Companies often don't realize the negative impact of IP ownership problems until they are in the middle of due diligence for a fundraising round, an acquisition, or a strategic partnership. We'll review best practices for ensuring your ownership is correct before it can have a negative impact on your valuation or transaction. Join us to discuss:
- New employee documentation
- Employee handbooks, forms, and processes
- Checklist and procedures for departing employees
- Implementing innovation incentive programs
- Ownership of provisional patent applications
- Assignments of utility and design patent applications
- Assignment requirements for foreign patent applications
- Ownership of trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights
- and more
Our team of expert attorneys and staff have helped thousands of innovators navigate the complex worlds of startups, corporations, investors, and intellectual property. Our experience working in private practice and as in-house counsel for privately funded technology ventures gives us broad perspective to understand and serve your legal and business needs.
INTELLECTUAL STRATEGIES® and GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL STRATEGIES® are premier brands for strategic consulting and intellectual property management services.
With our guidance, you can make wise business decisions, guide investors and board members through complex transactions, establish and deploy IP policies and procedures, define and implement innovation strategies, and quantitatively align your portfolios with your business objectives.