www.harrisbeach.com This may be considered Attorney Advertising under the Rules of Professional Conduct. ALBANY BUFFALO ITHACA MELVILLE NEW YORK CITY ROCHESTER SARATOGA SPRINGS SYRACUSE UNIONDALE WHITE PLAINS NEW HAVEN, CT NEWARK, NJ Creating value for technology entrepreneurs has been a core service of Harris Beach attorneys, from securing patent protection in the early 1900s for a then-novel photo imaging system to our present representation of members in the new American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics hub in New York, home to one of the largest photonics manufacturing hubs in the world. Our law firm has been on the cutting edge advising industrial optics pioneers for more than a century on business formation, securing financing for operations expansion and research into technological advancements, identifying new markets and contracting opportunities, navigating various levels of government regulation, and protecting clients’ intellectual property in a highly competitive global marketplace. We share your excitement in the opportunities integrated photonics research, development and manufacturing brings, with worldwide implications in the development of next-generation communications capacity, enhanced medical technology and improved image-sensing capabilities for national defense and security. Our services include: Forming, Financing and Operating Your Business • Advise on legal, financial and business strategies • Identify economic development incentives and potential funding sources • Develop branding, communications and social media strategies • Identify tax incentives and address tax issues • Handle all aspects of private placements, initial public offerings and corporate borrowing • Manage immigration matters involving recruitment of foreign employees • Counsel on labor and employment issues • Advise on mergers and acquisitions Photonics INDUSTRY
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www.harrisbeach.comThis may be considered Attorney Advertising
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ALBANY
BUFFALO
ITHACA
MELVILLE
NEW YORK CITY
ROCHESTER
SARATOGA SPRINGS
SYRACUSE
UNIONDALE
WHITE PLAINS
NEW HAVEN, CT
NEWARK, NJ
SM
Offices Throughout New York: ALBANY 677 BROADWAY, SUITE 1101 ALBANY, NY 12207 518-427-9700
BUFFALO LARKIN AT EXCHANGE 726 EXCHANGE STREET, SUITE 1000 BUFFALO, NY 14210 716-200-5050
ITHACA 119 EAST SENECA STREET ITHACA, NY 14585 607-273-6444
MELVILLE 538 BROADHOLLOW ROAD, SUITE 301 MELVILLE, NY 11747 516-222-0222
NEW YORK CITY 100 WALL STREET NEW YORK, NY 10005 212-687-0100
ROCHESTER 99 GARNSEY ROAD PITTSFORD, NY 14534 585-419-8800
SARATOGA SPRINGS 358 BROADWAY, SUITE 307 SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866 518-587-0551
SYRACUSE 333 WEST WASHINGTON ST, SUITE 200
SYRACUSE, NY 13202 315-423-7100
UNIONDALE THE OMNI 333 EARLE OVINGTON BLVD, SUITE 901 UNIONDALE, NY 11553 516-880-8484
WHITE PLAINS 445 HAMILTON AVENUE, SUITE 1206 WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601 914-683-1200
Offices Also In: NEW HAVEN, CT 195 CHURCH STREET, 18TH FLOOR NEW HAVEN, CT 06509 203-784-3159
NEWARK, NJ ONE GATEWAY CENTER, SUITE 2500 NEWARK, NJ 07102 973-848-1244
And an International Network of Affiliates800-685-1429, WWW.HARRISBEACH.COM
Creating value for technology entrepreneurs has been a core service of
Harris Beach attorneys, from securing patent protection in the early 1900s
for a then-novel photo imaging system to our present representation of
members in the new American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated
Photonics hub in New York, home to one of the largest photonics
manufacturing hubs in the world.
Our law firm has been on the cutting edge advising industrial optics pioneers for more than a century on business formation, securing financing for operations expansion and research into technological advancements, identifying new markets and contracting opportunities, navigating various levels of government regulation, and protecting clients’ intellectual property in a highly competitive global marketplace.
We share your excitement in the opportunities integrated photonics research, development and manufacturing brings, with worldwide implications in the development of next-generation communications capacity, enhanced medical technology and improved image-sensing capabilities for national defense and security.
Our services include:
Forming, Financing and Operating Your Business
• Advise on legal, financial and business strategies
• Identify economic development incentives and potential funding sources
• Develop branding, communications and social media strategies
• Identify tax incentives and address tax issues
• Handle all aspects of private placements, initial public offerings and corporate borrowing
• Manage immigration matters involving recruitment of foreign employees
• Counsel on labor and employment issues
• Advise on mergers and acquisitions
Photonics
Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide a full range of legal and professional services for clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal. Our clients include Fortune 500 corporations, privately-held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations and individuals. Principal industries we represent include education, energy, financial, food and beverage, health care, insurance, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, real estate developers, and state and local governments and authorities.
