Brandon Griffith & Michael Nye
Practice Co-Chairs
Brandon Griffith and Michael Nye are Co-Chairs of Miller Johnson’s Intellectual Property practice group. Brandon C. Griffith focuses his practice on representing clients in business-critical protection, ownership, and enforcement of their intellectual property rights. Michael R. Nye focuses his practice on patents in computer and electrical technologies
Patents
Patents protect new and non-obvious inventions and give the holder of the patent the right to prevent others from making, using, selling or importing that invention for a certain period of time. Miller Johnson’s patent attorneys – all of whom are degreed engineers with both industry experience and over 30 years of combined experience practicing before the United States Patent & Trademark Office – counsel clients on a wide array of patent-related topics, including the protection and monetization of inventions across the world in various industries and technologies such as mechanical, electrical, computer, biotech, and business-related systems and methods.
Litigation
When a client is faced with a question concerning infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property – whether its own or that of a third party Miller Johnson’s experienced team is there to ensure the client that the client’s interests are aggressively pursued and defended.
Trademarks
Trademarks are distinctive names and logos that identify the source of a product or service and distinguish the product or service of one business from the product or service of another business. Miller Johnson’s attorneys counsel clients regarding the selection, adoption, registration, licensing, transfer and enforcement of trademarks, both domestically and abroad.
Copyrights
Copyrights protect creative and artistic works and give the copyright holder the exclusive right to reproduce such works for a certain period of time. Our team offers a full complement of services to protect rights in literary, musical, dramatic and artistic works. In addition to preparing and filing applications for copyright registration, Miller Johnson’s attorneys have substantial experience identifying unauthorized copies of copyrighted works.
Licensing
Businesses and individuals can monetize their intellectual property by licensing others to use it. Conversely, a business or individual may decide to obtain the right to use a third party’s intellectual property. Miller Johnson’s attorneys have many years of experience in negotiating licensing transactions.
Non-Compete and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Non-compete agreements can be used to protect against unfair competition, while Non-disclosure agreements can be used to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets. Miller Johnson has extensive experience in helping clients prevent their confidential proprietary information and customer relationships from being used by competitors.
Intellectual Property Practice Spotlight
Nicole Kryzhan is an attorney in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. A seasoned trademark and copyright professional specializing in domestic and international trademark clearance, prosecution, portfolio management, and enforcement matters.
