LPS offers a full range of intellectual property services. We assist companies in trademark selection, enforcement and protection, copyright registration and infringement, trade secret matters, technology transfers, and marketing and distribution strategies for products and technology. We prepare and negotiate software development, licensing and distribution agreements, OEM agreements, corporate partnering, joint ventures and strategic alliances for clients in a variety of industries, including computer software and hardware companies, manufacturing firms, electronics, multimedia and Internet related companies. Our clients range in size from individual entrepreneurs to growing business at all stages of development, including publicly traded companies.

In the fast changing area of information technology and the new electronic environment created by the Internet, our lawyers bring legal expertise in a number of areas, including intellectual property, corporate and securities law, employment, tax and litigation. We represent clients engaged in all aspects of e-commerce, from businesses that use the Internet to market and deliver products and services to those companies that develop software and other tools for the Internet. LPS represents venture capital companies in the acquisition of Internet services and sites, developers Internet and on-line distribution agreements, consulting and services agreements for Web sites, and agreements for security centers and on-line shopping centers. We also provide legal services in the area of corporate finance to emerging growth companies from private placements to initial public offerings.