Practice Areas: Overview | High Tech | Life Sciences | E-Commerce

The Prinz Law Office’s focus is on the representation of clients in the area of intellectual property-related transactions.

Regardless of the industry, the negotiation and drafting of agreements is a critical component to the successful protection and commercialization of intellectual property rights. The Prinz Law Office has advised clients in wide range of matters in the intellectual property area, including:

• Patent, Copyright, and Trademark Licensing
• IP Strategy
• Collaboration Agreements
• Development Agreements
• Supply/Distribution Agreements
• Manufacturing Agreements
• Outsourcing and Services Agreements
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Nondisclosure Agreements

Given the firm’s expertise in three key Bay Area industries—high tech, life sciences, and e-commerce—The Prinz Law Office is uniquely able to apply drafting and negotiation techniques utilized successfully from deals in each of these industries to create ‘out of the box’ solutions to even the most unusual transactional problem. The firm brings this in-depth understanding of drafting and negotiation strategies to the table of each client negotiation.

The Prinz Law Office has been active in a variety of intellectual property-related professional organizations such as the Intellectual Property Owners Association (“IPO”), the Licensing Executives Society (“LES”), and the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section (“IPL Section”), interacting with leaders in the field and addressing issues and developments of concern to the business and legal communities. Firm founder Kristie Prinz currently serves on the IPO’s Corporate IP Management Committee, and recently completed a two-year term on the IPO’s Copyright Committee, and she also served for two years as the Chair of the Copyright Licensing Subcommittee for the IPL Section. In addition to her service in these organizations, she has authored numerous "Ask a Lawyer" columns for Martindale Hubbell's Lawyer.com website, in which she answered questions on intellectual property-related issues raised by the general public.

To find out how The Prinz Law Office can assist you, contact us today.