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Elman Technology Law, P.C., serves the legal needs of clients in intellectual property and Internet-related business matters. We believe that our extensive experience in patent, trademark and other aspects of the law related to technology enables us to provide clients with the educated guidance needed to develop an innovation from concept stage through realization in the marketplace. As a pioneer in cyberlaw, we assist clients desiring to conduct business via the Internet. Our services include the following:

• Protecting intellectual property
  • Patents
  • Trademarks
  • Copyrights
  • Trade secrets
  • Unfair competition
  • Emerging forms of protection, including Internet domain names
• Assisting companies implementing computer and Internet-related technologies
  • Legal issues in the deployment of electronic commerce technologies
  • Patenting software and methods of doing business (an issue currently a subject of review by the Supreme Court)
• Negotiating and consummating technology-related business transactions
  • Licenses, assignments and joint research projects
  • Ownership of technology by employees and independent contractors
  • Licensing of multimedia and online publication rights
• Performing intellectual property audits for management, investors and buyers
• Facilitating resolution of technology and business disputes
• Counseling and litigation on antitrust and regulatory issues

Our clients include developers and providers of computer and information technology, including content and applications for the Internet, companies involved in electronic commerce and in bioinformatics, companies developing new products in the biotechnology and chemical industries, and other domestic and foreign businesses and individuals that we assist in intellectual property protection, contract negotiation and dispute resolution. Often we collaborate with a client’s general counsel, whether in-house or in a law firm, to add to the team our unique expertise and experienced judgment. In other instances we work with patent counsel of a foreign company to provide representation before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Our motto: STRATEGIC LAWYERING. CULTIVATING INNOVATION.®

We think of strategic lawyering as a collaboration with clients in which we strive to use the tools of the law strategically to fulfill their overall goals, more than just reactively or episodically. Cultivating innovation reminds us of the organic nature of change and that our function is to help nurture invention and its implementation in the real world. As the legal environment for innovation is transformed, we remain vigilant and continually seek to help clients develop an overall strategy for deploying intellectual property to maximize long-term business value.

Personal Attention

A fundamental value at Elman Technology Law, P.C. is the importance of frequent and direct communication between the client and our firm. Our attorneys play an integral role in the development of our clients’ projects, providing ongoing legal support and advice. To facilitate the timely preparation of documents and correspondence, we use computers, and we were one of the first law firms to communicate with clients by electronic mail. We have implemented Internet technology for videoconferencing with clients to enhance communication regardless of distance. Our firm is a charter partner of the international enterprise providing Internet Business Law Services (iBLS) and is a charter member of the Eastern Technology Council. Our firm is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

Dispute Resolution

We subscribe to the law firm policy statement of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR). This means that we have pledged that our lawyers are knowledgeable about alternative dispute resolution procedures and will discuss them with clients. The aim is to provide an informed choice concerning the most cost-effective techniques for resolution of a dispute.