IP & Technology Disputes
Disputes over ownership, confidential information, brands, and technology agreements, with the product and revenue in view.
IP & Technology Disputes
Disputes over ownership, confidential information, brands, and technology agreements, with the product and revenue in view.
IP & Technology Disputes
Disputes over ownership, confidential information, brands, and technology agreements, with the product and revenue in view.
The product is ready. Its ownership is in question.
A developer says the code belongs to them. You paid the invoices, but the signed agreement covers services and says little about ownership. Your next customer wants assurance that you have the rights to deliver.
We examine the agreement, contributions, assignments, communications, and product history. The immediate dispute may be about code. The business question is whether you can keep using it, selling it, and building on it.
That connection shapes the response. A negotiated license, a clarified assignment, a change to the product, and litigation carry different implications. We help you evaluate the available paths with the relevant facts in view.
The product is ready. Its ownership is in question.
A developer says the code belongs to them. You paid the invoices, but the signed agreement covers services and says little about ownership. Your next customer wants assurance that you have the rights to deliver.
We examine the agreement, contributions, assignments, communications, and product history. The immediate dispute may be about code. The business question is whether you can keep using it, selling it, and building on it.
That connection shapes the response. A negotiated license, a clarified assignment, a change to the product, and litigation carry different implications. We help you evaluate the available paths with the relevant facts in view.
The product is ready. Its ownership is in question.
A developer says the code belongs to them. You paid the invoices, but the signed agreement covers services and says little about ownership. Your next customer wants assurance that you have the rights to deliver.
We examine the agreement, contributions, assignments, communications, and product history. The immediate dispute may be about code. The business question is whether you can keep using it, selling it, and building on it.
That connection shapes the response. A negotiated license, a clarified assignment, a change to the product, and litigation carry different implications. We help you evaluate the available paths with the relevant facts in view.
The rights, records, and response
The rights, records, and response
The rights, records, and response
Examine who created the work, what the agreements say, and whether rights were assigned or licensed. Address disputes involving founders, employees, contractors, developers, and business partners.
Examine who created the work, what the agreements say, and whether rights were assigned or licensed. Address disputes involving founders, employees, contractors, developers, and business partners.
Examine who created the work, what the agreements say, and whether rights were assigned or licensed. Address disputes involving founders, employees, contractors, developers, and business partners.
Assess demand letters, disputed names and branding, priority, use, and the relevant products or services. Prepare responses and negotiate terms concerning continued use, changes, or resolution.
Assess demand letters, disputed names and branding, priority, use, and the relevant products or services. Prepare responses and negotiate terms concerning continued use, changes, or resolution.
Assess demand letters, disputed names and branding, priority, use, and the relevant products or services. Prepare responses and negotiate terms concerning continued use, changes, or resolution.
Review the work, claimed rights, permissions, agreements, and alleged copying. Assess the basis for asserting or responding to a claim involving software, content, or other protected work.
Review the work, claimed rights, permissions, agreements, and alleged copying. Assess the basis for asserting or responding to a claim involving software, content, or other protected work.
Review the work, claimed rights, permissions, agreements, and alleged copying. Assess the basis for asserting or responding to a claim involving software, content, or other protected work.
Identify the information at issue, who had access, measures used to protect it, and the evidence of disputed use or disclosure. Plan preservation and assess the need for prompt court relief.
Identify the information at issue, who had access, measures used to protect it, and the evidence of disputed use or disclosure. Plan preservation and assess the need for prompt court relief.
Identify the information at issue, who had access, measures used to protect it, and the evidence of disputed use or disclosure. Plan preservation and assess the need for prompt court relief.
Address conflicts over license scope, usage limits, payment, royalties, audit rights, service performance, termination, and access to data or systems.
Address conflicts over license scope, usage limits, payment, royalties, audit rights, service performance, termination, and access to data or systems.
Address conflicts over license scope, usage limits, payment, royalties, audit rights, service performance, termination, and access to data or systems.
Prepare demands, responses, pleadings, evidence, discovery, and settlement terms for the agreed scope. Assess the forum, urgency, and technical expertise the matter requires.
