IntellectualProperty andTechnology
The Intellectual Property and Technology Group at Skadden offers clientsa full range of legal services relating to the acquisition, enforcement
and commercialization of intellectual property and technology assets.
Our services include counseling on engagements involving patents,copyrights, trademarks, outsourcing, privacy and data security. Attorneys
in our group also litigate these issues in federal and state courts.

Our practice and attorneys are frequently recognized for their work:- Named U.S. Firm of the Year — IP Transactions and received theImpact Deal of the Year award for our representation of Visa in its
acquisition of Pismo at Managing IP’s 2024 awards.
- Named United States Transactions Firm of the Year by IntellectualAsset Management and World Trademark Review at the 2023 Global
IP Awards.
- Ranked as a leading firm in the Trademark Contentious category
by World IP Review in 2023.
- Nationally recognized for IP transactions in Intellectual AssetManagement’s IAM Patent 1000 on a repeated basis.
- Ranked in the Patent Contentious and Trademark Contentious
categories of Managing IP’s IP Stars.
- Listed as a top-tier firm in the areas of IP-related litigation andinformation technology by Best Lawyers Best Law Firms.
Our attorneys advise on virtually every type of intellectual propertytransaction, negotiating and drafting numerous licenses and allianceagreements and handling a wide variety of matters relating to thecreation, use, licensing and transfer of digital technologies, including
artificial intelligence, blockchains, cryptocurrencies, digital assets
and NFTs. This encompasses drafting license, option, nondisclosure,collaboration, manufacturing and distribution agreements. We also
provide intellectual property support in conjunction with mergers
and acquisitions, initial public offerings and financings. Beyond anunderstanding of intellectual property matters and the science andtechnology underlying them, our attorneys are familiar with thebusiness models used by our clients to maximize the value of thesetechnologies, and we seek to create or add value to their intellectualproperty and technology portfolios.
Copyright

The group’s lawyers provide copyright advice to a wide range ofclients, particularly in the online, publishing, entertainment andcommunications industries, such as mobile app developers, internettechnology providers, social media companies, software developers, broadcast and cable television networks, television and movie
producers, recording artists and authors. Our lawyers also haveextensive experience with representing content creators, including
authors and artists.
TrademarkWe assist clients in obtaining, protecting and enforcing trademarksin the United States and worldwide, including:- Conducting and reviewing searches and investigations for trademark clearance.
- Preparing opinion letters.
- Filing and prosecuting trademark applications.
- Handling the prosecution and defense of trademark administrative
proceedings.
- Monitoring and policing the use of trademarks by third parties.
- Providing general trademark and domain name counseling.
We manage the domestic and international trademark portfolios andrelated intellectual property matters for a wide range of clients. Our

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attorneys also counsel on internet domain name and social media
address acquisition, use and defense.
Patents and Trade Secret Strategy

Skadden’s intellectual property attorneys perform sophisticatedreviews of patent and trade secret assets on transactional matters. We:

software development and distribution agreements, and network
services and data acquisition agreements. Our clients include technology vendors and end-users in the publishing, financial services,transportation, manufacturing, entertainment and telecommunications industries, and major food and beverage manufacturers andfashion and apparel companies.

- Analyze target and competitor patents and unpatented technology.

Outsourcing- Perform “deep-dives” to review the background, scope, strengths
and weaknesses of target and competitor patent portfolios.

We support clients through all stages of an outsourcing project —from preparing the initial RFP and facilitating vendor selection tonegotiating all aspects of the definitive agreement and schedules.
Our attorneys have handled a wide variety of outsourcing transactions, ranging from the outsourcing of a specific business process tothe enterprise-wide outsourcing of all information technology. Our
experience also includes a broad range of industries, representing
both vendors and customers. The cornerstone of our practice is ourability to move easily among the legal, business and technology
issues in any outsourcing transaction. We are equally comfortablediscussing legal issues with our clients’ in-house lawyers, pricing
and strategic issues with the business stakeholders and service
descriptions with the technology specialists. Skadden also is
positioned to handle “offshore” outsourcing transactions including
projects where the outsourcer is in a foreign country or where thecustomer will receive services in locations around the world.

- Analyze patent and proprietary-technology protection strategies.
- Advise on intellectual property monetization portfolio practices.
- Structure various agreements with respect to the evaluated technology.
Many of our patent attorneys are registered to practice before theU.S. Patent and Trademark Office and hold technical or scientificdegrees, in areas such as electrical engineering, computer science,
biology, chemistry and physics.
Our attorneys evaluate patent transactions based on proprietarystatistical research and historical patent disputes. We complement
traditional legal advice with a range of analytics capabilities, andwe also provide data and insights for specific strategy development
and market entry, such as “patent troll” investigations and industry/
sector-specific exposure analyses.
Life Sciences

We have considerable knowledge in pharmaceutical, biotechnology
and medical device licensing and collaborations, as well as alternativetransactions such as drug royalty purchases. We advise clients on all
intellectual property and related aspects of licensing, collaboration,
joint venture and financing agreements and in transactions involving
the research, development, manufacture and commercialization ofpharmaceutical and biotechnology products and medical devices.
These agreements and transactions often involve critical strategic
decisions and require sophisticated structuring, lengthy negotiations
and complex documentation. Our practice includes attorneys who
hold advanced degrees in relevant life sciences disciplines.
Licensing

We advise across the spectrum of intellectual property and technology licensing arrangements, ranging from traditional license agreements to complex ventures for joint development of products, applications and systems. We counsel clients with respect to food andbeverage and fashion ventures, software licenses, equipment leases,

Privacy and Cybersecurity

Our attorneys help companies mine customer data to maximize
the benefits of data usage while avoiding privacy law issues. We
are well-versed in privacy laws and regulations worldwide andunderstand the business models and technologies underlying data
usage. However, privacy laws are not a company’s only concern.
The dramatic increase in the number of actual and attempted data
security breaches, coupled with the high cost of responding to theseattacks, has made data security a top priority for general counsel.
We provide clients with the key resources they need to prepare for,and respond to, any type of data security incident.
Manufacture, Supply and Distribution

Our intellectual property and technology attorneys regularly
represent companies in the fashion, food and beverage, energy,
pharmaceutical and chemical industries in manufacture, supply anddistribution and marketing contracts. As a result, we have significant
experience with these critical types of commercial arrangements andthe legal and strategic issues that they raise.

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