Information Technology
Our Information Technology practice group helps clients with their technology and related business needs. Key capabilities of our Information Technology group include:
E-commerce
- Strategic planning: advising clients regarding formation of web-based businesses, setting up online operations for bricks and mortar businesses, and structuring online transactions
- Website agreements: structuring and negotiating development, hosting and linking agreements and establishing joint ventures to operate web sites and pursue Internet ventures
- Software development agreements: negotiating and drafting software development agreements
- Software licensing: negotiating and drafting of software licenses
- Foreign legal restrictions: advising clients regarding state, national and international laws and restrictions on operation of web businesses
- Online privacy: advising clients regarding online privacy obligations and developments; drafting online privacy policies
- Content licensing: negotiating and preparing online content licenses
- Outsourcing: drafting agreements between users and application service providers and other third party service providers
- B2B Exchanges: business to business commercial exchanges
- Electronic signature laws: providing advice on implementation of electronic signature procedures and compliance with electronic signature law mandates
- E-mail policies: advising clients regarding company e-mail policies and drafting e-mail policies
Intellectual Property
- Electronic content protection: counseling clients on protection of electronic content online and in other electronic media, and protection of website content
- Patents: developing e-commerce patent strategies; filing, procurement and enforcement of patents in the electronic environment; defending against claims of patent infringement and advising on designing around others' patents
- Software and database protection: advising clients on copyright, patent and trade secret protection for software and databases
- Branding: counseling on the creation and protection of brand identity; drafting and negotiating co-branding agreements
- Website audits: auditing client web sites to ensure compliance with regulations and electronic media restrictions, to maximize protection of client content and to avoid infringement of third party rights
Corporate Law and Finance
- Entity selection and creation: providing tax, business and legal advice regarding selection of electronic companies and formation and maintenance of such companies
- Financings: representing institutional lenders and borrowers in loan and equity transactions including online companies
- Mergers and acquisitions: valuation, purchase and sale of Internet-related businesses
- Due diligence: performing due diligence reviews in connection with financings and acquisitions of electronic businesses
- Private placements and public offerings: working with clients to develop and draft private placement memorandums and initial public offering compliance materials; assistance with securities law compliance
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances: negotiating and drafting joint venture and similar arrangements for web ventures
- Stock option plans: structuring and drafting stock option plans; tax and corporate advice regarding issuance and exercise of options in the information technology environment
- Employment and confidentiality agreements: negotiating and drafting employment agreements, non-disclosure agreements and related employment documents for information technology companies
Litigation
- Rights protection: prosecuting and defending cutting edge electronic media and intellectual property infringement claims, including issues relating to use of traditional works in new media
- Domain name disputes: adjudicating registration and domain name disputes in all forums
For further information or asistance
we invite you to call the head of our IT Group,
Peter Porcino
Direct Dial (212) 790-9208
prp@cll.com