Transactional

Intellectual property rights are property rights; They can be bought, sold, licensed and leveraged such as with security or financing agreements.  As a result, there are significant options for intellectual property owners when seeking to optimize the value of their intellectual property.  Intellectual property issues are involved in most mergers and acquisitions, technology transfers, Confidential research and development agreements (CRADA), Partnerships, Joint venture agreements, Licensing agreements, and even in everyday employment agreements.  As a result of the value of a company’s intellectual property assets, the careful review of otherwise standard transaction documents is critical to the long term company success.