Focus Area
Intellectual Property
Companies, institutions, and entrepreneurs trust our Intellectual Property Team to protect, manage, and maximize the value of the brands, inventions, and creative works that define their business. Serving clients ranging from emerging ventures to nonprofit corporations to multinational businesses, we combine legal insights with practical solutions to safeguard IP assets, pursue market opportunities, and strengthen competitive advantage.
Clients turn to us for guidance on trademarks, trade dress, domain names, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and rights of publicity and privacy. We handle portfolio development, licensing and technology transfer agreements, and IP due diligence in transactions. Our work supports clients in industries such as life sciences, technology, healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, real estate, finance, sports, and entertainment, and includes real estate developers, retailers, cultural institutions, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, authors, and artists.
We collaborate seamlessly with in-house teams and colleagues across firm practice areas—including corporate, tax, employment, and litigation—to deliver practical, business-minded solutions. By blending the skills of transactional lawyers and litigators, we help clients manage risk, align their IP strategies with broader objectives, and position their businesses for long-term success.
We cover the full spectrum of transactional and counseling support, including:
- Portfolio management strategies for trademarks and copyrights.
- Licensing, transfers, and commercialization of IP assets, including technology and content licensing, distribution, and transfer agreements.
- Transactional support such as IP diligence, IP risk assessment, and negotiating IP provisions in M&A and other corporate transactions.
- Data sharing agreements addressing privacy, compliance, and the responsible use of information assets.
- Cross-border guidance for foreign businesses entering the U.S. market.
- Transactions involving creative industries and sports & entertainment, including public art installations, book publishing, and name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.
- Cross-disciplinary support that accounts for tax, employment, and other regulatory considerations associated with IP transactions.
Key Contacts
Andrew J. Ferren
Director, Washington, D.C.
aferren@goulstonstorrs.com+1 202 721 1144