Throughout the course of my career, I have counseled entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies, technologists, musicians and artists on corporate and intellectual property matters. My primary responsibility to clients is to help them reach their goals and objectives. Each of my clients has at least one element in common; their primary assets are intangible.
A strong legal foundation is necessary to support a client’s anticipated growth and perceived opportunities. For example, a client who develops software using third party programmers must take a number of steps to make sure that they have secured all of the rights in the software. Similarly, a band has issues that need to be addressed, including ownership and royalty matters.
Crafting creative, yet pragmatic, solutions to the novel issues emerging growth and creative clients may face is a hallmark of the services I offer clients. The obstacles a client faces to launch a new service may be cleared, or bypassed, through strategic legal planning.
Additionally, I have:
- prepared and implemented an inventions and intellectual property policy for a large medical research foundation after ascertaining that their employees had been assigning valuable rights to pharmaceutical companies.
- created privacy compliance programs for clients operating in multiple jurisdictions, including on-line service providers.
- negotiated with rights-holders and the performing rights organizations to obtain licenses for the performance of music and transmission of content on behalf of new media companies.
- performed intellectual property audits for clients ranging from health care research companies to bands; and created solutions to the identified issues.
- managed corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions, venture capital and angel investments.
- represented entertainment clients on matters including recording artists and music publishing agreements, licensing, distribution agreements, management and sponsorship agreements, actor agreements.
- provided domestic and international trademark counsel for clients from registration of a trademark to exploitation.
- analyzed pending legislation and regulations and advised clients on potential impacts on their businesses, and developed strategies to address concerns.
I am a graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I have received a number of honors for community service, including for programs I created that provide legal services to victims of domestic violence and opportunities for high school students to participate in philanthropy. I have spoken to audiences ranging from technology incubators to SXSW attendees. I would be honored to discuss my services with you. Please do not hesitate to contact me at nprager @ pragerlaw.us
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This blog is for information and education purposes only. It is not legal advice; nor should it be construed as such. I make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or suitability of any of the information on it. Nor is this an advertisement for legal services. Also, there is no editor for this site and sometimes typos happen.
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