The Dutko Associates, PLLC is a Houston based firm established to help individuals and businesses manage their innovations and intellectual property. We draft and negotiate royalty contracts and distribution agreements in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyright, software and technology. Our firm reviews the intellectual property needs of its clients and provides well-planned licensing and protection strategies. 

We also offer general contract review and drafting as well as general business formation filings.  Our current client profile includes individual innovators, authors, musicians, children’s book publishers, toy vendors, start-up software companies, medical device companies, and other clients and businesses represented on various contract and trademark matters. 

Our firm offers legal services such as:

• Royalty agreement drafting and negotiation (License Agreements) for patents, trademarks, software and copyright material
• Assignment documents
• Work for Hire documents
• Confidentiality agreements
• Publisher agreements
• Illustrator agreements
• Copyright registrations and prosecution
• Trademark search, registration and prosecution
• General contract review, drafting and negotiation
• Business formation filings

Our firm offers professional services such as:

• Marketing innovations to manufacturers and distributors
• Intellectual property asset management
• General business and IP strategy and research
• Prototype consultation
• Finding overseas manufacturers