For more information on how Harris Beach can help your organization, please contact:
• Advise on the development, purchase, sale and licensing of intellectual property on a global basis
• Establish procedures for protecting trade secrets, proprietary information and technical data
• Draft and enforce non-compete, non-disclosure, assignment-of-invention, joint venture, confidentiality and design trade agreements
• File and obtain trademark registrations for clients worldwide
• Prosecute patent applications domestically and internationally
• Handle dispute resolution and rigorously defend intellectual property rights; we offer wide-ranging litigation experience on patent infringement, trade dress, trade secrets and unfair competition
Operating in the Global Marketplace
• Advise on export control laws and licensing in connection with defense articles, dual-use items and related “technical data”
• Assist with cross-border transactions and contractual terms unique to international sales
• Counsel on issues arising when clients act under government procurement contracts, including the applicability and requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulations/Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations
• Advise on various aspects of navigating United States economic sanctions programs, including the conduct of due diligence on potential business partners, and exploring commercial exploitation of new markets such as Iran and Cuba
• Structure permissible protocols for European Union-United States data transfers
• Advise on “best practices” and compliance strategies to avoid disproportionate regulatory burdens on clients, and on how to employ the compliance function as a value-added element of commercial operations
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
• Represented an optical solutions company in connection with its acquisition of two similar companies, resulting in an international expansion of its development capabilities and product lines
• Represented a world leader in lens design, engineering and precision optics in connection with several joint venture agreements related to new product development
• Advised a prominent optical instruments manufacturer on export control issues, and on government procurement implications of a transaction involving the United Kingdom’s Atomic Weapons Establishment
• Represented a photonics company in connection with its sale to one of the world’s leading innovators in material science, and a subsequent management buy-out agreement
• Represented a company that develops and manufactures imaging systems for the aerospace, defense, industrial, medical and scientific markets in several matters, including negotiation of a services agreement related to the design and manufacture of optical components and systems
• Represented an optical technology company in federal court in patent infringement litigation involving disk authentication technology
• Represented optics and optical instruments companies in the prosecution of patent applications in lens manufacturing and spectrophotometry equipment
• Represented a laser diode array manufacturer in federal patent infringement litigation
• Represented an optics company in the enforcement of a non-disclosure agreement
• Supervised the due diligence conducted for a client on international counterparties to a Defense Department contract to determine whether prior enforcement actions or debarment proceedings had occurred in European Union countries involving those counterparties or their principals
• Comprehensively updated written compliance program documentation for corporate clients, consistent with current government mandates and industry standards
Harris Beach represents numerous photonics and
optics companies, and is heavily involved with the
New York Photonics organization, including board
representation.
Protecting Innovations
• Advise on the development, purchase, sale and licensing of intellectual property on a global basis
• Establish procedures for protecting trade secrets, proprietary information and technical data
• Draft and enforce non-compete, non-disclosure, assignment-of-invention, joint venture, confidentiality and design trade agreements
• File and obtain trademark registrations for clients worldwide
• Prosecute patent applications domestically and internationally
• Handle dispute resolution and rigorously defend intellectual property rights; we offer wide-ranging litigation experience on patent infringement, trade dress, trade secrets and unfair competition
Operating in the Global Marketplace
• Advise on export control laws and licensing in connection with defense articles, dual-use items and related “technical data”
• Assist with cross-border transactions and contractual terms unique to international sales
• Counsel on issues arising when clients act under government procurement contracts, including the applicability and requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulations/Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations
• Advise on various aspects of navigating United States economic sanctions programs, including the conduct of due diligence on potential business partners, and exploring commercial exploitation of new markets such as Iran and Cuba
• Structure permissible protocols for European Union-United States data transfers
• Advise on “best practices” and compliance strategies to avoid disproportionate regulatory burdens on clients, and on how to employ the compliance function as a value-added element of commercial operations
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
• Represented an optical solutions company in connection with its acquisition of two similar companies, resulting in an international expansion of its development capabilities and product lines
• Represented a world leader in lens design, engineering and precision optics in connection with several joint venture agreements related to new product development
• Advised a prominent optical instruments manufacturer on export control issues, and on government procurement implications of a transaction involving the United Kingdom’s Atomic Weapons Establishment
• Represented a photonics company in connection with its sale to one of the world’s leading innovators in material science, and a subsequent management buy-out agreement
• Represented a company that develops and manufactures imaging systems for the aerospace, defense, industrial, medical and scientific markets in several matters, including negotiation of a services agreement related to the design and manufacture of optical components and systems
• Represented an optical technology company in federal court in patent infringement litigation involving disk authentication technology
• Represented optics and optical instruments companies in the prosecution of patent applications in lens manufacturing and spectrophotometry equipment
• Represented a laser diode array manufacturer in federal patent infringement litigation
• Represented an optics company in the enforcement of a non-disclosure agreement
• Supervised the due diligence conducted for a client on international counterparties to a Defense Department contract to determine whether prior enforcement actions or debarment proceedings had occurred in European Union countries involving those counterparties or their principals
• Comprehensively updated written compliance program documentation for corporate clients, consistent with current government mandates and industry standards
Harris Beach represents numerous photonics and
optics companies, and is heavily involved with the
New York Photonics organization, including board
representation.
