J. Andrew McKinney & Associates, LLC

We help clients evaluate and maximize the value of their intellectual property and  develop intellectual property strategies and procedures for protecting proprietary information and trade secrets. 

We also:

• develop and review invention disclosures,
• provide clearance and patentability evaluations, 
• prepare and file patent applications,
• evaluate and clear new trademarks,
• prepare and file trademark applications,
• evaluate web domain names,
• prepare employment agreements for use in securing intellectual property rights,
• counsel clients on matters involving the right to manufacture and use new products,
• help with new product planning,
• help with intellectual property rights when part of the sale of a business, and
• draft and negotiate licenses pertaining to patents, trademarks, copyrights and know-how.  

We do not specialize in litigation, but we do advise trial attorneys and, in this way, have helped our clients when litigating patent, trademark and copyright matters.