Scott & Scott - Business and Technology Law

Scott & Scott, LLP is a business and technology law firm that helps businesses aggressively protect their intellectual property, understand and comply with applicable laws and regulations, litigate and resolve disputes, and consummate complicated business transactions. Our clients include leaders in the following industries: energy, professional services, insurance, media, manufacturing, technology, financial services, retail, and real estate. Our legal and technology professionals have the proven talent to solve complex business issues. We take the time to understand our clients’ businesses, while remaining focused on providing value.

Practice Areas

Software

Intellectual Property

Corporate

Litigation

Information Technology

Industries

Architectural & Engineering

Retail

Blog
BSA Ramping Up Piracy Campaign In Copyright Litigation, Availability of Attorney’s Fees Awards Can Cut Both Ways For Trademark Infringement Claims, Success May Hinge on Commercial Use Trademark Law and the Naked Cowboy

Representative Matters

Defended multinational aerospace company in compliance review conducted by Borland involving ten million dollars in alleged compliance violations.

Revised supplier, distributor, and affiliate agreements for a manufacturer of water filtration systems.

Represented insurance company in taking down numerous websites using confusingly similar names and directing search traffic away from the company.

News

What to Do When You Receive a BSA Audit Letter

Digital Business: External Audits: Fair Play on Both Sides?

Data Breaches Getting Costly

Events

Institute for Quality Leadership Annual Meeting

Best Corporate Counsel Awards 2008

IAITAM 2008 Annual Conference & Exhibit

Litigation
Chosen by some of the world’s largest corporations and industry leaders, Scott & Scott's litigators consistently provide clients agressive representation in intellecutal property, commercial, and insurance defense cases in trial and appellate courts. We have extensive experience creating successful litigation strategies tailored to your unique business needs and apply those strategies in a way that is designed to produce a favorable outcome in an efficient manner.

Software
Scott & Scott, LLP’s attorneys and technology professionals have extensive experience solving business and legal issues related to software. Whether you are faced with a software audit, struggling with software license compliance, or engaging in software licensing transactions, Scott & Scott can help. We aggressively defend businesses accused of software piracy by trade associations like the Business Software Alliance and the Software and Information Industry Association.

Information Technology
Scott & Scott’s technology team has assisted companies of various sizes to implement successful compliance and asset management initiatives. Our professionals develop and implement strategies to ensure that the benefits of your compliance and asset management programs are maximized while the costs and negative business impacts are minimized. We offer a variety of services designed to assist you with achieving your identified compliance and asset management objectives.

Corporate
Scott & Scott, LLP’s corporate team has extensive experience working with its business clients to provide innovative solutions to complicated problems. We are committed to understanding the underlying transaction, our clients’ business objectives, and the most favorable terms possible. Because our lawyers take the time necessary to know your business, our strategy and solutions are custom-tailored for each client.

Intellectual Property
Scott & Scott’s intellectual property attorneys have significant experience registering, licensing, and enforcing copyrights and trademarks globally. Our combination of litigation experience and technology expertise enables us to deal with complex intellectual property issues involving software products, digital media, designs, and emerging media like social networking, blogs, and virtual communities.

Security & Privacy
Most businesses, regardless of size, have to be aware of state and federal laws regarding security and privacy. Knowledge of the law is especially important when a company is experiencing a security incident. Scott & Scott, LLP’s incident response team is ready to respond to a data breach affecting a client’s data.