www.harrisbeach.comThis may be considered Attorney Advertising
under the Rules of Professional Conduct.
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ALBANY
BUFFALO
ITHACA
MELVILLE
NEW YORK CITY
ROCHESTER
SARATOGA SPRINGS
SYRACUSE
UNIONDALE
WHITE PLAINS
NEW HAVEN, CT
NEWARK, NJ
SM
Offices Throughout New York: ALBANY 677 BROADWAY, SUITE 1101 ALBANY, NY 12207 518-427-9700
BUFFALO LARKIN AT EXCHANGE 726 EXCHANGE STREET, SUITE 1000 BUFFALO, NY 14210 716-200-5050
ITHACA 119 EAST SENECA STREET ITHACA, NY 14585 607-273-6444
MELVILLE 538 BROADHOLLOW ROAD, SUITE 301 MELVILLE, NY 11747 516-222-0222
NEW YORK CITY 100 WALL STREET NEW YORK, NY 10005 212-687-0100
ROCHESTER 99 GARNSEY ROAD PITTSFORD, NY 14534 585-419-8800
SARATOGA SPRINGS 358 BROADWAY, SUITE 307 SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866 518-587-0551
SYRACUSE 333 WEST WASHINGTON ST, SUITE 200
SYRACUSE, NY 13202 315-423-7100
UNIONDALE THE OMNI 333 EARLE OVINGTON BLVD, SUITE 901 UNIONDALE, NY 11553 516-880-8484
WHITE PLAINS 445 HAMILTON AVENUE, SUITE 1206 WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601 914-683-1200
Offices Also In: NEW HAVEN, CT 195 CHURCH STREET, 18TH FLOOR NEW HAVEN, CT 06509 203-784-3159
NEWARK, NJ ONE GATEWAY CENTER, SUITE 2500 NEWARK, NJ 07102 973-848-1244
And an International Network of Affiliates800-685-1429, WWW.HARRISBEACH.COM
Creating value for technology entrepreneurs has been a core service of
Harris Beach attorneys, from securing patent protection in the early 1900s
for a then-novel photo imaging system to our present representation of
members in the new American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated
Photonics hub in New York, home to one of the largest photonics
manufacturing hubs in the world.
Our law firm has been on the cutting edge advising industrial optics pioneers for more than a century on business formation, securing financing for operations expansion and research into technological advancements, identifying new markets and contracting opportunities, navigating various levels of government regulation, and protecting clients’ intellectual property in a highly competitive global marketplace.
We share your excitement in the opportunities integrated photonics research, development and manufacturing brings, with worldwide implications in the development of next-generation communications capacity, enhanced medical technology and improved image-sensing capabilities for national defense and security.
Our services include:
Forming, Financing and Operating Your Business
• Advise on legal, financial and business strategies
• Identify economic development incentives and potential funding sources
• Develop branding, communications and social media strategies
• Identify tax incentives and address tax issues
• Handle all aspects of private placements, initial public offerings and corporate borrowing
• Manage immigration matters involving recruitment of foreign employees
• Counsel on labor and employment issues
• Advise on mergers and acquisitions
Photonics
Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide a full range of legal and professional services for clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal. Our clients include Fortune 500 corporations, privately-held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations and individuals. Principal industries we represent include education, energy, financial, food and beverage, health care, insurance, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, real estate developers, and state and local governments and authorities.
For more information on how Harris Beach can help your organization, please contact:
