Technology law practice includes the following services:

• license agreements
• merchandising agreements
• software developer’s agreements and legal support
• computer marketing, support, service, maintenance and distribution agreements
• copyright protection for technology
• database and information server protection and liability counseling
• federal trademark registration
• counseling on taxation of technology
• confidentiality, nondisclosure, noncompetition, and evaluation agreements
• e-mail and employee computer and Internet use policy drafting
• infringement analysis and strategy
• unfair competition and false advertising litigation analysis and strategy
• patent attorney referrals
• Some Examples of Representative TransactionsPLANNING AND PROTECTION
  • Counseling for S and C corporations, LLCs, partnerships and not-for-profits, including start-up interview; articles, bylaws, stock subscriptions, stock agreements, buy-sell agreements, and 501(c)(3) tax exemptions
    
  • preincorporation agreements, stock restriction and employment agreements; nondisclosure and noncompetition agreements; corporate minutes and resolutions; mid-life legal maintenance; structuring and negotiation of buy-outs, redemptions, mergers, liquidations, and dissolutions
    
  • Representation of business, arts and entertainment clients on legal aspects of selecting and protecting business names, logos, domain names, images, product names, and product packaging.
    

  
  
  
  

  • Advice to business and entertainment clients on liability for trademark, trade name, and domain name infringement.
    
  • Successful prosecution of federal trademark and service mark applications through the US Patent and Trademark Office; successful applications for registration, brokerage and transfer of .COM Internet domain names
    
  • Counseling and management of copyright and contractual issues for software, visual arts, music, literary, publishing, film/video and dance and theater clients, including copyright ownership and protection, registration, “work for hire,” copyright infringement, and enforcement; management and agency; artistic collaboration; live performances/appearances; independent music and film production, publishing; option and window agreements; negative- and master-pick-ups; entertainment financing
    
  • Structuring and drafting of US and multi-national licensing agreements and joint-venture agreements for software, patent/know-how, and other business opportunities
    
  • Drafting and negotiating of consulting agreements, employment agreements, employee manuals, nondisclosure agreements, technology evaluation agreements, and standard terms and conditions of purchase/service
    
  • Computer-industry and Internet-related contract drafting in software, hardware and systems integration transactions, system specifications; licensing; systems development; service, support and maintenance; domestic and international marketing and distribution; ISO- and QS-9000 consulting contracts; Y2K disclosures; web development, hosting, and advertising agreements
    
  • Seller-side representation in technology-related stock purchase and asset purchase acqusitions; organization and performance of due diligence research on the intellectual assets in a 5 million dollar software company merger
    
  • Research and opinions in tax aspects of intellectual property assets and their transfer
    
  • Routine employment matters, IRS and Michigan DOL employee/contractor classification issues, commercial questions, and business negotiation
    

  LITIGATION

  • Provided basic analysis and strategy, drafted pleadings, and assisted at trial in a management training company’s federal court case against a former employee for misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information, unfair competition, and infringement of copyrights in its materials
    
  • Provided basic analysis and strategy, drafted pleadings, and negotiated settlement for a small printing business against a national computer hardware and software systems vendor for fraudulent inducement of computer hardware purchase agreement, breach of warranty and computer product misrepresentation
    
  • Provided basic analysis and strategy and drafted pleadings for successful preliminary injunction against international giftware manufacturer for copyright and trademark infringement, misrepresentation, and false advertising, on behalf of shareholder group, in copyright and inventory ownership dispute
    
  • Provided assistance and drafted trial and appellate pleadings in the defense of a prominent national franchise organization sued for fraudulent inducement of contract by franchisees seeking to break away from the franchise relationship and go into competition with the franchisor
    
  • Provided assistance and drafted trial pleadings in the defense of a former employee sued for trade secret misappropriation and solicitation of former employer’s customers in the electric power factoring industry
    
  • Preparation of responses to third-party subpoenas duces tecum for the production of materials identifying network users
    
  • Creditor’s side commercial collection, and claim and delivery litigation in state court; negotiation of payment agreements and consent judgments
    
  • Preparation of, and response to, Attorney General and FTC inquiries concerning business practices
    
  • Preparation and filing of Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests to state, local and federal government bodies and agencies

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