Overview
Vinson & Elkins lawyers regularly help our clients evaluate, structure, negotiate, and document major domestic and international transactions involving all types of intellectual property and technology. We frequently represent clients in negotiations involving technology transfer agreements, intellectual property development agreements, license agreements, employment and consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, supply and requirements agreements, and covenants not to compete.
V&E lawyers also counsel clients in matters involving the laws of unfair competition, false advertising, non-competition covenants, related antitrust matters, e-commerce, Internet and domain name-related issues, computer-related contracts, franchising agreements, licensing agreements, outsourcing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, distributorship arrangements, and other technology-related transactions.
Listed below are representative examples of our experience: - Represented a Houston medical research institution in its patenting and licensing neurosurgical devices
- Written many non-infringement and invalidity opinions and assisted Fortune 500 companies in designing around U.S. patents
- Rendered significant noninfringement opinions for various clients in the mechanical, biomedical, and electrical industries as part of the client counseling practice
- Advised emerging Texas-based technology clients on intellectual property protection strategy for pioneering products
- Advised internationally-recognized energy client on evolving intellectual property aspects of long-term software development project
- Advised major multinational pharmaceutical corporation regarding patent infringement and freedom to operate issues regarding their development of a pharmaceutical composition with a $2 million/year market that is the subject of ongoing patent litigation
- Advised major biotechnology and pharmaceutical corporations in development of their patent portfolios, including advising them of their freedom to operate regarding various technologies
- Advised energy company and other corporations regarding copyright issues related to intranet and Internet usage
- Assisted various clients in connection with development of confidentiality, noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements, and in connection with litigation of such agreements