Technology Transactions
Our Technology Transactions group leverages our technology experience, IP monetization success, business acumen, and transactional knowledge and experience to help our clients acquire, protect, enforce and monetize their intellectual property. If your business uses or develops intellectual property, the value of your IP assets and your entire business can be affected by how your technology transactions are structured. We can assist you to better understand your IP portfolio and strategically structure, negotiate, draft and implement technology-related agreements that will enhance and protect the value of your IP assets. In doing so, we frequently collaborate with our in-house Ph.D science advisors, financial analysts, and intellectual property litigation colleagues, who enjoy a national reputation as leading IP trial attorneys, and whose decades of experience litigating intellectual property matters help us anticipate and prevent IP-related risks.
We have extensive experience in all types of technology transactions, including strategic and adversarial licensing situations, commercial agreements involving significant intellectual property issues, and content and software licensing, sales and acquisitions, and we make sure to fully understand your business objectives and the technology before putting pen to paper. We also understand that even the least contentious discussions regarding a technology or intellectual property transfer require a complete understanding of the leverage imparted by applicable intellectual property laws, and we have industry-leading experience and judgment in assessing this leverage. Finally, the breadth of corporate transactions handled by attorneys in the Technology Transactions group gives us the perspective necessary to suggest alternative, and sometimes preferable, transaction structures to accomplish a desired outcome.
Our Clients
We have broad experience representing diverse clientele in technology and intellectual property-related transactions. We represent creators, investors and businesses of all sizes, from start-up to Fortune 500 companies, as well as universities and governmental entities. We have particular experience representing buyers, sellers, investors in and operators of intellectual property-driven businesses.
Our Experience
We regularly counsel our technology clients regarding:
- Patent and technology licenses, including in adversarial contexts
- Development, manufacturing, and commercialization agreements
- Intellectual property and technology acquisitions and divestments
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Financing of IP assets and technology companies
- Sourcing arrangements, including off-shoring
- Distribution, supply, and OEM agreements
- Content acquisition and management
- Software licensing
- Distributive media transactions
- Internet law and agreements
- Open source development and distribution
Selected Transactions*
Notable representative transactions include:
- Strategic alliances by Best Buy with leading providers of digital music, video and other digital content
- Supply, license, consulting and other agreements for Electrosonic Services
- Supply, license and other agreements for Dilithium Networks
- Complex supply and distribution agreements for modem manufacturer Multi-Tech Systems
- Resolution of third party infringement claims against various clients
- Negotiation of research collaboration agreements with major international pharmaceutical corporations
- Licensing and research collaboration agreements for a company commercializing university-developed IP in collaboration with foreign financing sources and technology partners
- Trademark license agreement with Bass Pro for Griffin International
- Patent license agreement with University of Minnesota for Ascir
- Engine supply agreements with Suzuki Motor for Arctic Cat
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