Business and Corporate Law

• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Businesses interested in licensing or acquiring intellectual property assets or participating in mergers and acquisitions often turn to Sterne Kessler to conduct IP due diligence prior to the transaction. We tailor our IP due diligence review of the asset to meet clients' specific objectives related to the transaction. Often, our IP due diligence investigation involves two steps...
• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
  Sterne Kessler helps clients identify and evaluate potential IP risks associated with business transactions. We assist clients with IP valuation, including evaluating how well IP assets are protected. We also analyze actual or potential IP liabilities and other impediments to unlocking the value in a target company's IP portfolio.
• Trade Secrets
  Whether it involves litigation under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, development of trade secret protection policy, or advice and counsel on non-disclosure and other agreements, our team can help you protect your trade secrets.
• Intellectual Property
  Therapeutic antibodies have become big business. More than 30 antibodies have been approved by the FDA for marketing, including multiple blockbuster biopharmaceuticals. Sterne Kessler helps clients operating in this space to carefully manage intellectual property issues, ensuring they navigate development hurdles and achieve ambitious financial objectives.
• Unfair Competition
  The ITC is a forum for resolving intellectual property disputes involving unfair competition in the import trade — including allegations of patent or trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets and violations of antitrust laws. The ITC conducts its investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. §1337 (commonly referred to as Section 337). These proceedings take, on average, 15 to 18 months and allow all parties to engage in full discovery. If the ITC determines Section 337 has been violated, remedies include an ITC order to the U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement to exclude the infringing articles from entry into the United States, as well as cease and desist orders that require the violating party to stop selling any infringing articles already imported into the country.
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Non-compete Agreement