IP & Technology
Ownership, licensing, and technology agreements for the assets your business depends on.
IP & Technology
Ownership, licensing, and technology agreements for the assets your business depends on.
IP & Technology
Ownership, licensing, and technology agreements for the assets your business depends on.
The product is yours. Is the work behind it?
A contractor built the first version. An employee added features. A customer paid for a custom change and now wants exclusive rights.
Before the next license, investment, or sale, you need to understand which rights the company holds and which it has promised away. We review the agreements and contributions behind the product, then help address the gaps that matter to the next decision.
The product is yours. Is the work behind it?
A contractor built the first version. An employee added features. A customer paid for a custom change and now wants exclusive rights.
Before the next license, investment, or sale, you need to understand which rights the company holds and which it has promised away. We review the agreements and contributions behind the product, then help address the gaps that matter to the next decision.
The product is yours. Is the work behind it?
A contractor built the first version. An employee added features. A customer paid for a custom change and now wants exclusive rights.
Before the next license, investment, or sale, you need to understand which rights the company holds and which it has promised away. We review the agreements and contributions behind the product, then help address the gaps that matter to the next decision.
Rights that support the business
Rights that support the business
Rights that support the business
Review founder, employee, contractor, and collaborator agreements. Address the transfer or licensing of software, designs, content, inventions, and other agreed work.
Review founder, employee, contractor, and collaborator agreements. Address the transfer or licensing of software, designs, content, inventions, and other agreed work.
Review founder, employee, contractor, and collaborator agreements. Address the transfer or licensing of software, designs, content, inventions, and other agreed work.
Draft and negotiate licenses, development agreements, subscriptions, support terms, and implementation statements of work. Connect the permitted use to the product and revenue model.
Draft and negotiate licenses, development agreements, subscriptions, support terms, and implementation statements of work. Connect the permitted use to the product and revenue model.
Draft and negotiate licenses, development agreements, subscriptions, support terms, and implementation statements of work. Connect the permitted use to the product and revenue model.
Address ownership, permissions, brand licensing, co-branding, and the use of creative materials. Identify registration or specialist filing questions when defining the work.
Address ownership, permissions, brand licensing, co-branding, and the use of creative materials. Identify registration or specialist filing questions when defining the work.
Address ownership, permissions, brand licensing, co-branding, and the use of creative materials. Identify registration or specialist filing questions when defining the work.
Review confidentiality agreements and the practical commitments around access, permitted use, return, and disclosure.
Review confidentiality agreements and the practical commitments around access, permitted use, return, and disclosure.
Review confidentiality agreements and the practical commitments around access, permitted use, return, and disclosure.
Examine contractual rights to inputs, outputs, training uses, data access, and third-party material. Connect those rights to the actual product and its intended uses.
Examine contractual rights to inputs, outputs, training uses, data access, and third-party material. Connect those rights to the actual product and its intended uses.
Examine contractual rights to inputs, outputs, training uses, data access, and third-party material. Connect those rights to the actual product and its intended uses.
Review IP and technology agreements in a financing, acquisition, or commercial partnership, including consent, transfer, exclusivity, and continued access after a deal.
Review IP and technology agreements in a financing, acquisition, or commercial partnership, including consent, transfer, exclusivity, and continued access after a deal.
Review IP and technology agreements in a financing, acquisition, or commercial partnership, including consent, transfer, exclusivity, and continued access after a deal.
Follow the rights through the agreements.
Paying someone to create work does not, by itself, answer every ownership question. Copyright ownership and transfers depend on the facts and applicable rules, including work-made-for-hire requirements and written transfers. U.S. Copyright Office, ownership and transfer and works made for hire.
We look at who created the work, under what arrangement, and what your company needs to do with it. The result should connect the legal rights to something concrete: selling the product, serving a customer, changing a provider, or completing a transaction.
Your agreed work may include:
An ownership and agreement review for specified assets or products.
Assignment, confidentiality, and development documents.
Drafted or negotiated license and subscription agreements.
Proposed terms for data access and use.
A list of consent, permission, or specialist review issues affecting a transaction.
We explain which rights are covered and which questions remain. A contract can allocate responsibilities between its parties, but the analysis also needs to account for rights held by others.
Follow the rights through the agreements.
Paying someone to create work does not, by itself, answer every ownership question. Copyright ownership and transfers depend on the facts and applicable rules, including work-made-for-hire requirements and written transfers. U.S. Copyright Office, ownership and transfer and works made for hire.
We look at who created the work, under what arrangement, and what your company needs to do with it. The result should connect the legal rights to something concrete: selling the product, serving a customer, changing a provider, or completing a transaction.
Your agreed work may include:
An ownership and agreement review for specified assets or products.
Assignment, confidentiality, and development documents.
Drafted or negotiated license and subscription agreements.
Proposed terms for data access and use.
A list of consent, permission, or specialist review issues affecting a transaction.
We explain which rights are covered and which questions remain. A contract can allocate responsibilities between its parties, but the analysis also needs to account for rights held by others.
Follow the rights through the agreements.
Paying someone to create work does not, by itself, answer every ownership question. Copyright ownership and transfers depend on the facts and applicable rules, including work-made-for-hire requirements and written transfers. U.S. Copyright Office, ownership and transfer and works made for hire.
We look at who created the work, under what arrangement, and what your company needs to do with it. The result should connect the legal rights to something concrete: selling the product, serving a customer, changing a provider, or completing a transaction.
Your agreed work may include:
An ownership and agreement review for specified assets or products.
Assignment, confidentiality, and development documents.
Drafted or negotiated license and subscription agreements.
Proposed terms for data access and use.
A list of consent, permission, or specialist review issues affecting a transaction.
We explain which rights are covered and which questions remain. A contract can allocate responsibilities between its parties, but the analysis also needs to account for rights held by others.
Related practices
Related practices
Related practices
FAQ
FAQ
FAQ
Yes. Tell us the next use or transaction you need the rights to support. A product description, contributor agreements, licenses, and any relevant customer commitments are useful background.
They address different rights. We can help determine whether the arrangement should grant specified uses, transfer ownership, or combine the two for different materials. The documents should make the scope and continuing rights clear.
Yes. We review the proposed use, access, service terms, restrictions, data provisions, and exit arrangements within the assignment. The order form and linked terms, as well as the main agreement, are useful background for that review.
Start with the issue and any response date. The demand and disputed material are useful background. IP & Technology Disputes addresses contested ownership, use, and technology relationships within the relevant scope.
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.