Contracts, licenses, and business law for consultants and for tech companies
Software development agreements
Copyright registration of source code
Managing upper and lower tier contractor relationships
Defense, NASA, and DARPA contracting and SBIRs
All areas of intellectual property
SERVICES
SUMMARY OF PRACTICE AREAS
TECHNOLOGY, LIFE SCIENCES AND INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTS:
Drafting and negotiation of contracts;
Maintaining relations with suppliers, customers, and upper and lower tier contractors;
Specifications,statements of work, and warranties;
Contract dispute resolution.
JOINT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES:
Teaming agreements;
Strategic partnerships;
Joint research agreements.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS:
Department of Defense, NASA, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies;
SBIRs/STTRs, NIH grants;
State agencies;
Canadian Department of National Defence, British Ministry of Defence.
SOFTWARE:
Software licenses;
Development agreements;
Consultant agreements.
EFFECTIVE EXPLOITATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Patent, trademark, and copyright portfolio development;
Strategies for cost-effective use of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights;
Recognition and protection of trade secrets;
Administering worldwide patent and trademark portfolios;
Licensing of patented and unpatented technology and products;
Intellectual property enforcement through negotiation;
Evaluation of business models.
IP VALUATION:
Recognition of intellectual assets to strengthen the balance sheet;
Formulation of proposed royalty rates for licenses;
Evaluation of patents for sale and other purposes;
Due diligence for acquisitions and investments.
FDA MEDICAL DEVICES REGULATION:
Positioning new products in proper FDA classifications and product codes;
Medical device listings;
Getting new products on the market in compliance with FDA regulations.
EXPERIENCE
Over thirty years of legal, business, and management experience, representing start-ups and sophisticated, established companies in domestic and international transactions, tailoring legal work to the business model, and development and exploitation of patent and trademark portfolios world-wide.
EDUCATION
Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering - The Cooper Union, 1966 Law Degree from the George Washington University National Law Center, 1970
PUBLICATIONS
Presentations to National Defense Industrial Association, UCSD Supercomputer Center Faculty, Licensing Executives Society, UCSD Rady Business School, Del Mar Electronics Show, and many others.
ASSOCIATIONS
IEEE Consultants Network, National Defense Industrial Assn., Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Assn.