Energy Intellectual Property

King & Spalding assists its energy clients with the development and strategic planning needed to handle patent and trademark prosecution and intellectual property litigation matters that stretch across country borders and continents, providing a consistent and thorough worldwide protection and enforcement strategy. The firm specializes in navigating the ever-evolving legal intricacies of information technology and e-commerce transactions in the energy sector. The firm regularly advises energy clients regarding the following:

• Proprietary software issues
  
  
• Protection of copyrighted materials
  
  
• Technology development agreements
  
  
• Security and privacy issues
  
  
• Trade secrets and protection of confidential information
  
  
• Electronic customer databases
  
  
• E-commerce trademark disputes
  
  
• Domain-name disputes and registration practices

King & Spalding also works with clients to initiate strategies and written policies to protect their corporate network systems and other information technologies. The group counsels clients on establishing policies in such areas as the storage of electronic data, network security and employee access to confidential materials. Clients regularly turn to King & Spalding for assistance with developing policies concerning confidentiality, noncompetes, intellectual property ownership and strategies for protecting valuable property.

Recognitions

• King & Spalding is recognized for its “first-class energy team” and ranks as one of the top energy and natural resources firms in the United States in the 2010 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
  
  
• King & Spalding is named one of the top energy and natural resources firms nationally (Chambers USA 2010).
  
  
• Chambers USA 2010 also named King & Spalding’s Intellectual Property Group as a leading practice.