Insights

Choate Represents Serent Capital in BS&A Investment

Choate represented Serent Capital in a significant growth investment in BS&A, a leading ERP software provider to municipalities. The investment will enable BS&A to accelerate its geographic expansion and drive further adoption of its market-leading cloud product.

Beware of Trademark Phone Phishing

Increasingly, trademark customers are experiencing "spoofing" phone calls from scammers using fake caller ID information and falsely claiming to be from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in an effort to try to steal money or personal information.

Choate Congratulates BioNTech on its Acquisition of InstaDeep

Choate was privileged to provide IP diligence counsel to BioNTech in support of its recent acquisition of InstaDeep. The companies have described this acquisition as building on a successful track record of increasing collaboration between them, and as enabling creation of a fully integrated, enterprise-wide capability to discover, design and develop next-generation immunotherapies at scale by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies across BioNTech’s therapeutic platforms and operations.

Spectrum Equity Leads $35M Series A Growth Investment in SponsorUnited

Choate represented Spectrum Equity as lead investor in a $35M Series A growth investment in SponsorUnited, the leading global sports and entertainment intelligence platform.

Bain Capital Life Sciences Leads $107M Series C Financing of Jnana Therapeutics

Choate represented Bain Capital Life Sciences in the $107M Series C Financing of Jnana Therapeutics, a biotechnology company leveraging its next-generation chemoproteomics platform to discover medicines for challenging-to-drug targets.

Stephanie Schonewald, Cecilia Vega and Sophie Wang Speak at the IPWatchdog Life Sciences Masters 2022

Stephanie Schonewald, Cecilia Vega and Sophie Wang will be speaking at the IPWatchdog Life Sciences Masters on October 25 - 26, 2022.

Bain Capital Life Sciences Leads $100M Series C Financing in JenaValve

Choate represented Bain Capital Life Sciences as the lead investor in a $100M Series C financing in JenaValve Technology.

Riverside Partners Completes New Platform Investment in UnisLink

Choate represented Riverside Partners in the completion of a new platform investment in UnisLink Holdings, a leading provider of end-to-end revenue cycle management and population health management services to independent physician groups, ACOs, and value-based care groups across the United States.

Employee-Employer IP Ownership Rights

Cecilia Vega and Lyndsey Kruzer share what employers should consider regarding employee or contractor rights to innovations in the workplace.