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Full Service Law Firm | Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Specializing in the Intersection of Business &amp; Government

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Legal Guidance for the Technologies Shaping Tomorrow

Protect your valuable technologies, maintain your competitive advantage, and confidently navigate evolving regulations. Our Technology team combines advanced technical degrees with business experience in computer science, engineering, and other high-tech fields, giving us an in-depth understanding of your operational challenges and objectives. We empower you to seize new opportunities and drive innovation at the forefront of your industry.

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Our Approach: Our cross-practice team provides counsel on the full spectrum of legal needs surrounding new technologies and ways of doing business.

Get practical legal counsel to support your business through every stage from organizing through mergers and acquisitions. For technology companies, we provide support with complex financing and transactions involving software, hardware, and other technologies.

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We have a dedicated team of over 25 professionals who focus on intellectual property protection for technologies in computer, software, and electrical arts. We provide counsel across industries with respect to procuring, enforcing, and defending against patents covering computer and information technologies. As part of our comprehensive approach, we often develop a customized strategic blend of trade secret, copyright, patent, and other IP protection, based on your specific technology area and business goals.

Licensing &amp; Technology Agreements

Part of our work in intellectual property involves helping clients like you capitalize on technology and IP assets through licensing, joint development, and other strategic alliances. We handle matters involving trade secrets and technology agreements or licenses. Our services include inbound and outbound patent and technology agreements, technology joint venture and partnering agreements, technology development agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, university and federal lab collaborations, non-disclosure and material transfer agreements, and IP asset acquisition and disposition agreements. In the software and information technology fields, we counsel clients on licenses, contracts, and terms and conditions for software, software as a service (SaaS) and other cloud services, mobile apps, and websites.

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Privacy &amp; Cybersecurity

Our multi-disciplinary team will advise you on how privacy and cybersecurity laws interact with other areas of law, such as employment law and consumer law, and with industry-specific regulations. We’ll help you manage and leverage data while complying with complex regulatory schemes at the state, federal, and international levels.

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Legal Solutions for the Future of Tech

Artificial Intelligence &amp; Machine Learning

As AI and machine learning quickly become commonplace, we’re here to help your business develop and implement new technologies with ease. We advise providers and purchasers of AI on data ownership, privacy and data security, intellectual property protection, and government relations. We have considerable experience with patents in this nascent area, and we are involved with work related to autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles.

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Blockchain &amp; Digital Currency

Prepare for the future of the blockchain and digital currency industry. If you are looking to protect your intellectual property, establish a blockchain startup, accept bitcoin payments, or launch an initial coin offering, we have the technical and legal experience to help you take full advantage of DLTs vast potential.

Computer, Software, and Electrical

We provide our clients with a wide array of computer, software, and electrical services including:

Productivity software such as electronic messaging solutions, word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software

Semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicle systems and software and other unmanned vehicles

Financial services technology

Image capture, processing, and storage systems

Information technology and cloud computing systems

Wireless communication devices, systems, networks, and software

Medical devices and diagnostic systems

Semiconductors and semiconductor devices

Sensor and transducer technologies

Virtual and augmented reality systems and software

Embedded software and control systems

Power tool control systems

Batteries, battery management, and other energy storage systems

Fintech

Get tech-savvy counsel for every stage of your financial technology company from launch to developing new services and technologies. We also partner with clients in the financial sector and beyond who invest in and use a wide range of financial service technologies. Our experience includes investment trading, consumer finance, insurance, accounting, online and mobile payments, distributed ledger technology, digital currencies, and more.

Unmanned Technology

As the number of companies developing and using autonomous technology continues to grow, so do government regulations and legal considerations that impact the drone industry. Our attorneys stay abreast of the latest laws, requirements, and technologies so we can provide up-to-the-minute legal and business guidance to drone innovators and operators across the nation. From patent protection and data privacy to funding, investing, and transactions, our experienced team helps clients navigate their paths forward by air, land, or sea.

3D Printing &amp; Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology represents the manufacturing process of choice for a rapidly increasing swathe of products. Beyond manufacturers of 3D printers, startups and established manufacturers increasingly use AM technology in their manufacturing processes so that physical goods now have a digital twin, creating novel legal issues. AM technology’s impact is visible wherever physical goods are made, cutting across industries like mining, industrial manufacturing, consumer products, and health care. Our team has experience with all aspects of AM technology and the knowledge to assist users with legal needs such as intellectual property, contracts, licensing, data security, and regulatory counseling.

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