Alston & Bird has extensive experience working with technology transfer offices, including those affiliated with universities and research institutions. We regularly handle matters regarding, among other things, health care (e.g., heart monitoring and probes for detecting viruses), electro-optical imaging systems, complementary field effect transistors, fiber optics, holograms and machine vision systems. Our assistance has included securing patent protection, licensing patents and technology, and resolving disputes (and therefore avoiding litigation) in these fields.
On a regular basis, our attorneys draft and negotiate complex licensing transactions. While these transactions typically involve the licensing of computer software, and may include software and systems migration and integration services, as well as maintenance and support services, they often are more complex, as they are directed to the transfer of a client’s technology platform from one vendor or platform provider to another vendor or platform provider. Intellectual property and technology are always the driving forces in these complex transactions. Our attorneys often lead a diverse team of lawyers and business persons in the drafting, negotiation and consummation of complex software and systems development agreements, master license agreements, implementation and migration service agreements, transition services agreements, and maintenance and support services agreements, taking these complex transactions from their early stages to closing.
Finally, our attorneys frequently serve as leading members on client teams that handle mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other strategic alliances. These transactions frequently involve extensive intellectual property and technology due diligence, audits and investigations, and significant intellectual property and technology rights ownership issues, as well as the transfer and licensing of significant intellectual property and technology rights, and our clients depend on our expertise in handling these complex matters.
Technology Transfer & Complex Licensing
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In the News July 27, 2020Nikkei | Compliance Gaps as the California Consumer Privacy Act Comes into EffectMaki DePalo is quoted on the priority actions for complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act.In the News July 27, 2020Nikkei | Compliance Gaps as the California Consumer Privacy Act Comes into EffectMaki DePalo is quoted on the priority actions for complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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Press Release May 13, 2020Maki DePalo, David Park Honored by Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar AssociationMaki DePalo, partner in Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Group, and David Park, partner in the firm’s Financial Services & Products Group, were honored today by the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA) at its “New Partners & Counsel Virtual Celebration.”Press Release May 13, 2020Maki DePalo, David Park Honored by Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar AssociationMaki DePalo, partner in Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Group, and David Park, partner in the firm’s Financial Services & Products Group, were honored today by the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA) at its “New Partners & Counsel Virtual Celebration.”
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General Publications March 5, 2019“Three IP Diligence Challenges to Navigate in 2019,” The National Law Journal, March 5, 2019.Global merger and acquisition activity broke records in 2018. And with technology and intellectual property continuing to be central to many of these deals, IP diligence is a critical component in every M&A transaction involving software or other technologies.General Publications March 5, 2019“Three IP Diligence Challenges to Navigate in 2019,” The National Law Journal, March 5, 2019.Global merger and acquisition activity broke records in 2018. And with technology and intellectual property continuing to be central to many of these deals, IP diligence is a critical component in every M&A transaction involving software or other technologies.
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General Publications January 2019“Landmark New Privacy Law in California to Challenge Businesses Nationwide,” Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2019.This article reviews California’s sweeping new law that establishes an array of privacy rights for state residents and worries for businesses nationwide.General Publications January 2019“Landmark New Privacy Law in California to Challenge Businesses Nationwide,” Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2019.This article reviews California’s sweeping new law that establishes an array of privacy rights for state residents and worries for businesses nationwide.
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