Cleantech -- Biological Solutions

Morrison & Foerster has emerged as a leader in the Cleantech sector, having represented clients in closely related industries, such as life sciences and medical devices, for more than 30 years. Morrison & Foerster has counseled a broad range of investors, emerging companies, and established companies that offer solutions using the structure of natural science within their products and services. Many of these companies are making huge strides in the environmental, energy, biomimicry, and social fields by producing highly technical and innovative products that are or will soon be commercialized.

Morrison & Foerster assists clients with biological solutions to industry-specific challenges, including:

• Assist with the preparation and prosecution of patent applications directed to a variety of environmentally friendly bioproducts and bioprocesses, which utilize renewable resources for agricultural, industrial, and consumer applications.
• Advise on market trends as well as emerging state and local regulatory developments to have effective strategies in place as soon as new standards are implemented.
• Provide advice on environmental concerns related to the manufacture, recycling, and disposal of all material inputs for your product or service.
• Assist with evaluation and protection of potential carbon emissions reduction value in connection with products and services.

Morrison & Foerster can also provide a wide range of advice and legal services to biological solution clients, such as:

• Initial business formation, raising venture capital financing, and achieving a successful exit through a sale, public offering, or merger.
• SEC compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and corporate governance issues including counseling boards of directors and committees on specific issues such as executive compensation.
• Strategic protection and management of intellectual property portfolios.
• Structuring strategic alliances, joint ventures, and licensing arrangements to advance product development and monetize intellectual property assets and marketing rights.
• Aggressively defending interests with best-in-class litigation capabilities to preserve competitive advantages conferred by intellectual property and to protect the full value of assets, revenue, and income.