Criminal Law

• Sex Crimes
  We all know what defamation is. Often it is in the news when one celebrity claims that another celebrity said something false about them. One of the better known cases is between Bill Cosby and a number of women over allegations of rape. Defamation has lots to do with hurting someone's reputation and although we are most acquainted with cases between two people it can also happen between two businesses. If a first business damages the reputation of a second business then the second business may have a cause of action against the first business. The cause of action is not called Defamation but "Trade Libel".

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
• Intellectual Property
  Here in the United States you must use your mark in commerce else it will be considered abandoned and your competitors may seek to have it cancelled. The reason for this is that trademark law serves to protect consumers and marks that appear and then reappear in commerce is confusing to the consumer and also prevents other businesses who may want to make more effective use of the mark from doing so thus harming the interests of consumers. This stands in contrast to other forms of intellectual property law such as patents and copyrights which serves more to protect the creator of the patent or copyright.
• Unfair Competition