Berthoud Intellectual Property Lawyers

I am an attorney licensed in Colorado for over 35 years. How can I help you?

I have served as legal and general counsel for business, professional and non-profit enterprises engaged in biotechnology, charitable organizations (art, education and human services), financing, health care, real estate, software and other industries, services and technologies. I enjoy the excitement of working with start-ups and entrepreneurs. As legal and general counsel to closely and more widely held businesses and professional practices, I advise my clients in the areas of corporate governance, entity formation, employment matters, financing, IP licensing, marketing/distribution, mergers and acquisitions, protection of trade secrets and intellectual property, purchase and acquisition matters, real estate transactions, risk management, shareholder/ownership disputes,...

Following a career in the music business as a tour manager, publicist, band manager and founder of his own management agency, Dave Ratner now specializes in entertainment law, intellectual property law, and business law.

Building on his music industry experience, Dave is an expert at band formation and separation agreements, management and agency deals, recording and distribution contracts, and all forms of licensing.

Specialties: Purchase and sale of businesses. Contract preparation and review/revision. Establishing franchising systems and advising franchisors. Advising business owners and managers on employment law, employee policies, employee terminations, employment agreements, and independent contractor agreements. Advising individuals on employment agreements, employment terminations, and independent contractor agreements. Trademark registration and intellectual property licensing. I also assist clients with commercial real estate transactions.

Assistant Director Music Business, Colorado State University Principal, Music City Counsel & Brand X Management Adjunct Professor, Belmont University A member of both the California and Tennessee State Bars, Eric Griffin owns and operates Music City Counsel, a boutique law office based in Nashville. MCC acts as both legal counsel and business consultant to a wide variety of clients. In addition to having a healthy transactional law practice that focuses on entertainment related transactions, the office assists developing businesses in their birth, planning, or ongoing operations. Areas covered by the firm include incorporation, 501(c)(3) compliance, drafting of business plans, branding...