Transactions and Technology Transfers
Intellectual Property transactions are a key element in an organization's overall Intellectual Property strategy. Intellectual Property owners are now carefully examining their IP portfolios and entering into sophisticated and complex agreements to maximize the full potential of their Intellectual Property assets. Our approach to handling commercial transactions involving Intellectual Property emphasizes reliability and predictability and seeks to reduce, with an eye towards eliminate, the IP risk factor. From establishing international licensing agreements to providing superior merger and acquisition support, Catalina & Associates works with its clients to provide a wide range of specialized transactional services, including:
- Customizing corporate Intellectual Property strategies to achieve a consolidated and uniform standard throughout all markets
- Providing due diligence services in the U.S. and worldwide in relation to mergers and acquisitions, and other acquisition of Intellectual Property in general
- Perfecting transfer & ownership documentation
- Confirming ownership of patents, trademarks and copyrights
- Validation and Infringement analysis and opinions of all Intellectual Property
- Recording Assignments with the proper agency having jurisdictional oversight of the Intellectual Property at issue
- Registering security interests and/or their reversion
We also assist clients in evaluating whether they are taking the appropriate steps to protect their unregistered Intellectual Property assets, such as advising clients on employment and confidentiality agreements and policies specifically designed to protect unregistered Intellectual Property assets.
