Licensing Intellectual Property

Our IP lawyers have substantial experience dealing with intellectual property matters (excluding patent filings) for Silicon Valley startup companies and other businesses alike. It is very important that startup companies handle their intellectual property issues carefully at inception. Moreover, startups and other businesses alike need to be diligent to protect their trademark, service mark, copyright, trade secret, and similar intellectual property rights. Sound IP license agreements are very important in meeting this goal of protecting intellectual property. If you will be doing business in the San Jose, Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area or anywhere in California, ask our attorneys how we can assist you in protecting your intellectual property or in facilitating your IP-based license agreements, whether individually-negotiated or related to the Internet.

Our lead IP attorneys have substantial depth in the licensing of intellectual property for high tech clients.

We are skilled negotiators in the licensing area and have negotiated significant licensing deals affecting key industries.

We advise on and prepare documents for software licenses of all kinds, including:

  • source code licenses
  • object code licenses
  • software beta test site
  • software site licenses
  • right-to-use licenses
  • bundling arrangements
  • end-user licenses
  • click-through licenses
  • joint venture strategic licenses
  • OEM licensing
  • university licensing
  • prototype development licensing
  • joint development licensing
  • software development and licensing

We are well-versed in advising on and documenting rights relating to derivative works, sub-license rights, protection of source code, allocation of joint rights and cross-licenses, and similar matters.

We are skilled in handling maintenance and support items relating to software licenses.

We are equipped to advise on and document R&D licenses for new and emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology.

We help with patent licensing as well.

And we help with license disputes.

We have the skill, depth, and experience to handle the full range of complex issues that can arise in this important area.
 

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