Brooks Kushman

Brooks Kushman is a law firm that specializes in providing counsel on intellectual property and technology-related matters. It offers services in various sectors, such as copyrights, business litigation, legal intellectual property consulting, patent prosecution, licensing, technical design consulting, trade secrets and trade marks. It also offers services, including providing advice on management of patent portfolios; formulating strategy for the profitable licensing of assets; developing joint venture agreements and technology transfers; creating confidentiality, noncompetition and nondisclosure agreements; and engineering design around products to avoid existing patents. The firm has a wide range of clients that include Ford Motor, Lyondell Chemical Company, First Data Corporation, Plastipak Packaging, University of Michigan, Comcast Cable Communications and Interlink Electronics. Brooks Kushman was established in 1983, and is located in Southfield, Mich.