Scope of the Intellectual Property and Technology Management Practice

ZLG's Intellectual Property & Technology group focuses on providing innovative and strategic advice on various intellectual property ownership and protection issues.  We understand that our clients’ intellectual property is often their strongest asset—one that can be used to differentiate from competitors and protected and leveraged to gain a competitive advantage.  We work with our clients to develop, register, and diligently protect the rights to their intellectual property and branding. Attorneys in our Intellectual Property and Technology group regularly handle a broad range of intellectual property and technology, including:

Trademark and Copyright Counseling

We provide our intellectual counseling services with a goal-oriented focus on value and quality. We spend the time up front to learn about your vision, market and technology so we can provide services and advice to protect our clients’ intellectual property as they grow and build and manage their brand and patent portfolios. We can provide assistance with:   

• Selection and Strategic Counseling

• Portfolio Management

• Due Diligence (buy-side and sale-side)

• Action Plan Formulation

• Privacy and Data Protection

• IP Audits

• Compliance

Trademark and Copyright Protection

The experience and knowledge of ZLG’s attorneys allow us to excel in providing support in the technical details of patent matters and leverage effective legal strategies to effectively protect the rights of our clients in their intellectual property. We are equipped to provide advice and services from a simple cease and desist demand to high-stakes matters in which success may be crucial to the survival of a company’s brand. Representative services include: 

• Trademark and Copyright Prosecution

• Trade Secret Protection

• Enforcement and Defense

• Infringement and Validity Studies

Scope of the Intellectual Property and Technology Development and Licensing Practice

ZLG's Intellectual Property & Technology group also provides experienced counsel and advise on intellectual property and technology transfer-related issues.  Unique and complex issues must be considered and addressed when a company is creating intellectual property for others or licensing its own to third parties. Whether our clients are creating intellectual property for themselves or others, we provide strategies and cutting-edge advice to help our clients achieve their goals and objectives.

Technology Transfer, Procurements and Transactions

ZLG attorneys handle information technology transactions, representing both the service provider side as well as the customer side, in complex technology-related deals and relationships. Our attorneys represent both customers and vendors across a wide range of industries, in matters including:

• Complex system procurement and implementation arrangements, including hardware, software and services elements

• Licensing of patents, trademarks, copyrights, software, trade secrets, and data

• Software as a Service (SaaS), application service provider (ASP), and hosting agreements

• Master services agreements, software and technology development arrangements, licensing, OEM and reseller arrangements

• Privacy and data security policies and procedures, internet and e-commerce agreements, and business process outsourcing agreements

• Joint development, joint marketing, joint venture, and strategic partnership agreements

• Support for technology and intellectual property aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and other general business transactions

• Negotiating and drafting licensing, product development, distribution, manufacturing and merchandising agreements.

• Copyright and Copyright Prosecution

• Trademark and Trademark Prosecution

• Trade Secrets