Your technology agreements affect every aspect of your business and its operations. Technology plays a critical role in the production, marketing, and delivery of your products and services, as well as, supporting your back-office functions.
Each type of technology agreement presents unique and complex issues, which can severely impact your operations if they are not adequately addressed to meet your operational needs.
As your attorney, I take the time to fully understand your business and its technology needs. Having an experienced technology attorney that understands your company’s unique technology needs is essential to protecting your interests in an ever-changing technology world.
My clients range from start-ups to public traded companies across a broad spectrum of industries, including the technology, manufacturing, financial, media and broadcasting, retail, oil and gas, and telecommunications industries. And my practice includes technology transactions involving every aspect of the development, licensing, commercialization, and protection of technology.
I regularly represent both technology providers and technology customers. Understanding both sides of the table gives me a unique perspective, and allows me to draft, negotiate and conclude your technology agreements in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
My depth and breadth of experience enables me to effectively protect your interests, provide more effective solutions, and minimize the cost of handling your technology transactions.
Areas of Focus:
- Cloud computing, including Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service models
- Software licensing and related agreements
- Marketing, distribution, and reseller arrangements
- Joint development and strategic alliance agreements
- Business process outsourcing
- Information technology outsourcing
- Software development agreements
- Website terms of use and privacy policies
- Consulting agreements
- Website development agreements
- Equipment purchases and leases
- Trademark licensing and sponsorship agreements
- Online promotional sweepstakes and contests
- Data acquisition, licensing, security, and privacy issues
Representative Experience:
- Represented publicly traded midstream oil and gas company in negotiating agreements for Oracle cloud-based enterprise resource planning software and services.
- Represented leading national media and broadcasting company in a series of software licensing and related service agreements.
- Represented software provider in a series of transactions to license oil and gas exploration, development, and management software and to provide related consulting services to its customers.
- Drafted software and data licensing form agreements and consulting services form agreements to provide integrated oil and gas reservoir production analysis software, data and related services for online software and data provider.
- Represented national health and welfare benefit administration outsourcing services provider in developing master services agreement form, and in a series of transactions to provide outsourced benefit administration services to its customers.
- Represented technology start-up in drafting and negotiating a Joint Development and Marketing Agreement with an engineering and training company for the development and marketing of an integrated oil and gas production optimization educational course and related materials to be provided to oil and gas professionals.
- Represented online travel agency in drafting and negotiating software development, licensing and hosting services agreement for availability, rate, and inventory data caching software.
- Represented biofuels company in acquiring rights to develop and commercialize patented biofuel technology.
- Represented leading online supply chain marketplace for the aviation industry in the negotiation of a series of Subscription Services Agreements with major national airlines.
- Represented financial institution in acquiring naming rights for a major college football stadium.
- Developed and drafted Software License Agreement form and Software Development Agreement form for Houston area business software start-up.
- Assisted local government corporation in drafting and negotiating a distributed antenna system agreement for the design and installation of a distributed antenna system in municipal convention center.
- Drafted and negotiated Information Technology outsourcing agreement for engineering and construction firm.
- Drafted a series of online sweepstakes rules and related documentation for leading regional sporting goods retailer.
- Drafter website terms of use and privacy policies for regional media company.
- Represented leading information technology consulting firm in negotiating a series of services agreements to provide consulting, custom application development, cloud computing, data, and customer relationship management services to its customers.
- Represented leading provider of oil & gas exploration software and consulting services in developing and drafting Software Licensing Agreement form and Consulting Services Agreement form.
- Represented leading chemical and pharmaceutical industry information and data provider in drafting and negotiation Software Development and Hosting Services Agreement for the development of e-sourcing software.
- Assisted international provider of geoscience data to oil and gas exploration and production companies in acquisition of geophysical data related to various United States oil fields.
- Represented Texas-based online services company in a series of transactions to license and provide procurement and supply chain services to the hospitality industry.