Corporate Law

Sue Brooks is an experienced corporate attorney who can help you with all your corporate matters.

• Formation.  When you decide to form a business, there are many issues to consider.  What type of business structure is best?  What state regulations apply?  What contracts are necessary?  How do I protect my assets and myself from personal liability?   When does your existing business need to create different entities for specific commercial applications?

• Contract drafting.  There are many ways to make mistakes when negotiating and drafting contracts.  With the guidance and expertise of an experienced corporate attorney, you can be assured that your contract will be drafted correctly.  Our negotiation and document drafting experience will help your agreements reflect the parts of the deal and relationship that are most important to you and to your business.  Whether your matter involves a business formation agreement, sale of a business, or multi-party international contract, we can draft the necessary documents that you need to protect your interests.

• Intellectual property.  In our global economy, new challenges arise every day that affect the acquisition, ownership, use, and exploitation of intellectual property.  Proper and strategic management of these intangible assets can increase profitability and prolong the life of their competitive strength.

• Copyright and trademarks.  Copyrights and trademarks promote the creation of new works and products by giving artists, authors, and businesses control of and profit from their original work.  But, sometimes that does not happen.  With trademarks, you may want to stop another company from using your trademark, a similar mark, or similar packaging.  Copyrights protect expression of original thought.  Together, copyrights and trademarks give name brand recognition and source identification to what makes you, you.  We can help make sure these identity enhancing assets remain proprietary to you and to your business.

In today’s world of ecommerce, businesses face new ways of doing business on a global scale.  Your intellectual property can be stolen or misused before you know it.  It can be inadvertently lost if not properly protected but its value can sometimes be restored if the right steps are taken.

You need knowledgeable and experienced legal help to protect your single most important business asset - your intellectual property.

At Burns & Schultz LLP, we provide big firm experience and capability with small firm personal attention and service.

To discuss your corporate or intellectual property matter, contact Sue Brooks at 585.672.2600 or by email at sbrooks@burnsandschultz.com.