Practice Areas & Industries: Andrews Kurth LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Andrews Kurth's Technology Practice works in multidisciplinary teams to help clients with every angle of their business - from corporate and securities issues to taxation and intellectual property defense. We represent technology companies in the computer, telecommunications, biotechnology, environmental, Internet and aerospace industries with a global approach well suited to meeting our clients' global needs.

Services Available

Our comprehensive services include:

• venture capital financings
• public offerings
• strategic alliances and joint ventures
• mergers and acquisitions
• technology transfer transactions
• employment-related services such as employment arrangements and stock option plans
• intellectual property protection

In addition, Andrews & Kurth stays on top of industry standards and breakthroughs to advise clients on technology related issues that may impact their business.

From start-ups to the Fortune 500, intellectual property protection and patent/trademark issues are critical to the success of rapidly expanding technology-based businesses.

That's why Andrews Kurth's growing intellectual property practice includes experienced lawyers committed to protecting, licensing and enforcing all aspects of our clients' intellectual property rights.

Andrews Kurth provides sound advice on intellectual property issues for companies in the biomedical, chemical, computer and electronics industries. More importantly, our lawyers have extensive experience with domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, litigation and arbitration.

In fact, our Intellectual Property Group represents a range of foreign and domestic companies applying for patents, trademarks and copyrights as well as start-up companies using technology licensed from universities, medical schools and other research centers.

Committed to its technology-based clients, Andrews Kurth has established an office in The Woodlands, a development north of Houston that caters to technology companies.