Brown McCarroll Attorneys at Law

Intellectual property transactions involve many different assets – from brands to literary works to technology. No matter what the focus of your transaction, it is most likely critical to your company’s success or to your personal future. Our attorneys understand the importance of intellectual property and are focused on helping you achieve your goals, whether through registrations and filings, an acquisition, commercialization, portfolio management or disposition. 

Technology Transactions and Licensing

Few companies can survive today without sophisticated technology. Whether you want to acquire, license or develop software, our attorneys are skilled at structuring and negotiating technology transactions and licensing agreements.

Our experience includes working with programmers on network design and development agreements; and drafting and negotiating software license, support and development agreements for licensees. We have done extensive work for end users, particularly health care provider organizations, to negotiate the development, licensing and purchase of complex enterprise-wide software and computer systems.

On the seller side, many companies today are realizing new revenue streams through the commercialization of their intellectual property. If you are a company or individual with software or other technology that is commercially viable, our attorneys can help you with all the legal aspects of commercializing and selling or licensing your intellectual property.

When technology presents opportunities for forming a new company, entering into a joint venture or creating a strategic alliance, our intellectual property attorneys work closely with our corporate and tax attorneys to provide you with comprehensive advice and long-term sound solutions. 

Copyright

A copyright can be worth thousands, and in some cases millions. You don’t want to take your copyrights for granted. We counsel clients on copyright registrations, licensing, transaction agreements, portfolio management and enforcement. Our clients include creators, owners and distributors of copyrightable materials, such as software, hardware, content, literary works, derivative works, music and recordings.   

Our objective is to help you maximize the value of your copyright rights, avoid costly disputes and achieve your goals.

Trademark

Your brand is one of the most important assets of your company. Trademarks protect your company from unauthorized use of your brand, but without the proper filings and management, you could leave yourself vulnerable to third party exploitation, possible dilution of your brand or infringement claims. Our attorneys counsel you on the best way to protect your brand.

We advise our clients on when it is in their business interest to seek trademarks, providing seasoned advice on clearance searches that identify the risks associated with using a mark.  And because we regularly review how marks and copyrights are used, we often can identify new opportunities for licensing and enforcement.

We prosecute trademark applications through to registration at the United States Patent & Trademark Office and Texas Secretary of State, manage trademark portfolios, search and clear trademarks, draft trademark agreements, help you monitor for unauthorized use of your trademarks, and litigate in cases of trademark infringement.