At Kohn & Associates, we assist our clients not only in effectively obtaining IP protection, but also in competently managing IP assets. We assist our clients in crafting comprehensive strategies that maximize the return on intellectual property assets, leveraging their value and minimizing unallocated risk. In conceiving of IP rights as business assets, we are able to construct agreements covering all types of intellectual property and proactively plan for changing circumstances, often beyond a client's control, such as interferences, foreign oppositions and development lifecycles.
Our extensive first-hand experience in managing complex licensing and business matters allows us to fully appreciate and address our clients’ internal and external business priorities. Our collaborative role positions us as seamless members of our clients’ teams - drafting deals that reflect business acumen and negotiating agreements in ways that encourage cooperation rather than controversy. Our experience also extends to negotiating settlements of disputes, advising clients on problems encountered in intellectual property transactions, and discussing policy considerations regarding inventorship, ownership and grant compliance.
Depending on client need, we are also fully capable of conducting analyses of patent validity, enforceability, infringement, and the scope and availability of competitive technologies in the context of a planned transaction.
Some of the licensing/business services we provide to our clients include: