We work with our clients to build value and defend market share while respecting that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Intellectual Property
Strategic Management of IP Assets
- We help our partners identify, structure, negotiate and close IP deals involving all manner of IP assets.
- We help you understand what to protect and why and how to protect it — all anchored in your product and market strategies. We work with patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, computer code, design rights, plans, prints, and all IP in between.
- Our alliance with Nolte Intellectual Property Law Group (www.nolteip.com) affords our clients access to a wide range of domestic and international patent procurement services.
IP/Technology Licensing and Commercialization
- We help our partners identify, structure, negotiate and close IP deals involving all manner of IP assets.
- We help you understand what to protect and why and how to protect it — all anchored in your product and market strategies. We work with patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, computer code, design rights, plans, prints, and all IP in between.
- Our alliance with Nolte Intellectual Property Law Group (www.nolteip.com) affords our clients access to a wide range of domestic and international patent procurement services.
IP Diligence Programs
- Buying a business? Do you understand the IP you will be receiving? Is it worth what you are paying? What surprises await you?
- Want to know what your competition is up to? Do you want to know what IP your potential partners own?
Internal IP training programs.
- Employees generate IP. Motivate, train and reward their performance.
- And if they leave, keep your IP from walking out the door.
- What to search for; when to search for it; and when to get an opinion. Managing IP risks is a function of planning and execution, not happenstance.
- You are at that tollgate where you have to spend real money on a program. Understand the IP implications of where you are heading and how that might impact your ROI.
- You just received a notice of possible IP infringement – what now?
Risk Management / Landscape Studies
What Our Clients Have to Say
“Many lawyers can document and execute a complex transaction – Jeff goes above and beyond because he understands the interface between business and law and frankly, thinks like a businessman, which many lawyers do not do.”
John Baechle
Former CEO RJF International, Inc.
“Bright, committed and artful – a natural extension of our team that always drives value.”
Philip D. Brennan
CEO, Echogen Power Systems
“Jeff and Mark have a clear passion for working with owners of privately held businesses like me.”
Philip C. Hodge
Former Owner & President Imaging Science & Services, Inc.
“Jeff and Mark helped me transition my business, my life’s work, to new ownership with the same care, energy and emphasis on doing right by all parties that I used in building my business.”
Philip C. Hodge
Former Owner & President Imaging Science & Services, Inc.
“Jeff delivers pragmatic business solutions that make a deal happen. His sophistication, presence and talent and those of the team he put together and managed were more than a match for the team of lawyers from a national firm that our private equity buyer used in the deal. I highly recommend Jeff. You will be well served.”
John Baechle
Former CEO RJF International, Inc.
“Beyond being strong legal technicians, they possess a demonstrated feel for business and the ability to build and strengthen the relationships that drive a deal.”
Philip D. Brennan
CEO, Echogen Power Systems
