Trusler & Associates, PLLCLicensing, Contract & Transactional
Drafting and negotiating contracts and licenses can be a daunting and sometimes financially crippling and professionally embarrassing process for those involved in such business deals without the guidance of legal counsel. Many businesses and individuals enter into such deals under the mistaken assumption that such matters are simply standard business practice and are not adversarial in nature. In most business situations, however, this myth is a trap for the unwary. Simply put, businesses and individuals must take steps to make sure that their rights are protected legally and that they are getting what they are paying for.
The Law Offices of Cristi Ray Trusler, PLLC offers valuable experience in structuring and negotiating transactions involving the licensing, transfer, distribution, development, and protection of the intellectual property and technology rights of clients. Having the benefit of experienced legal counsel throughout the drafting and negotiation of contracts and licenses allows our clients to manage negotiations as a process instead of an event and can often save clients substantial time and money over the life of a transaction. Part of our objective is to add value by anticipating and dealing with legal issues in a manner designed to provide our clients with useful tools for realizing their own operational and economic goals while simultaneously and strategically meeting the needs of all parties involved in a transaction. Investing in and utilizing legal counsel as a guide from the very beginning of the drafting and negotiation process through the termination or expiration of a license or contract, not only provides clients with invaluable insight into the legal ramifications of such transactions and their strategies, but also provides clients with a buffer throughout the life of the transaction.
In short, our goal is to assist our clients in effective and efficient customization and negotiation of well planned, clearly communicated contracts and licenses. Such contracts and licenses should ensure the rights, remedies and flexibility needed by each individual client and place that client in the most secure and most favorable of circumstances.
Our licensing, contract and transactional practice is prepared to assist clients with drafting and negotiation of the following types of transactions:
- Intellectual property licenses which focus on building and exploiting brand equity
- Employee, independent contractor, and inventor agreements
- Teaming and collaborative agreements
- Outsourcing and procurement agreements with defined performance standards
- Intellectual Property and technology assignment agreements
- Agreements for advertising and promotions, including contests and sweepstakes
- Internet and website agreements (including user agreements, privacy policies, linking agreements, and domain name dispute settlement agreements)
- Service and consulting agreements
- Computer software licensing and use agreements
- Entertainment agreements
- E-commerce agreements
- Telecommunications agreements
- Semiconductor chip manufacturing agreements
- Publishing agreements
- Integration agreements
- Multimedia agreements
- Intellectual property aspects of corporate buy-sell and merger transaction
