Cleary Gottlieb understands that our clients’ most valuable assets are often their intellectual property, products and technology. We offer our clients the complete range of legal services for enforcing and defending, as well as commercializing, exploiting and acquiring, all types of intellectual property. As part of a leading full-service global practice, Cleary Gottlieb lawyers command the resources to address the issues that impact intellectual property throughout the world.
We have considerable depth in the full array of intellectual property rights, including patents, copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks. Clients in financial services, telecommunications, information technology, e-commerce, computer hardware and software, consumer products, media & entertainment, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and other industries rely on us to address their most important issues involving intellectual property rights.
Our intellectual property litigation and arbitration practice has lead clients to successful victories in a number of landmark cases in the field. Intellectual property disputes may be fought in multiple jurisdictions, and our global expertise gives us particular insight into international litigation and arbitration. We tailor our strategies based on our clients’ needs, and give practical advice with respect to asserting, defending against, or settling intellectual property claims.
Our intellectual property transactions practice handles complex business deals throughout the world. We have significant experience in structuring, drafting and negotiating transactions that include licenses; strategic collaborations and corporate partnerships; joint ventures; research & development agreements; manufacturing agreements; supply & distribution agreements; marketing & promotion agreements; outsourcing; and consulting and services agreements. We also advise clients, including private equity firms and investment banks, on the intellectual property and information technology aspects of mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, financings and public offerings. We employ a goal-oriented approach, and help clients prioritize among the many issues that arise during the course of negotiations.
We also serve as strategic advisors to our clients. For example, we help companies evaluate and manage intellectual property risks; provide strategic advice on intellectual property protection and enforcement programs; work with clients in the restructuring of intellectual property assets; and help guide companies through branding and licensing strategies.
Together with our complementary expertise in corporate, finance, tax, antitrust and restructuring matters, our intellectual property practice offers a seamless, integrated approach to anticipate and meet our clients’ diverse needs.