Defense / Dual-Use Compliance Counseling

SKU: FD-13

Companies that need ad-hoc, written counseling on a specific defense, dual-use, or export-control question.

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Engagement type: Custom Quote

Attorney fee: Custom quote
USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

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Companies that need ad-hoc, written counseling on a specific defense, dual-use, or export-control question.

What’s included
Scoped memo on the specific question raised.

What’s NOT included

Government, third-party, foreign-associate, translation, courier, and vendor fees.
Continued prosecution, additional office actions, or post-allowance work beyond what is expressly itemized.
Litigation, contested proceedings (IPR/PGR/PTAB, oppositions, cancellations), or appeal work.
Work on additional applications, jurisdictions, classes, or marks not listed in the engagement letter.
Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

Client responsibilities

Provide complete, accurate, and timely technical / business disclosures.
Review and approve drafts and filings before submission.
Pay government and third-party fees in advance of any filing deadline.
Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

Assumptions

Standard complexity for the service category.
One primary applicant or business entity; one primary jurisdiction unless otherwise stated.
One round of substantive client revisions included.
No material adverse facts (e.g., prior public disclosure, intervening prior art) discovered after engagement.
Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

Scope-change triggers

Material change in scope, claims, embodiments, classes, marks, or jurisdictions.
Adversarial action by a third party (opposition, cancellation, declaratory action).
Expedited / emergency turnaround required to meet a statutory or self-imposed deadline.
After-discovered prior art, prior use, or undisclosed prior filings.
Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

Deliverables
Per engagement letter.

Typical timing

Set in writing in the engagement letter.
This is not a regulatory submission or an opinion of any government agency. The firm does not represent any client before any agency or court unless the engagement letter expressly states so. Clients with classified information must engage through appropriate cleared channels.
Engagements that move IP toward revenue, investment, or transaction — diligence, licensing, regulatory pathway counseling, and launch-readiness work. Many entries in this category use tiered or “starting at” pricing because scope is fact-specific.

Awardees who have the money and now need to know what the award terms actually oblige them and their subcontractors to do.

Early-stage non-binding term sheets between collaborators before a definitive agreement is drafted.

Technologies emerging from federally-funded R&D, especially under SBIR/STTR, that need a focused readiness review before commercial engagement.

Companies licensing dual-use or defense-relevant technology into or out of the defense supply chain.

Companies transitioning defense-developed technology into commercial markets, where IP, data rights, and government use must be carefully managed.

Technology companies and primes/subcontractors evaluating or negotiating DoD prototype agreements or other-transaction (OTA) instruments.

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