In today’s fast-paced global market, intellectual property is often one of the most significant assets of a company, and as such, intellectual property plays an increasingly critical role in commercial transactions. Drafting, negotiating, interpreting and advising on intellectual property agreements requires a special set of legal skills to effectively commercialize, exploit, secure, and license intellectual property rights. To ensure that you are capitalizing your IP to its fullest extent, Intellect Juris’s team closely work with the corporate attorneys on intellectual property transactions, not only regularly achieving clients’ business objectives, but also continually enhancing their respective skills when it comes to IP transactional matters. Scope of our services while handling a wide variety of transactional and licensing matters includes but not limited to:
- Assignments
- due diligence
- joint development agreements
- mergers and acquisitions
- joint ventures
- technology transfers
- employment and consulting contracts
- confidentiality agreements
PATENT TRANSACTIONS AND LICENSING
As IP issues increasingly drive many of today’s transactions, we have extensive experience counseling clients on patent issues implicated in a wide range of transactions, including:
- Licensing
- Assignments
- Due diligence
- Joint development agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Joint ventures
- Technology transfers
- Employment and consulting contracts
- Confidentiality agreements
TRADEMARK TRANSACTIONS AND LICENSING
We are well positioned to provide reasoned advise and counsel on trademark-focused transactions. We have extensive experience counseling clients on trademark issues implicated in a wide range of transactions, including:
- Trademark license and assignment agreements
- Coexistence and concurrent use agreements
- Intercompany licensing arrangements
- Domestic and multi-national mergers & acquisitions
- Joint ventures
- Franchise agreements
- Manufacturing and distribution agreements
COPYRIGHT TRANSACTIONS AND LICENSING
We have experience handling a wide variety of transactional and licensing matters involving all types of copyright issues in a wide range of businesses. Our copyright experience includes:
- Licensing
- Ownership agreements
- Assignments
- Due diligence
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Joint ventures
- Employment and consulting contracts
- Confidentiality agreement
TRADE SECRET TRANSACTIONS
We have experience handling transactional and licensing matters involving all types of trade secret issues. Our experience includes:
- Licensing
- Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
- Noncompetition employee agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Joint ventures
- Asset transfers
SOFTWARE LICENSING, E-COMMERCE AND OPEN SOURCE
Software licensing and maintenance is fundamental to doing business in today’s economy both for the developer of software and for end users. Acquiring and using the proper software tools entails a host of legal issues, which our lawyers are well equipped to handle. Intellect Juris’s team reviews, advises and negotiates a wide variety of agreements, including software development agreements, software licenses (both as licensor and licensee), maintenance and support contracts, joint ventures, and domestic and international distribution agreements.
Since nearly all of today’s business is conducted over the Internet, we also advise on e-commerce matters such as preparing terms and conditions, drafting privacy policies, and advising on applicable Indian and foreign legislation.
The firm’s lawyers help clients develop open-source policies, counsel and negotiate on licensing matters and assess the implications of open-source in proprietary environments.
We, at Intellect Juris effectively tailor transactional solutions to accomplish clients’ objectives, and help client to clearly understand the business/legal tradeoffs for any given solution.
