Technology

As the recent economic boom-and-bust cycle made clear, success in the high-tech marketplace requires more than a great idea. Protecting that idea, understanding its true potential and managing its application are equally important – and they are steps that should be considered from the very earliest stage of development.

Assisting our technology clients to develop, protect and market intellectual property is a component of our firm's growth-companies practice. We advise clients in all aspects of the technology development and commercialization process, representing them in contracting throughout the technology development lifecycle; technology in-licenses and acquisitions; trademark, service mark and trade secret protection; and intellectual property disputes.

Primary Services:

• Contracting, including confidentiality, consulting, license, testing/evaluation, material transfer, technology development, escrow, VAR, OEM, maintenance, installation, marketing and distribution, joint venture, collaborative/sponsored research, corporate partnering and other agreements for technology clients, along with in-license agreements for technology consumers
  
• Trademark and service mark matters, including strategic portfolio development, prosecution, maintenance, licensing, and enforcement
  
• Corporate transactions, including acquisitions of and venture investments in technology firms
• Dispute management, including protection of intellectual property by demand, litigation, injunctive procedures, administrative proceedings and otherwise

Additional Services:
In addition to advising technology clients, our technology practice supports Smith Anderson's other practices to benefit our clients, including tax, commercial, environmental, employment and government regulation, and all aspects of commercial dispute resolution, including litigation.

Our Clients:
Our clients represent a range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and computer hardware and software