Brown & Blaier, PC / Business law

Intellectual property
attorneys.
Protect what you build.

Your brand, creative work, technology, and confidential information can be central to your business. Brown & Blaier helps companies develop, protect, and commercialize those assets through intellectual property counseling and transactions.

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Understand the assets

What is intellectual property?

Intellectual property concerns legal rights in creations, brands, inventions, and certain business information. Different rights address different assets, and more than one form of protection may matter to the same product or business.

Copyrights

Rights in original creative expression, including qualifying software, written content, photographs, and audiovisual works. Explore copyright protection

Other rights

Patents and rights of publicity may also be relevant to a business. Our firm does not practice patent law; we can recommend a patent attorney when that work is needed.

A business-centered approach

What do intellectual property
attorneys do?

IP decisions often begin before a launch and continue as a company expands, licenses its products, or prepares for a transaction. We focus on the business relationships and legal documents that connect an asset to the company using it.

Our transactional intellectual property work includes development and monetization. We help clients consider ownership, permitted use, registration, confidentiality, and the rights they need from employees, contractors, and business partners.

From an idea to an operating business

Development: build protection
into the business.

Brand development

We evaluate proposed brands, conduct trademark clearance work, and assist with applications and portfolio planning. Protection strategies may include domestic and international registrations and recordation of eligible registered marks with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements

We prepare and review confidentiality terms for employees, contractors, prospective partners, and transactions. The agreement should address the information being shared, its permitted use, and the parties’ responsibilities.

Intellectual property protection strategies

We help identify the IP a business relies on and consider how trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related agreements work together. Ownership records and protection priorities should reflect the asset’s role and commercial value.

Development and ownership

Software and other development projects raise questions about pre-existing materials, new work, licenses, and delivery. Addressing these terms early can reduce uncertainty when a product is launched, financed, or sold.

Licensing and transactions

Monetization: put the rights
to work.

Licensing and distribution agreements

We represent businesses negotiating how intellectual property may be used, distributed, and commercialized. Scope, territory, exclusivity, payment, quality control, and termination should align with the intended business model.

Technology transfers

Our work includes transactions for licensors and licensees involving technology rights, licensing models, and IP portfolios. We consider the legal terms alongside the client’s business plan.

IP in business transactions

Joint ventures, acquisitions, and software-development arrangements call for diligence into ownership, licenses, restrictions, and obligations. We help connect those findings to the proposed transaction documents.

A starting point for your IP strategy

How can we help?

We advise businesses in software and technology, renewable energy, telecommunications and internet services, consumer products and retail, media and entertainment, and cannabis, hemp, and CBD. The work is tailored to the asset, industry, and proposed use.

Describe what your company creates or sells, who created the relevant materials, and the transaction or launch you are planning. Keep trade secrets and other sensitive details out of an initial inquiry.

Before you get started

Questions we hear.

Can several types of IP protect one product?

Yes. A product may involve a trademarked brand, copyrighted materials, and confidential know-how. The appropriate combination depends on the asset and the requirements for each type of protection.

Can you help with IP licensing?

Yes. We assist with licensing, distribution, and technology-transfer agreements, including the rights granted, commercial terms, and what happens when the relationship ends.

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Related legal services.

Trademark attorneysCopyrightTrade secretsTechnology contracts
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behind your business.

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