Welcome to Alderman IP, A Specialized AV- Rated Intellectual Property Boutique Firm.
With 40 years of cutting-edge legal experience, Alderman IP is a partner for strategic and comprehensive intellectual property counsel, and is frequently consulted by other law firms for assistance with complex intellectual property, technology, content and media matters.
We help guide and advise high-end clients in the development, protection and monetization of their intellectual property, whether in technology, media or the arts. Working with software, web and multimedia companies, funded startups, sports teams and established performers and creators, we leverage and optimize the value of our clients' IP assets, regardless of media or technology.
Centrally located in Washington, DC, we work with clients both nationally and around the globe. While most of our business is referral-based, we welcome the opportunity to assist new and returning high-quality clients as well as general counsel of companies with complex IP cases or matters.
Founded by a Former General Counsel.
The firm is founded by former general counsel Elliott Alderman, who has wide-ranging legal experience in private practice as well as policy-drafting expertise from work at the U.S. Copyright Office and the Department of Justice. The firm is AV Preeminent® rated and has received Martindale-Hubbell’s top Platinum Client Champion award, which recognizes attorneys who have received ten or more client reviews with an average score of 4.5 (out of 5), or higher (an honor received by less than 1% of attorneys).
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Intellectual Property
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Copyright
- Technology transactions
- Credit Cards Accepted
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Federal Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- English: Spoken, Written
- American University
- J.D. (1982) | Law
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- Super Lawyers Rating
- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers (the top 5% of attorneys) who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
- AV Preeminent(R) Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- The highest peer rating standard. This is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.
- Client Champion Platinum
- Martindale-Hubbell
- At least 10 reviews and a score of 4.5 or higher (out of 5). Fewer than 1 percent of attorneys qualify for this award.
- Client Champion Gold
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Award for excellent client service.
- International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Sports and Entertainment Law
- Who's Who Legal
- This peer-nominated publication features the most highly regarded practitioners in the world, in a variety of practice areas.
- District of Columbia Bar
- Member
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- U.S. Supreme Court Warhol Foundation Decision on Copyright Fair Use
- Maryland Bar, Maryland Bar Journal, Volume 5, Issue 2, p. 50
- Copyright Liability of States and the Eleventh Amendment
- A Report of the Register of Copyrights (legislation based on this report holding states liable for monetary damages in copyright infringement suits was subsequently signed into law by then-President Bush)
- Copyright Questions, Outlook Section p. C6 (June 7, 1998) (GATT restoration and copyright term extension)
- Washington Post
- The Return of the Native Product: Supreme Court Will Analyze Reach of Copyright Owner’s Importation Right
- Legal Times Intellectual Property Supplement
- Copyright Issues: Be Careful With Older Artwork
- DC Bar Arts, Entertainment and Sports Law Newsletter
- Website
- Website
Intellectual Property Issues in the Sports Arena
Empathy and the benefits of working with a boutique intellectual property law firm.
Empathy and the benefits of working with a boutique intellectual property law firm.
Intellectual Property as a business asset. Steve Maggi, Esq., & Elliott Alderman, Esq.
Intellectual property as a business asset.
Intellectual Property in Sports-What role does it play? | Eliott Alderman |The Priggya Arora Show 38
Intellectual Property, Sports and Technology
PARC Expert Discussion: Emerging IP & Technology Issues in Sports & Entertainment Law
Legal and Technology Issues in the Sports Vertical, Including NFTs, Sports Technology and Name, Image and Likeness Issues
The intellectual property issues of launching a US business.
The intellectual property issues involved in launching a US business.
What is intellectual property? Steve Maggi, Esq., & Elliott Alderman, Esq.
What is intellectual property?
