Rochester Intellectual Property Attorneys & Lawyers
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Catherine London
Jennifer Keeler
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David J. Holt
Royee Vlodaver
Nathan Hansen
Alex Kroeger
Thomas Fafinski
Lyndsey Guthrey
Rochester Intellectual Property Lawyers
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Our Rochester intellectual property attorneys & lawyers can help you secure and protect your company-s intellectual property. Whether you are an entrepreneur, artist, author, engineer, manager, or individual - the IP attorneys on UpCounsel have you covered.
There are four common areas of intellectual property, which all protect different things such as: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. Additionally, licensing is a popular enough specialization of IP that warrants mentioning.
Our Rochester IP attorneys that specialize in licensing can help you draft contracts that grant permission to another party to do something with an otherwise protected work or product. A license can grant the right to reproduce the work by: distributed copy of the work to others by rental, sale, or lease, or preparing derivative works using protected expression from the original work, and/or displaying the work.
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Legal Assistance for Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions Review, and Compliance for U.S.-Based Health Education Platform
"I needed updated terms of use and privacy policy for my website. I have had 2-3 others completed over the years with various attorneys, and Steven has been the best to work with. He took some time to explain things to me, answer my questions, and made sure I understood what was being stated. I greatly appreciate his patience, expertise, and quick timelines. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to anyone else or use his services again myself. Fantastic service and experience!"
Kelly S
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Elko New Market,
MN,
11 days ago
Assist with Other Commercial Contract Matter
"Worked with Scott multiple times. Great and knowledgable. Thank you for your service!"
Kou C
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Minneapolis,
MN,
6 months ago
Other Commercial Contract Matter Services
"Awesome service. Thank you!"
Heidi D
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Fosston,
MN,
over 2 years ago
Draft SaaS Agreement
"We needed a quick turnaround time on a partner agreement, and Sue delivered. Thanks Sue for your quick response and attention to detail. Craig"
Craig N
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Minneapolis,
MN,
about 3 years ago
Draft SaaS Agreement
"Got the job done on time and communicated well!"
Brett T
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Saint Paul,
MN,
over 3 years ago
SaaS Agreement
"Very thorough, detailed, quick response time."
David E
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Eden Prairie,
MN,
almost 4 years ago
Assist with Other Commercial Contract Matter
"Perfectly understood our specific issues and designed a unique contract suitable for our needs."
Adrienne A
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Saint Paul,
MN,
over 5 years ago
Draft Privacy Policy
"Quick response time and feedback loop."
Kevin M
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Minneapolis,
MN,
almost 6 years ago
Review Service Agreement
"Seth was professional, very responsive to my questions and concerns, and provided detailed answers which displayed his expertise in the marketing technology space. Would highly recommend his services to anyone needing insight into contract negotiations or agreements."
Steven J
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Saint Paul,
MN,
over 6 years ago
Draft Licensing Agreement
"Diana consistently delivers what's needed with high efficiency. I've used her to develop several contracts and have always been very pleased with her service."
Cary S
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Minneapolis,
MN,
over 6 years ago
Draft Business Consulting Agreement
"Scott provided exactly what we needed."
Daniel M
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Watertown,
MN,
over 6 years ago
Marketing Agreement Services
"Michael was easy to work with. Delivered quality work in a quick turn around."
Jeff R
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Minneapolis,
MN,
over 7 years ago
Review Licensing Agreement
"Diana was highly professional and practical - immediately understood what we needed, helped explain considerations, and delivered a great outcome."
Cary S
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Minneapolis,
MN,
over 7 years ago
Business Consulting Agreement Services
"Josh was very helpful."
Molly M
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Saint Paul,
MN,
over 7 years ago
Review Termination of Contract Letter & Contract
"Fantastic work!"
Ngoc T
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Fremont,
CA,
about 8 years ago
Draft Non-Disclosure Agreement (Commercial)
"Very lovely, kind, reasonable, undestanding and professional attorney that I highly reccomend and will be back soon for more legal work."
La Krystal S
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Eden Prairie,
MN,
about 8 years ago
Services agreement to teach courses
"Knowledgeable attorney, great to work with. We plan to continue working with her for follow up work."
David E
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Eden Prairie,
MN,
over 8 years ago
Licensing Agreements Services
"Grant drafted a SaaS software license for me. The work was done quickly and Grant answered my follow-up questions in a clear, easy to understand way."
Joel R
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Savage,
MN,
over 8 years ago
Technology Agreements Services
"Johnny is extremely knowledge, very efficient, a great communicator, and has strong business acumen. He helped our team quickly refine an existing software contract, tightened up our loose language, and paid very close attention to writing the revising our contract to protect our very specific future business interests. We will certainly be staying in close communication with Johnny in the future. He is a valued asset."
Nick M
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Saint Paul,
MN,
over 8 years ago
Photography Licensing Agreements Services
"Liked what she delivered"
Michael C
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Saint Paul,
MN,
almost 10 years ago
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