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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.

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Help Forming, Financing and Operating Your Business

  • Advising on legal, financial and business strategies
  • Identifying economic development incentives and funding sources
  • Counseling on labor issues including immigration
  • Identifying tax incentives and addressing tax issues

Strategies for Thriving in the Global Marketplace

  • Advising on export control laws and licensing in connection with defense documents, dual-use items and related technical data
  • Assisting with cross-border transactions and contractual terms unique to international sales
  • Counseling on issues related to government procurement contracts
  • Structuring permissible protocols for European Union-United States data transfers
  • Advising on compliance strategies to avoid disproportionate regulatory burdens
  • Advising on mergers and acquisitions

Support in Protecting Innovations

  • Advising on the development, purchase, sale and licensing of intellectual property globally
  • Establishing procedures for protecting trade secrets, proprietary information and technical data
  • Drafting and enforcing non-compete, non-disclosure, assignment-of-invention, joint venture, confidentiality, joint development agreements, manufacturing agreements and licensing agreements
  • Filing and obtaining trademark registrations for clients worldwide
  • Prosecuting patent applications
  • Handling dispute resolution to defend intellectual property rights and litigating patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, trade dress, trade secrets and unfair competition claims
  • 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

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Neal Slifkin

Neal L. Slifkin

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Photonics

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■ Profile

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.

■ Services

Help Forming, Financing and Operating Your Business

  • Advising on legal, financial and business strategies
  • Identifying economic development incentives and funding sources
  • Counseling on labor issues including immigration
  • Identifying tax incentives and addressing tax issues

Strategies for Thriving in the Global Marketplace

  • Advising on export control laws and licensing in connection with defense documents, dual-use items and related technical data
  • Assisting with cross-border transactions and contractual terms unique to international sales
  • Counseling on issues related to government procurement contracts
  • Structuring permissible protocols for European Union-United States data transfers
  • Advising on compliance strategies to avoid disproportionate regulatory burdens
  • Advising on mergers and acquisitions

Support in Protecting Innovations

  • Advising on the development, purchase, sale and licensing of intellectual property globally
  • Establishing procedures for protecting trade secrets, proprietary information and technical data
  • Drafting and enforcing non-compete, non-disclosure, assignment-of-invention, joint venture, confidentiality, joint development agreements, manufacturing agreements and licensing agreements
  • Filing and obtaining trademark registrations for clients worldwide
  • Prosecuting patent applications
  • Handling dispute resolution to defend intellectual property rights and litigating patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, trade dress, trade secrets and unfair competition claims

■ People

Team Leaders

Neal L. Slifkin

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(585) 419-8636
nslifkin@harrisbeach.com

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Christopher A. Andreucci

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(585) 419-8606
candreucci@harrisbeach.com

Patrick J. Dalton

Member
(585) 419-8607
pdalton@harrisbeach.com

Douglas A. Foss

Counsel
(585) 419-8612
dfoss@harrisbeach.com

Daniel J. Moore

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(585) 419-8626
dmoore@harrisbeach.com

Frank C. Muggia

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(716) 200-5131
fmuggia@harrisbeach.com

James R. Muldoon

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(315) 214-2021
jmuldoon@harrisbeach.com

Steven P. Nonkes

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(585) 419-8847
snonkes@harrisbeach.com

Neal L. Slifkin

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(585) 419-8636
nslifkin@harrisbeach.com

Laura W. Smalley

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(585) 419-8736
lsmalley@harrisbeach.com

Philip G. Spellane

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(585) 419-8638
pspellane@harrisbeach.com

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 and is among the BTI Elite law firms based on in-depth interviews of more than 600 corporate counsel at the world’s largest and most influential companies. Our clients include Fortune 100 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.

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