Intellectual Property

Our Intellectual Property attorneys are experts in strategic intellectual property planning to achieve a favorable competitive position and for a variety of business transactions. Whether in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, licenses, consent agreements, structuring intellectual property holding companies or the IP assets of international transfer pricing transactions, our attorneys provide clients with strategic counsel on the best ways to structure intellectual property ownership to maintain valid rights, while at the same time maximizing value and satisfying business and tax requirements.

We also work with clients seeking to use intellectual property as collateral for loans or securitizations, and situations in which a trademark's use will be split between unrelated business entities. In instances where trademarks are subject to long-term licenses, we help clients avoid inadvertent losses due to bankruptcy disaffirmance.

We conduct audits of our clients' IP rights, and we perform due diligence investigations regarding the IP issues involved in acquisitions and in secured financing transactions.