligation consultation to find out if her service fits your needs. Or fill out the contact form and Francine will email to set up a mutually agreeable time to chat.
COPYRIGHT LAW
A legal form of protection for an “original” work of art that has been reduced to a “tangible” form. Works, which can be protected by a copyright include books (including eBooks), articles, software, downloadable products, web content, video, speeches, visual art work, motion pictures, and CDs. What can not be protected by copyright are ideas, plain facts, material with no original content, book titles, names, phrases, slogans, procedures included in copyrighted work, material without the notice symbol published before March 1, 1989, and anything in the public domain. LEARN MORE ABOUT COPYRIGHT LAW SERVICES HERE
TRADEMARK LAW
A word, logo, design, phrase, sound, fragrance, or a combination of those items, which identifies the source of products and/or services. Trademarks provide both access to, and protection from a vendor, by making it easy for a consumer to know where to go if they want to purchase a product, or who to call in the event of a problem. Some examples of protectable trademarks are Golden Arches for McDonalds, APPLE for computers, Microsoft for computer software, Windows for operating systems, & the Law & Order theme song. LEARN MORE ABOUT TRADEMARK LAW SERVICES HERE
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BUSINESS FORMATION & CONTRACTS SERVICES
PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS AND BOOK CONTRACT NEGOTIATION SERVICES
ADVERTISING LAW AND FTC RULES ON ENDORSEMENTS & TESTIMONIAL SERVICES
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