Representative Recent Work

• Negotiated software development kit and pest definitions license and service agreement, representing developer in transaction with well-known portal site.
• Advice to company negotiating license for use of patented technology in a manufactured product; project includes development services agreement and complex license for separate software and hardware package.
• Advice to owner of copyrighted materials and know-how in dealings with online learning company and major business software developer. Includes drafting, review and comment on other parties’ forms of agreement, and extensive advice on negotiation strategies for various related transactions.
• Extensive counseling to a premier search engine and Internet advertising company regarding Internet business agreements, licenses and intellectual property transactions. Negotiated largest outsourcing agreement ever entered into by company as well as other outsourcing agreement with offshore vendors. Drafted and commented on terms and conditions and other form agreements for company’s various products and services, drafted technical support guidelines, and revised copyright permission guidelines for the company’s Web site. Negotiated manyd numerous agreements with numerous large customers, for various product lines. Advise on various in-bound service agreements including benefits administration services, as well as numerous transportation, training and fulfillment services contracts. Drafted form agreement and advise regarding worldwide distribution agreements. Negotiate various agreements relating to credit data and other information services and payment processing relationships.
• Advised internationally-known cosmetics company by negotiating and drafting agreements for large e-commerce software system licensing and implementation transactionservices.
• Advised company negotiating license for use of patented technology in a manufactured product; project includes development services agreement and complex license for separate software and hardware package.
• Advised owner of copyrighted materials and know-how in dealings with online learning company and major business software developer. Includes drafting, review and comment on other parties’ forms of agreement, and extensive advice on negotiation strategies for various related transactions.
• Drafted documents for and advise consulting firm with regard to global service agreement and local subcontractor relationships.
• Advised nanotechnology company in negotiations and revisions to key patent license agreement with the University of California and regarding other transactions.
• Drafted master agreements for license, professional services and maintenance and support for new enterprise software company’s products and services.
  Currently advises and negotiates transactions using those master agreements.
• Advise consultants in licensing training materials and other copyrighted works to clients to whom they deliver such works.
• Advised executive coaches on licensing and other contract matters arising from client requests.
• Advised training firm in negotiations with e-learning company.
• Defended software developer accused of stealing trade secrets and negotiated settlement (prior to injunction hearing).
• Negotiated settlement of disputed Internet services contract.
• Advised domestic subsidiary of international oil company in negotiation of Internet marketing and promotions agreements with Yahoo! and AutoWeb.com.
• Negotiated settlement to recover mission-critical intellectual property for enterprise software developer in dispute with its largest customer.
• Defended chief scientist of biotechnology company in patent infringement and trade secret litigation.
• Advises technology companies and “splinter groups” from such companies on trade secret issues arising from departure of key technical employees.
• Advised company regarding licensing issues resulting from failure to protect intellectual property.
• Co-chaired a trial team that won a $4.2 million jury verdict for a national software reseller in a case under the Uniform Commercial Code.
  

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