PRACTICE AREAS

The firm represents clients of various sizes ranging from start-up businesses to established businesses with millions of dollars in annual revenue.

 

• Entity Choice Decisions
• Governance Documents
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Shareholder Agreements

The terms of a contract are unique to the particular business transaction at-hand. It should be remembered that each provision in a contract means something – be sure your contracts do the job that you need them to do.

 

• Contract Drafting
• Contract Review
• Customer Engagement Agreements
• Asset Purchase Agreements
• Stock Purchase Agreements

To ensure expectations are met, both on the side of the employer, employee, principal and/or independent contractor, it is important to have a clearly written agreement stating the terms of the relationship and the existence of any restrictive covenants upon termination of the relationship.

 

• Employment Agreements
• Independent Contractor Agreements
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Non-Competition Agreements
• Non-Solicitation Agreements
• Separation Agreements
• Consulting Agreements
• Phantom Stock Agreements

More and more businesses are turning to the Internet in the sale of their products or services. It is important that your business has the necessary Internet policies, procedures, disclaimers and terms and conditions in place.

 

• Website Terms and Conditions
• eCommerce

A domain name is like the sign on the front of the store. The firm assists clients with the domain name selection process to ensure that a selected domain name will not infringe on the trademark of another business, defensive domain name registration, domain name management and domain name monitoring.

 

• Cybersquatting
• Typosquatting
• Domain Name Management
• Domain Name Monitoring

The firm assists clients understand and protect their trademark and copyright intellectual property rights. We perform trademark clearance searches, trademark prosecution with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Ohio Secretary of State. We also assist clients with copyright filings. Once an intellectual property right has been created, we will assist clients understand and implement proper licensing relationships.

 

• Trademark
• Copyright
• Licensing

The firm has experience in assisting clients with the review of residential leases, commercial leases, real property purchase agreements (both residential and commercial) and land contracts.

 

• Purchase Agreements
• Land Contracts
• Residential Leases
• Commercial Leases