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Driving business deals

Intellectual property can fuel business deals — or it can thwart them if rights are neglected or mismanaged. The value of innovations can grow through well-considered licensing agreements. But one wrong step can diminish the value of technology and, with it, an entire transaction.

The technology transactions and licensing team at Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig understands these risks. That’s why we put our deep understanding of technology and legal principles behind our work for our clients, helping them maximize the value of their intellectual property. Our objective is to give our clients a competitive advantage in an increasingly crowded market.

Our experience with technology transactions and licensing

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig’s technology transactions and licensing team represents clients across a variety of fields and disciplines, including universities, hardware companies, and emerging tech companies. For example, our law firm has:

  • Guided software companies in licensing their SaaS products while maintaining both registered code copyright protection and trade secrets rights in source code
  • Advised and represented a biotechnology company on licensing technology and patents from universities and government entities, negotiating contracts and securing patents and trademarks
  • Represented a large national university in protecting and securing intellectual property rights for electronic medical records system for a private sale of the multi-hospital system to a private company
  • Represented federal government entities in intellectual property registrations and licensing matters
  • Represented large national patent portfolio holders in licensing technology to third-party infringers
  • Defended defense articles manufacturers in licensing disputes
  • Represented and advised technology clients on overseas manufacturing agreements and U.S. distribution agreements

Our intellectual property team consists of technologically savvy lawyers with knowledge of Oracle APEX, Node.js and HTML, Java, and Agular, among other software systems. Our lawyers have also earned advanced degrees in biotech and hold their own patents in fields as diverse as nanoparticle technology and medical devices. Our licensing and transactional lawyers work closely with our patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secrets lawyers, as well as with our litigation team, to provide counsel and guidance throughout deals and to handle any disputes that arise.

What we do

  • Advise clients on how to protect their technology, data, and intellectual property
  • Negotiate strategic alliances, joint ventures, collaborations, and outsourcing agreements
  • Draft inbound software and technology licensing agreements
  • Assist clients in all forms of technology transactions, including buy-side and sell-side and mergers and acquisitions
  • Complete due diligence of intellectual property portfolios to prepare for closings
  • Conduct internal intellectual property audits

Partner

Charles Cantine

Partner

Joseph (Joe) Diamante

Partner

Thomas Dunlap

Partner

William Flachsbart

Partner

S. Claire Gibson

Partner

Robert Greenspoon

Partner

Dubs Herschlip

Partner

David Ludwig

Partner

Jennifer Morris

Partner

Team

Rafael Bultz

Associate

Daniel Davis

Associate

Bryan Latham

Associate

Alexander Jonathan Brittin

Of Counsel

Laura A. Genovese

Of Counsel

Chadwick D. Rogers

Of Counsel

Jason Witten

Of Counsel

Jeffrey Lippman

Senior Associate

Mark Magas

Senior Associate

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Intern Program

As part of our effort to recruit, develop and retail the best and brightest attorneys, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig offers a summer intern program for promising law school students who are looking to work as part of an innovative and incredibly successful team. With a global team of lawyers, selected candidates are able to work on high level projects in a collaborative space.

Paralegals and Legal Support Staff

At Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig, our team of paralegals and staff work together collaboratively along side our attorneys toward a common goal. We have created a positive work environment where our paralegals and legal assistants work to successfully reach firm-wide goals and support each other to combine individual strengths to enhance team performance. They regularly assist our attorneys with organizing and maintaining files, conducting legal research, and preparing documents.