In today’s global marketplace, the management, protection and control of intellectual property is a high-stakes matter in any business. When faced with infringement of its intellectual property or issues related to the valuation of intellectual assets, companies and their counsel need access to experienced professionals who bring deep expertise in addressing these critical issues. Our experts assist clients in bringing successful resolution to complex IP issues that significantly impact organizations.

Selecting the right team is crucial to successfully navigating challenging and critical intellectual property and licensing issues. Our team provides innovative solutions, and accurate and comprehensive answers to meet highly sensitive deadlines. Our experts have extensive experience providing testimony in state and federal courts and international and domestic arbitration on these issues. We are free from audit-based conflicts of interest, are highly experienced, and bring a proven track record of exceptional service. We perform detailed, thorough and fact-based analyses to provide objective advice for each unique situation.

Our Intellectual Property Services Include:

Licensing Advisory & Compliance

• Investigate accounting irregularities
• Develop and support licensing strategies and evaluate approaches
• Assist in drafting accounting and financial terms of license agreements
• Assist licensors to manage, monitor and control license portfolios
• Perform royalty and license compliance audits
• Recommend improvements across the entire licensing process to enhance future compliance (for both licensors and licensees)

Valuation & Strategy

• Value all types of intellectual assets for disputes, transactions, strategic planning, transfer pricing and compliance purposes
• Provide accurate and comprehensive analysis of the economic benefits derived from all types of intellectual assets
• Analyze relevant markets, competitors and comparable transactions

Intellectual Property Litigation

• Quantify economic damages resulting from breach of license agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets and infringement of patents, trademarks and copyrights
• Assess factors in seminal court cases such as Panduit, Georgia-Pacific, Lucent and others, when determining lost profits, unjust enrichment and reasonable royalties
• Analyze information relevant to revenues, costs and cost savings, profits, capacity, alternatives, demand, price erosion, unjust enrichment, profit apportionment, comparable licenses, FRAND obligations for standard-essential patents, commercial success, quantum meruit, market definition, anti-competitive conduct, injunctive relief and diminution of value
• On license agreement disputes, investigate issues related to compliance with contractual provisions and review and analyze the royalty base and royalty payments
• On matters involving the theft of trade secrets, collect, preserve and analyze electronic evidence
• Provide privileged consulting and expert testimony

A&M professionals bring decades of experience in providing IP services across a variety of industries, including:

• Aerospace
• Agriculture
• Arts / entertainment
• Automotive
• Biotechnology
• Chemicals
• Computer hardware and peripherals
• Computer software
• Consumer products
• eCommerce / internet
• Electronics
• Financial services
• Healthcare
• Hospitality
• Life sciences
• Manufacturing
• Medical devices
• Military equipment
• Mining
• Pharmaceuticals
• Oil and gas
• Semiconductors / integrated circuits
• Telecommunications