Brooks Kushman doesn’t just help protect the intellectual property of our clients, we can help maximize its value as well. With the right strategic alliances, IP licensing agreements can allow companies to generate additional revenue, enter new markets, or even thwart competition.
We understand the importance of making IP licensing decisions that are in line with a consistent business strategy. Our IP licensing and transaction lawyers have an unsurpassed combination of business, technical, and legal experience that allows them to bring deep insights to their clients. Brooks Kushman has structured and negotiated a wide variety of arrangements that create significant new opportunities for our clients. We work alongside in-house legal and business teams through every step of the process to protect your rights, your technology, and your business.
Brooks Kushman routinely works with businesses of all sizes to provide draft agreements, negotiations, and strategic counsel and due diligence services to help clients leverage their own technologies, patents, trade secrets, and other portions of an IP portfolio. Our team of transaction and licensing attorneys regularly advise clients on:
Our team of transaction and licensing attorneys regularly advise clients on:
At Brooks Kushman, we believe that licensing decisions should be made within the context of a consistent strategy designed to maximize the value of the resources devoted to intellectual property development. We frequently provide draft agreements, negotiations, and strategic counsel to help clients leverage their own technologies. We have also helped clients structure efficient and effective agreements to obtain rights in new technologies from outside sources.
We also help clients structure efficient and effective agreements to obtain rights in new technologies from outside sources. Technology transfers and other grants of intellectual property rights can be extraordinarily complex, requiring a body of expertise ranging from due diligence investigations to the drafting of the transfer agreements. Our transaction lawyers know how to structure technology transfers in a manner that maximizes the benefits for our clients while limiting future liabilities after the deal closes.
Our team of transaction attorneys brings a level of business and technical experience that is unmatched in today’s marketplace. We work alongside our clients at every stage of the process—as they work with suppliers, co-developers, and customers—protecting their rights with our thorough knowledge of the law, the technology, and the business.
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Brooks Kushman Shareholder Chris Smith Re-Appointed to Vice Chair of IPO Licensing and Related Issues Committee
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