When Valuable Rights Are Contested
IP disputes can affect the ownership or viability of an entire business. The first task is to identify the commercial objective, preserve the evidence, understand likely defenses and determine the appropriate professional team.
Potential Matters
- Patent, trademark and copyright disputes
- Trade-secret and ownership disputes
- Licensing and technology-contract disputes
- Domain and digital-asset disputes
- Founder and business-partner IP matters
Business Strategy Matters
Winning a legal argument is not always synonymous with achieving the best business result. Cost, timing, available remedies, counterclaims, enterprise value and settlement alternatives should be assessed together.