John M. Fuscoe

Bio

John concentrates his practice in intellectual property, strategic partnerships, venture capital financings, and the representation of technology-based and early-stage businesses, and his primary clients are software and Internet-related companies and consumer products skincare companies. He counsels clients in all aspects of creating, protecting, maintaining, licensing, and monetizing intellectual property. John is a Senior Lecture Fellow at Duke University School of Law where he teaches a course on intellectual property transactions. John has also been a guest lecturer at the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment for the Entrepreneurial Experience and Entrepreneurial Execution classes. After working for two years as a management consultant, John was employed by IBM for ten years in marketing and management positions.

John received a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. (with concentration in finance) from the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business. He received a J.D. from Duke University School of Law.

Practice Areas

Licensing & Technology Transactions

Our Licensing & Technology Transactions practice group represents growth-oriented and technology-based companies of all sizes that seek to acquire, license, develop, commercialize, monetize, or otherwise exploit intellectual property or technology.

Trademarks

We counsel clients in all aspects of protecting, maintaining, licensing, and monetizing trademarks, patents, copyrights and trade secrets. Our team has broad experience in the management and prosecution of trademark applications and registrations for a wide variety of products and industries and in the protection of trade secrets and copyrights.

Emerging Companies

For over 40 years, we have helped founders, start-ups, and emerging companies form, finance, and grow their businesses, and have assisted countless angel investors and venture capital firms with their investment activities.