Intellectual Property
THE REALITIES OF THE CURRENT MARKETPLACE REQUIRE ONGOING PORTFOLIO MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION
In today's rapid-paced corporate environment, portfolio maintenance and protection are critical. At A.H., we offer I.P. services designed to evaluate and protect your I.P. portfolio while also building it or strategizing for future application. We implement the proactive approach to technology transactions and I.P. asset protection that our clients sometimes struggle to prioritize on their own.
In evaluating, strategizing, and building your I.P. portfolio, we can help you at every step of the way, including processes involving:
- Patents
- Copyrights
- Trademarks
The A.H. team is deeply versed in trade-secret advisement, trademark registration services, and more. We're positioned to help you through the complicated processes of I.P. asset protection, management, and advisement. Our team's breadth of experience will enable you to consider how, when, and where to file the necessary I.P. registrations to protect your brand on a domestic or global scale.
In addition to perfecting the required patent, trademark, or copyright registrations, A.H. can assist you in enforcing your rights in the event another party infringes on your I.P. ownership. We often work with emerging companies that are enjoying increasing success. As their value increases, so do their I.P. asset protection needs. We're here to ensure these protections, and more, are in place by offering resources, advice, and counsel to your growing corporation on a day-to-day basis.
OUR ATTORNEYS ARE EXPERIENCED IN ALL PHASES OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
IP protection and management are also critically important technology transfers. Through the course of your developing and implementing your IP strategy technology transfers, we can assist you with multiple arrangements that include:
- Assignments
- Licensing Agreements
- Strategic Alliance Agreements
Given the fluidity of I.P. in the marketplace, we have developed expertise in negotiating and structuring licensing, technology transfer agreements, and corporate acquisitions in which technology owned or to be developed by the parties is an important element of the transaction.
We also assist our clients with proprietary information protection in the workplace avoid loss through employee departures or even industrial espionage. We often work with our clients to create compliance and employee training programs to avoid the loss, theft, or misappropriation of proprietary information.
Our IP-focused practice positions us to represent diverse clients in mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions of companies with valuable intellectual property rights. We employ key strategies in guiding tech-based companies that deal in computer software (including SaaS), AI-based software, electronics, and biomedical industries. Our team also offers I.P. asset protection expertise for defense contractor companies, apparel companies, consumer products companies, and retailer companies.