The intellectual property of the e-commerce business is often its most valuable asset. We can help your company protect, develop, and exploit its existing intellectual property, and proactively seek ways to create new intellectual property rights arising from new business methods or concepts. We can help your company protect the information of our e-commerce clients through confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and protect from the actions of former employees through restrictive covenants tailored for the client's business. We can handle all trademark, patent and related filings and litigation both through in-house capabilities and affiliate relationships with intellectual property law firms whose specialized expertise is complimentary to our own.

If the intellectual property of an e-commerce company is often its most valuable asset, then negotiating and crafting licensing agreements is often a key function of the e-commerce lawyer. We ensure that we understand the business motivations underlying the license agreement, whether to acquire complimentary technology, develop distributions systems for existing technology, create business partnerships, or generate cash flow. We understand that as the technology industry changes so rapidly, licensing agreements must be flexible and adaptable - the contract that was satisfactory three years or three months ago may not be satisfactory any longer.

Beyond licensing agreements, the typical e-commerce business often differs from its traditional counterpart in the number of alliances it creates with other businesses, the importance of these alliances, and the speed with which they change. The e-commerce business is, in many cases, like the hub of a wheel, with spokes (contracts) connecting it to a multitude of outsourced services and business partners. We understand the important of these relationships and the need to deal with them through flexible and creative contracts.