Practice area
Intellectual Property & Trademarks
Ownership, protection, and licensing of what a company builds and the name it builds under: trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and technology agreements.
Software, content, data, product names, and know-how are often the most valuable things a company owns and the least documented. Avid Legal helps clients establish clear ownership of that intellectual property, protect it, and put it to work through licensing and commercial agreements.
The practice covers trademarks from clearance through federal registration and maintenance, and the confidentiality, invention-assignment, and contractor agreements that keep ownership of code and creative work with the company. On the transactional side, the firm negotiates enterprise software, SaaS, cloud, and data agreements and handles the intellectual property diligence, representations, and assignments that arise in financings and acquisitions.
Artificial intelligence raises its own ownership and licensing questions, and the firm counsels clients on intellectual property development and protection in that setting. Avid Legal’s attorneys are admitted in jurisdictions including Florida and New York.
Scope of work
What we handle
Practical legal support organized around the documents, decisions, and deadlines in this practice area.
Trademark clearance, federal registration, and maintenance
Trademark licensing, coexistence agreements, and brand transfers
Confidentiality, invention-assignment, and work-for-hire agreements
Trade secret protection policies and practices
Copyright registration and content licensing
Inbound and outbound intellectual property licensing
Enterprise software, SaaS, cloud, and data agreements
Intellectual property diligence, representations, and assignments in financings and acquisitions
Intellectual property questions raised by artificial intelligence
Who we help
Clients and matters
- Founders and startups establishing ownership of early work
- Software, SaaS, and technology companies
- Consumer, hospitality, and media brands
- Companies licensing intellectual property in or out
- Investors and acquirers evaluating a target’s intellectual property
Let’s talk about what you’re building.
Schedule a call to discuss your company, transaction, dispute, or ongoing counsel needs.