Areas of Practice

Business

• Overall Business Counsel and IP strategy, from start-up to exit.
• Review, Drafting and Negotiating of Various Commercial & Technology Transactions
• Establishing New Legal Forms and Companion “Playbook”
• Internal Documents
• Corporate Securities, VC Funding & M&A transactions
• Corporate Governance
• Employment
• Antitrust & Regulatory
• Pre-litigation Advice and Representation
• Litigation & Arbitration Representation*

Intellectual Property & E-Commerce

• Intellectual Property Audits/Due Diligence & Ongoing Defensive/Offensive Planning
• Patent Preparation & Prosecution*
• Freedom to Operate/Validity & Infringement Opinions*
• Inbound/Outbound Intellectual Property Licensing
• Sale & acquisition of IP assets (patents, technology, know how, etc.)
• Copyrights and Trademark Registrations
• Trade Secret Protection
• Unfair Competition
• Contract Drafting and Negotiation
• International Business Transactions

Go To Market Specifics

• Non Disclosure Agreements
• Assignment of Rights and Consultancy Agreements
• Independent Contractors Agreement
• Evaluation and Joint Development Agreements
• Permission to Use Agreements
• Hardware, Software Purchase and Suppliers’ Agreements
• Prototyping, Pilots and Beta Testing Strategies and Agreements
• Distribution and Resellers Agreements
• Product Packaging & Trademark
• Pre-launch & Launch Related Due Diligence and Compliance
• Shrink Wrap and Online Licenses
• Terms of services, Privacy and Security
• Advertising and Promotional Clearances

Academia & Research Transactions

• Technology Transfer
• Research Collaborations
• Sponsored Research Agreements
• CRADAs

Virtual In-House GC Program

• On-call Advice to Senior Executives
• Attending all Board Meetings (complimentary)
• Managing Ongoing Litigation & other Outside Legal Specialists
• Establishing and Organize New In-house Legal Departments
• Training and Supervising Staff Attorneys
• Legal & IP Training to Employees and Executives (complimentary)

* Via our Affiliates