Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Brian Kacedon is a recognized authority in IP transactions. He has drafted and negotiated hundreds of agreements across all technologies and is designated as a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP). Brian has also successfully litigated multiple lawsuits and arbitrations based on his extensive transactional experience.
Brian focuses on patent and technology licensing and litigation. In his transactional practice, Brian assists clients in conducting market assessments for their patents, conducts licensing negotiations, drafts licensing agreements, and participates in related litigations. He routinely negotiates and drafts complex license and collaboration agreements for both small and large pharmaceutical companies, many with total payments of hundreds of millions of dollars. Brian’s experience includes setting up and directing international patent licensing and enforcement programs, including one that resulted in more than 500 license agreements. One client praised Brian’s ability to see both the legal and business side of transactions, saying he has an understanding of those laws in concert with what [our] business needs are in Acritas Stars.
Over the course of his career, Brian has drafted hundreds of patent, know-how, and software license agreements as well as joint development, collaboration, and settlement agreements for many industries, including pharmaceutical, medical device, software, and consumer electronics. He has assisted several leading technology companies in negotiating and drafting licenses for wireless technologies, as well as navigated related standards-setting issues.
Brian has extensive experience litigating agreement disputes. He has appeared as counsel in multiple litigations and arbitrations, including a trade secret misappropriation, for clients in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to semiconductors. Brian has also been retained as an expert witness relating to the interpretation of license agreements.
A frequent presenter at legal and industry workshops and conferences, Brian has lectured on drafting patent and know-how licenses for the Patent Resources Group (PRG) and the Licensing Executives Society (LES), as well as other organizations. He served as an adjunct professor teaching licensing at the George Washington University Law School.
The Legal 500 U.S. has recognized Brian as one of the leading lawyers in patent licensing and transactional work and as a Next Generation Lawyer for patent licensing. He is listed in Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine as one of 250 of the world’s leading patent and technology licensing practitioners. IAM also named him as a leading patent litigator and for patent transactions.
