Kohrman Jackson & Krantz meets the needs of our clients in today’s changing technological environment. We counsel emerging businesses engaged in varied enterprises such as telecommunications and software development as well as established companies with their technology and web-related needs.
Our technology and intellectual property services include domestic and foreign patent licensing, trademark, copyright and trade secret protection and defense. But protection and defense of intellectual property assets is just a first step. We help our clients maximize the value of their IP assets through management, joint development, licensing and other strategic agreements as well as provide counseling and advice on privacy, data mining, taxation and outsourcing issues.
The services our technology and intellectual property attorneys have recently provided include:
- Securing trade secret protection against competitors’ historical claims while establishing long-term supply agreements
- Defending First Amendment political campaign rights against claims of trademark and copyright infringement
- Representing a private company engaged in multimedia compression, bandwidth streaming and distribution of video and audio over the internet
- Securing trademark, copyright and trade dress protection for cosmetic and spa product lines
- Representing an internet subsidiary of a publicly-held insurance company (an e-commerce agent exchange providing insurance products over the internet) in its formation and assisting with its initial financing
- Intellectual property estate valuation
- Advising universities with respect to procedures and policies for academic inventions and joint development with industry associations
- Securing state tax credits available to start-up technology companies and their investors.
- Advising a manufacturing company in the direct public offering of its stock over the internet
- Advising a software developer with respect to protecting and licensing its products
- Representing an internet start-up having a valuation in excess of $40 million in its formation and assisting it with its first and second rounds of financing
- Serving as securities counsel to a publicly-held provider of discount and on-line brokerage and related financial services
- Representing a public company engaged in the construction, financing and operating of wireless communication systems throughout the United States, and advising it regarding a three-party consolidation of telecommunications businesses valued at over $20 million
For more information about our technology and intellectual property practice, please contact
David R. Posteraro (216·736·7218 or
drp@kjk.com).