Technology Business

• Our attorneys understand the interaction between money, intellectual property and technology in a global marketplace
• We provide deep sector-specific knowledge of clients’ technologies, business practices, intellectual property assets, and transactions
• We efficiently execute sophisticated and complex technology sector deals

• Business software, such as infrastructure, financial software, Internet, open source and communications products
• IT services, including web businesses and software-as-a-service (or “SaaS”) vendors
• Silicon products, including semiconductors, ASICs and MEMS
• Consumer software and content, including music products and games
• Communications technology companies
• High tech materials

Technology Transaction Types
We handle critical domestic and international transactions for technology businesses ranging from start-ups to publicly-traded companies. They include both American and foreign businesses.

• Licensing and technology transfer
• Customer, reseller, VAR and OEM agreements
• Development agreements
• Technology acquisitions and transfers
• Outsourcing agreements
• Internet and mobile distribution deals
• Patent, copyright and trademark licensing
• Open source licensing
• International distribution arrangements
• Strategic alliances and joint ventures
• Multimedia, entertainment and game deals
• Content acquisition and licensing

• The sale of an open source vendor to Oracle
• The sale of an employment software company
• The purchase of a mobile music distribution company
• The intellectual property aspects of a $350 million technology company division sale to a foreign buyer
• The $175 million sale of Harmonix Music Systems to Viacom’s MTV Networks

• Distribution strategies
• Branding strategies
• Technology and intellectual property strategies

Additional Services for Technology Companies
Our services for technology companies also include:

Company Formation

• Incorporation, tax strategy, capital structure, shareholder agreements
• Formation and operation of US-based subsidiaries of foreign companies

Financing Transactions

• Seed capital, angel and venture financing, commercial loans, private placements, securities offerings, employee stock and ownership plans

Employment

• Employment law generally, employee agreements, option plans and other equity compensation plans

Trademark, Brand Strategies and Copyrights

• Trademark registration services, including US federal registration
• Foreign trademark services
• Management of global trademark portfolios
• Copyright registration

Litigation

• Civil litigation issues, including trade secret matters, copyright and trademark infringements, contract disputes, and non-competition and confidentiality agreements

• Through our network of affiliations across the globe, we partner with other law firms as needed for global distribution agreements, trademarks, partnerships and other international matters.
  

Contact
Let’s discuss your technology business needs and strategies. Please feel free to contact Gene Landy, Technology Business Group Chair, at (617) 742-4200 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Attorneys

Grazio, Bethany A.

Feldman, Steven L.

Friends, Stacey C.

Landy, Gene K.

Mulligan, Maureen

Robinson, David

Stein, Russell

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