Intellectual Property Acquisitions

Experience

Representation of Pharmaceutical Companies

Representation of many pharmaceutical companies with licensing of products, acquisition and divestitures of assets.

IP Portfolio Development; Patent and Licensing Strategy

We worked with our client, a startup software company, to develop cost-effective strategies to optimize protection of core technologies, to analyze competitor patents for clearance and patentability issues, and to approach potential partners for licensing opportunities.

Research and Licensing Agreements

Our firm represented a large company in the automotive industry in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications related to numerous technologies in its IP portfolio, and in preparing and negotiating research agreements with universities. We assisted in implementing cost-effective procedures for conducting patentability analyses and patent preparation for a stream of invention disclosures.

Software Licensing and Use Agreements

Represented Standard Register in negotiating and preparing approximately thirty (30) software licensing and use agreements in 2005 and 2006, between Standard Register and its customers to use software owned by Standard Register.

Tech-Licensing Agreements for “Robot Combat League” Television Series

We provided counsel, analysis and revisions to multiple development agreements between our client, Smart Dog Media, (a production company) and a robotic engineering company which was developing robots and robotic technology for the television series, “The Robot Combat League,” currently televised on the Syfy Channel.