IP Licensing & Due Diligence

We have extensive experience assisting clients across a wide variety of industries in connection with IT sourcing transactions. We collaborate with our clients during the structuring and negotiation of their sourcing relationships in order to develop a customized and flexible contract structure designed to meet their objectives and then adapt as those objectives evolve. We work hard to understand our clients’ business priorities, corporate structure and culture, internal capabilities, and the overarching IT strategic plan or initiative. We draw upon the extensive experience of other practice areas within the firm, including labor and employment, litigation, privacy and data security, and tax, as appropriate.

We regularly conduct due diligence investigations related to IP assets for joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and other transactions. We work with the client to determine the appropriate scope of diligence review and analyze the target’s IP and related agreements to determine what the client will obtain and to evaluate associated risk. We negotiate IP-related provisions of merger and stock and asset purchase agreements, as well as transition services, IP assignments, licenses, and other ancillary agreements. When IP is collateralized, we negotiate the IP provisions of security and credit agreements and handle perfection and release of security interests in intangibles, including recordation of appropriate documents in the states, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and U.S. Copyright Office.

The strength of our dealmakers and the technical know-how of our IP lawyers, backed by the power of our litigation practice, have proven to be a successful combination for our licensing clients. Our attorneys build value through the licensing of IP assets, delivering strategic advice tailored to each individual contract, and addressing relevant domestic and international issues quickly and efficiently.