Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP intellectual property and technology transactions attorneys counsel clients in all aspects of acquiring, protecting, and enforcing intellectual property rights and in the development and commercialization of technology products and services. Our clients range from entrepreneurs and startup companies that are introducing cutting-edge products to mature technology providers and well-established companies at the forefront of leveraging technology in their industries.

Core Competencies

• Trademark, copyright, patent, and trade secret counseling
• IP portfolio strategy and management
• IP protection, registration, and enforcement
• IP Audits
• IP Due Diligence
• IP Freedom-to-Operate
• IP litigation, including multi-million-dollar licensing, ownership, and infringement disputes
• Complex licensing and intellectual property transfer agreements
• Content and brand licensing (copyright, trademark, patent, database, data, and visual content)
• Technology and software acquisition and divestiture transactions
• IP and technology-focused mergers and acquisitions
• SaaS and cloud-based software services agreements
• Software-licensing, end-user, and click-wrap licenses
• IT equipment, software, and hosting services procurement agreements
• Joint development agreements
• Mobile app privacy policies and terms of use
• Website policies and agreements (privacy; end user terms of use and terms of sale)
• SaaS and application service provider agreements
• Software and website development agreements
• Data collection and privacy issues

Patent Prosecution

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP has a team of experienced registered patent attorneys engaged to understand your products, technologies, and business goals. Our attorneys have decades of collective practice experience in the Denver area with companies of all sizes. The DGS patent practice encompasses life sciences, computer and software, machine learning and artificial intelligence, telecommunications, optics, oil and gas, chemistry, medical devices, and electrical and mechanical engineering.

The focus of the DGS patent practitioners is on creating value in our clients’ patent portfolios. They work closely with technology transactions attorneys to coordinate prosecution to US and international business and litigation strategies. The team is well versed in a full suite of services, including procurement, prosecution, patentability, due diligence, freedom-to-operate, and strategic counseling. We also routinely negotiate technology transactions and license agreements, conduct due diligence concerning patent assets in mergers and acquisitions, and provide opinions on various patent matters.

Litigation

DGS has a team of experienced trial attorneys who are regularly called upon to assist clients from a variety of industries to protect their IP assets. The firm’s trial-tested attorneys zealously represent our clients’ interests at trial, administrative proceedings, and arbitrations, as well as during settlement negotiations. Their extensive experience and ability to collaborate with DGS’ other IP attorneys allow them to efficiently and effectively prepare cases for trial and to develop creative solutions to favorably resolve matters.

Representative experience

• Management of trademark and patent portfolios and related domestic and foreign prosecution activities for a worldwide leader in advanced advertising technologies and a leading aviation OEM component manufacturer.
• Represented clients in complex commercial contract transactions involving large equipment manufacturers, health-care organizations, cable, energy, satellite, and telecommunications companies.
• Resolved numerous trademark and service mark infringement disputes.
• Represented plaintiffs and defendants from various industries in litigation, administrative proceedings, and trials related to the acquisition, protection, and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
• Represented clients in the divestitures of intellectual property.
• Represented clients in various industries in cybersecurity, data breach, and risk management matters.
• Represented clients in the freedom-to-operate of a number of chemical formulation-based products.

Industry focus

• Aerospace
• Aviation
• Biotechnology
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Manufacturing
• Cleantech
• Consumer Products
• Electronics
• Entertainment
• Hardware
• Health Care
  
• Hospitality
• Higher Education (Tech Transfer)
• Internet
• IT Services
• Manufacturing
• Medical Devices
• Natural Resources
• Pharmaceuticals
• Software – Enterprise, SaaS, Cloud, and Mobile Apps
• Telecommunications