We negotiate and draft all agreements commonly used in the computer industry and on the web, including:
- SaaS and cloud computing contracts;
- Software development, license and support agreements;
- Outsourcing and professional services agreements;
- Database publisher and subscriber arrangements;
- Distribution, OEM, VAR, sales agency, and joint venture agreements;
- System acquisition and integration contracts and equipment leases;
- Website terms of use, privacy policies and other online agreements; and
- Employee confidentiality, invention and non-competition agreements.
We counsel clients concerning patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets in connection with computer technologies and we assist in the prosecution and registration of associated rights.
We represent U.S. computer and software companies in international relationships and transactions in many countries, including:
- Joint ventures, teaming arrangements and offshore licensing;
- Manufacturing, procurement and research and development operations;
- Establishment of subsidiaries, overseas investments and repatriation of profits;
- Distributorship termination disputes; and
- Advice on international intellectual property protection.
Experience
Representative experience:
- Serving as general counsel to a venture-backed micropayment technology company, and advising on corporate structure, licensing and financing matters.
- Assisting a developer of newspaper advertising management systems in shifting from a licensing to a software-as-a-service model.
- Counseling a developer of e-learning software platform in licensing its software to multiple publishers.
- Acting as general counsel to a developer of assistive technology for the reading-disabled, from its spinout from a bankrupt speech recognition company until its sale to an educational software publisher.
- Representing a multi-billion dollar foreign pension investment fund in contracting for storage and emergency back-up services and secure cloud-based services for critical software applications.
- Name/Title
- Direct Dial
- Elizabeth A. Bitar
Associate - 781-697-2279781-697-2279
- Elizabeth A. Bitar
- Scott R. Bleier
Member - 781-697-2297781-697-2297
- Scott R. Bleier
- Michael J. Cavaretta
Member - 781-697-2263781-697-2263
- Michael J. Cavaretta
- Stanley F. Chalvire
Member - 781-697-2268781-697-2268
- Stanley F. Chalvire
- Peter F. Cifichiello
Senior Attorney - 781-697-2200781-697-2200
- Peter F. Cifichiello
- Richard D. Cocci
Associate - 781-697-2261781-697-2261
- Richard D. Cocci
- Sean D. Detweiler
Member - 781-697-2257781-697-2257
- Sean D. Detweiler
- Stacey C. Friends
Member - 781-697-2277781-697-2277
- Stacey C. Friends
- Jonathan D. Gworek
Member - 781-697-2229781-697-2229
- Jonathan D. Gworek
- John Hession
Member - 781-697-2227781-697-2227
- John Hession
- Joseph E. Hunt IV
Senior Attorney - 781-697-2272781-697-2272
- Joseph E. Hunt IV
- Michael R. Jabbawy
Member - 781-697-2209781-697-2209
- Michael R. Jabbawy
- Faith D. Kasparian
Member - 781-697-2231781-697-2231
- Faith D. Kasparian
- Scott R. Magee
Counsel - 781-697-2233781-697-2233
- Scott R. Magee
- Joseph C. Marrow
Member - 781-697-2246781-697-2246
- Joseph C. Marrow
- James M. McKenzie
Contractor - 781-697-2217781-697-2217
- James M. McKenzie
- Matthew L. Mitchell
Member - 617-227-1080617-227-1080
- Matthew L. Mitchell
- Ann M. O'Rourke
Contractor - 781-697-2242781-697-2242
- Ann M. O'Rourke
- Charles C. Pascal
Senior Attorney - 781-697-2255781-697-2255
- Charles C. Pascal
- Ryan J. Perry
Senior Attorney - 781-697-2271781-697-2271
- Ryan J. Perry
- Amanda E. Schreyer
Member - 781-697-2293781-697-2293
- Amanda E. Schreyer
- Howard G. Zaharoff
Member - 781-697-2237781-697-2237
- Howard G. Zaharoff
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