Business Law & IP Attorney — Protect Your Business. Preserve Your Competitive Advantage.
Building a successful business takes years of hard work. We help business owners, entrepreneurs, and companies protect their investments, enforce their rights, resolve disputes, and safeguard valuable intellectual property. From contract and partnership disputes to trademark, copyright, and other business litigation matters, The Farber Law Firm provides strategic counsel and aggressive advocacy designed to protect your business and position it for long-term success.
Protecting what you built: contracts, ownership, brand, and ideas
Business disputes rarely stay small. A partner leaves with clients, a vendor stops performing, a competitor copies your brand, or a former employee takes confidential information. The first weeks often decide whether you can get an injunction, preserve evidence, and keep leverage.
We represent founders, family businesses, and established companies in contract and ownership disputes, restrictive covenant enforcement, trade secret claims, and trademark and copyright matters in Florida state courts, federal courts, and arbitration.
Where litigation is not the best tool, we negotiate, mediate, and draft agreements designed to prevent the next dispute.
What We Handle
- Trademark prosecution, enforcement, and litigation
- Copyright protection, licensing, and infringement litigation
- Intellectual property disputes and asset protection
- Breach of contract and commercial litigation
- Partnership, shareholder, and ownership disputes
- Non-compete, trade secret, and unfair competition claims
- Business torts and complex commercial disputes
- Contract drafting, review, and pre-litigation negotiation
Why Farber Law
Trial-Ready Strategy
Every matter is prepared for trial from day one. That posture is what drives strong settlements and clean wins.
Business-First Thinking
Litigation is a tool, not the goal. We protect your commercial outcomes, your brand, and your IP — not just your legal position.
Senior-Attorney Attention
David Farber stays personally involved on every engagement, so decisions move at the pace your business actually needs.
Key laws that shape your case
A plain-language summary of the statutes we apply most often. Rules can change and exceptions apply, so confirm how they affect your facts with an attorney.
Restrictive covenants
Florida enforces reasonable non-competes and non-solicitation agreements that are in writing, signed, and protect a legitimate business interest such as trade secrets or customer relationships.
Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Allows injunctions and damages for misappropriation of trade secrets. Claims generally must be brought within 3 years of discovery.
Lanham Act (trademarks)
Federal registration, infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition claims, plus USPTO and TTAB proceedings.
Copyright Act
Registration is generally required before suing for infringement of a U.S. work, and timely registration affects access to statutory damages and fees.
FDUTPA
Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act provides remedies for unfair methods of competition and deceptive business practices.
Contract limitations periods
Generally 5 years for breach of a written contract and 4 years for an oral contract, measured from breach.
- Written contract
- 5 years
- Oral contract
- 4 years
- Trade secrets (FUTSA)
- 3 years from discovery
- Copyright infringement
- 3 years
- FDUTPA
- Generally 4 years
- Injunction relief
- Act immediately
Deadlines depend on dates of loss, policy terms, and exceptions. Do not rely on this chart to calculate your deadline.
How your case moves
Business assessment
We review agreements, communications, and your commercial goals before recommending a path.
Protect and preserve
Demand letters, litigation holds, and emergency injunction motions where assets, data, or customers are at risk.
Negotiate or mediate
Many disputes resolve faster and cheaper through structured negotiation backed by a ready lawsuit.
Litigate or arbitrate
When needed, we try cases in state and federal court or before AAA and other arbitration forums.
Business Law & Intellectual Property FAQs
Are non-compete agreements enforceable in Florida?
Often, yes. Fla. Stat. § 542.335 enforces restrictive covenants that are in writing, signed by the person bound, reasonable in time, area, and line of business, and supported by a legitimate business interest. Courts may modify overly broad restrictions.
How long do I have to sue for breach of contract in Florida?
Generally 5 years for a written contract and 4 years for an oral contract under Fla. Stat. § 95.11, though contracts can contain notice provisions and dispute clauses that require earlier action.
Do I need to register my trademark?
Common law rights arise from use, but federal registration provides nationwide notice, a presumption of ownership, and stronger enforcement tools. A clearance search before launch can prevent costly conflicts.
A former employee took our client list. What can we do?
Depending on the facts, claims may include breach of a restrictive covenant, trade secret misappropriation under Fla. Stat. ch. 688, and breach of fiduciary duty. Fast action improves the chance of an injunction.
My business partner and I disagree about the company's future. What are my options?
Options include negotiated buyouts, enforcing the operating or shareholder agreement, mediation, and, when necessary, litigation for breach of fiduciary duty, accounting, or dissolution.
General information only, not legal advice. Laws change and every case is different. Contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Free, confidential case review.
Talk directly with David Farber. Many matters handled on contingency; fee structures may vary by matter and are set out in the firm's written retainer agreement.
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