Technology
User Agreements and Licenses
- Prepared mobile application terms of service
- Prepared online terms of use and terms of service
- Drafted multiple click on, browserwrap, shrinkwrap and signed version end user license agreements
- Drafted cloud services and cloud storage agreements
- Prepared contest and sweepstakes rules
Licensing
- Drafted and negotiated eight million dollar software use license between two public companies
- Drafted and negotiated world-wide enterprise license program and associated boilerplate agreements for major international software company
- Negotiated favorable license terms and significant cost reduction in $600,000 software tool license
- Drafted, advised on and negotiated content licenses and partnering agreements for online company with major United States media companies
- Drafted and negotiated multiple music and content licenses
- Drafted enterprise licensing programs for both distributed and SaaS software
Distribution
- Drafted and negotiated interoperability testing and joint marketing agreements for major mobile software company
- Drafted and negotiated software distribution and channel agreements for major desktop application software company
- Drafted multiple distribution agreements for consumer electronics products with major US and foreign distributors.
- Drafted and negotiated music content licenses for European content aggregator with major and independent labels
- Prepared suite of customer, reseller and OEM agreements and order terms for subsidiary of publicly traded Swedish entity
Sales
- Developed and presented in-house training to sales force of major software companies in licensing and intellectual property issues; advised on negotiating techniques to minimize sales cycle
- Drafted and negotiated sales representative agreements for agents outside the United States
- Drafted and negotiated hardware sales and distribution agreements for major international retail hardware manufacturer
- Drafted multiple sales agreements for consumer electronic products and other tangible goods
Outsourcing – Manufacturing and Development
- Drafted and advised on development and manufacturing agreement for solar arrays
- Drafted and negotiated multi-million dollar license for third party implementation of Oracle back end implementation for public company
- Drafted and negotiated multi-million dollar manufacturing services agreement between major electronics manufacturer and component suppliers
- Drafted manufacturing services agreement for battery technology in the automotive industry
Open Source
- Advised NoSQL database software licensor on dual licensing models
- Prepared Open Source Policy for various client engineering and legal teams
- Regularly conduct open source due diligence and analysis for leading commerce provider in its acquisitions of companies.
Privacy
- Prepared comprehensive global privacy and data security policy for leading security identity solution provider
- Advised client and negotiated privacy and data security issues in various commercial agreements
- Implemented client’s Privacy Shield certification with Department of Commerce
Corporate
Venture Financing
- Represented web services company supporting content creators in structuring content in Series A financing
- Represented integrated hardware and mobile app manufacturer in Series A financing
- Represented network control software company in Series A
- Multiple investor-side transactions for top mobile operator’s corporate venture arm
- Represented major airline in $150,000,000 preferred stock financing led by multiple venture funds
- Represented a fabless semiconductor company in $12,000,000 preferred stock financing led by multiple venture funds
M&A
- Represented mobile entertainment company in sale to international electronics company
- Represented stereovision chipset company in sale to leading computer chip company
- Represented network control software company in sale to major networking equipment company
- Represented cloud-based presentation software company to leading virtualization software company
- Represented mobile apps platform company in sale to major mobile handset manufacture
- Represented online golf game company in sale to national golfing entertainment business
- Represented coffee grinding technology company in sale to national coffee retailer
Employment
- Assisted a growing EU company establish U.S. employment policies and agreements for expansion offices
- Provided separation agreement and advice in confidential executive termination
- Counseled client in handling discrimination and retaliation allegations
- Advised client on proper classification criteria under new federal wage-and-hour rules
- Assisted client in handling California-specific computer professional overtime rules
International
- Formation of foreign subsidiaries/joint ventures (distributorships) for major Asian computer manufacturer with local investors/managers, and negotiated and drafted assembly/distribution agreements in Latin America
- Drafted and negotiated world-wide bundle agreements for major US software company including ensuring compliance with EU regulations
- Reincorporation of California corporation into Cayman Islands corporation in connection with an inversion transaction and preparation for listing on a foreign stock exchange
- Reincorporation of multiple international corporations into Delaware corporations in connection with inversion transactions to establish U.S. headquarters and obtain U.S.-based venture financing investments
- Chinese corporation’s investment in U.S. corporation in return for technology transfer and agreement to establish manufacturing of complex silicon based technology in China
- Negotiated agreement for electronic consumer product distribution in the European Union
- Negotiated agreement for foreign fulfillment of consumer clothing product to buyers outside the United States
- Multiple instances of a review of foreign End User Licenses and Terms of Service to ensure conformity and enforceability under U.S. laws for major product launches in the US by foreign public companies.