Prepare demands, responses, pleadings, evidence, discovery, and settlement terms for the agreed scope. Assess the forum, urgency, and technical expertise the matter requires.
Prepare demands, responses, pleadings, evidence, discovery, and settlement terms for the agreed scope. Assess the forum, urgency, and technical expertise the matter requires.
Trademark infringement and trade secret claims ask different questions. A trademark dispute can turn on likely confusion about source; trade secret protection includes whether reasonable steps were taken to keep the information secret. We examine the right being asserted before selecting the response. USPTO: trademark infringement and trade secret policy.
Trademark infringement and trade secret claims ask different questions. A trademark dispute can turn on likely confusion about source; trade secret protection includes whether reasonable steps were taken to keep the information secret. We examine the right being asserted before selecting the response. USPTO: trademark infringement and trade secret policy.
Trademark infringement and trade secret claims ask different questions. A trademark dispute can turn on likely confusion about source; trade secret protection includes whether reasonable steps were taken to keep the information secret. We examine the right being asserted before selecting the response. USPTO: trademark infringement and trade secret policy.
Preserve the evidence without losing the business context.
A source-code history, access log, version of an agreement, or record of permission can matter as much as the demand letter. We identify the relevant sources and coordinate with the people who understand the systems.
We also ask what depends on a resolution: a launch, funding, a customer contract, a sale, or continued access to a critical service. That gives the legal work a commercial purpose and helps you compare the cost of each option.
The agreed work may produce an ownership chronology, assessment of the claim, preservation plan, written response, negotiation terms, or an identified phase of proceedings. Technical investigation or expert work is defined separately when needed.
Preserve the evidence without losing the business context.
A source-code history, access log, version of an agreement, or record of permission can matter as much as the demand letter. We identify the relevant sources and coordinate with the people who understand the systems.
We also ask what depends on a resolution: a launch, funding, a customer contract, a sale, or continued access to a critical service. That gives the legal work a commercial purpose and helps you compare the cost of each option.
The agreed work may produce an ownership chronology, assessment of the claim, preservation plan, written response, negotiation terms, or an identified phase of proceedings. Technical investigation or expert work is defined separately when needed.
Preserve the evidence without losing the business context.
A source-code history, access log, version of an agreement, or record of permission can matter as much as the demand letter. We identify the relevant sources and coordinate with the people who understand the systems.
We also ask what depends on a resolution: a launch, funding, a customer contract, a sale, or continued access to a critical service. That gives the legal work a commercial purpose and helps you compare the cost of each option.
The agreed work may produce an ownership chronology, assessment of the claim, preservation plan, written response, negotiation terms, or an identified phase of proceedings. Technical investigation or expert work is defined separately when needed.
Related practices
Related practices
Related practices
FAQ
FAQ
FAQ
It states the sender's position. Assessment requires the claimed right, relevant facts, and available defenses. A short summary and any response date are enough to make contact. The complete letter and attachments and the disputed material are useful background for the assessment, which needs to account for the claimed use and requested remedy.
Identify where it sits and who administers those systems. We can address legal preservation and collection needs with your technical team. The scope of any forensic examination, access restriction, or technical remediation must be separately established.
Sometimes the parties want a workable license or clearer terms. We evaluate that possibility alongside the claim, your negotiating position, and what continued use would mean for the business.
Yes. IP & Technology covers the transactional work. A dispute may reveal ownership, licensing, or termination terms worth addressing in future agreements.
We identify the rights involved, the requested relief, the forum, and the work required. Individual matters are always fixed fee, with the agreed work or phase set out before we begin.
Your introduction to Cove
Start with a conversation about what you need.
If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.
Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.
Share what you’re working through or working toward.
Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.
Your introduction to Cove
Start with a conversation about what you need.
If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.
Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.
Share what you’re working through or working toward.
Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.
Your introduction to Cove
Start with a conversation about what you need.
If you decide to move forward, we’ll agree on the work and its fixed fee before we begin.
Have a particular matter in mind? Tell us about it.
Share what you’re working through or working toward.
Send relevant documents ahead of time so we can come prepared.