Industries

At Barsik Law Offices, we provide business and intellectual property legal services to companies and entrepreneurs throughout Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, including Bethlehem, Allentown, and Easton. Whether you are developing a new product, establishing a business, or entering a commercial agreement, we provide legal counsel tailored to your industry, business activities, and objectives. 

By offering business counsel and intellectual property services under one roof, we help clients address legal matters that cross both areas, from protecting innovations to structuring commercial relationships. Our team includes an attorney registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

Technology and Software Businesses

Companies developing software, mobile applications, computer technologies, and electronic products often rely on outside developers or contractors. We draft and review development agreements addressing ownership of completed work, project deliverables, payment obligations, confidentiality, and termination rights. Because paying an outside developer does not necessarily transfer copyright ownership, we help clients establish appropriate written assignments and ownership arrangements. 

Our patent services for technology businesses include eligibility evaluations, patent searches, application preparation and prosecution, and portfolio management. We also prepare software licensing agreements, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, and other commercial contracts addressing permitted uses of technology, intellectual property ownership, compensation, and protection of proprietary information. 

Medical Devices and Healthcare Technology

Businesses developing medical devices and healthcare technologies may need to address patent protection before sharing technical information with investors, manufacturers, or development partners. We advise on patent protection before public disclosure or commercialization, when timing and existing inventions may affect the protection available under federal patent law. 

We handle patent searches, applications, and prosecution for devices incorporating software, electronics, and other technical innovations. Our services include drafting and reviewing confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements to establish obligations concerning sensitive information during product development and commercial discussions. 

For development, licensing, and commercialization arrangements, we also prepare and review contracts addressing intellectual property ownership, permitted uses, confidentiality, and related commercial obligations. 

Manufacturing and Product Development

Manufacturers and product developers often need to protect both technical inventions and proprietary production methods. We assist engineering companies, manufacturers, and businesses developing products involving robotics, automotive technologies, electronics, and other engineering innovations, including with patent protection for their inventions. 

For proprietary manufacturing processes, technical information, and confidential business methods, we draft and review agreements establishing confidentiality obligations and supporting trade secret protection. 

We also prepare and review supplier agreements, sales agreements, service contracts, consulting agreements, and intellectual property licensing agreements. Our contract work addresses deliverables, payment obligations, ownership rights, confidentiality, and termination. 

Consumer Brands & Creative Businesses

Consumer brands and creative businesses rely on trademarks, copyrights, and commercial agreements to protect and manage their brands and creative assets. We advise companies producing marketing materials, designs, written content, software, and other qualifying creative works. 

Our trademark registration and enforcement services include trademark availability counseling, registration, portfolio management, and matters involving potentially conflicting or unauthorized use of marks. We help clients distinguish between registering a business name with the state and establishing trademark rights, while evaluating existing registrations, commercial use, and the likelihood of consumer confusion. 

For businesses commissioning creative work, we review agreements with independent contractors and outside creators to determine whether copyright assignments are needed and to establish clear ownership arrangements. 

We also handle copyright registration, enforcement, and Digital Millennium Copyright Act compliance. Our licensing and commercial agreement services address publishing, distribution, permitted uses, compensation, ownership rights, and restrictions on transferring protected assets. 

Business Formation, Growth, and Ownership Changes

In addition to industry-specific intellectual property and commercial services, we advise entrepreneurs, startups, and established businesses on formation, ownership arrangements, expansion, restructuring, and dissolution. 

For new ventures, we help select and form limited liability companies, corporations, and partnerships. Our services include preparing entity registration documents, operating agreements, partnership agreements, and shareholder agreements.  

We address management arrangements, ownership rights, and potential personal liability, as well as provisions governing ownership transfers, partner departures, disagreements over major decisions, and changes in management responsibilities. 

As businesses grow, we draft and review the commercial agreements that support new relationships, including commercial leases. We also prepare revised ownership agreements and other legal documentation associated with expansion, restructuring, changes in management, or new commercial relationships. 

When a business closes, we handle dissolution matters and the legal steps involved in winding down its affairs, considering the entity's structure, outstanding obligations, and applicable Pennsylvania law. 

Discuss Your Business and Intellectual Property Needs with Barsik Law Offices

At Barsik Law Offices, we advise Pennsylvania businesses on transactions, agreements, and formation through attorney Sean E. Barsik, who is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and brings a background in accounting. For intellectual property matters, Kattina V. Barsik is licensed in New Jersey and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

From our Bethlehem office, our Lehigh Valley business and intellectual property attorneys serve businesses throughout the region, including Allentown and Easton. If you have questions about a business agreement, a new venture, or protecting intellectual property, contact us at (973) 382-9166 to discuss your needs