Technology / Intellectual Property
- Inbound and Outbound technology licensing
- IP portfolio strategy and management
- Technology / IP issues in complex transactions
Sovereign’s Technology Practice is specifically focused on transactions involving intellectual property and technology. Sovereign’s professionals have experience structuring and negotiating hundreds of technology transactions that facilitated the development, acquisition, commercialization, sourcing and resale of technology and IP assets. In each transaction, and with every client, we strive to understand the technical, commercial, and risk-management parameters of the client to combine legal expertise with substantive technical and industry knowledge. Our team’s technology and IP practice experience includes representing clients ranging from venture-stage to $1B+ publicly traded firms, as wells as buyers, sellers, licensors and licensees in technology and IP transactions, including:
- “Outbound” licensing agreements with users of clients’ technology products and services
- Licensed and Subscription / Software as a Service (SaaS) Agreements
- Online and electronic contracting
- “Inbound” licensing agreements with third party technology components providers (e.g. SDK tools)
- VAR, OEM, and similar channel agreements for the marketing and distribution of technology products and services
- Technology and IP-focused M&A transactions
- IP and technology due diligence reviews
- Hosting, co-location, and other telecommunications and data center operations procurement
- Joint ventures and technology-focused alliances
- Open source software license review, drafting, and compliance
- IT, ERP, and business process outsourcings
- Technology-specific RFP and bidding processes
- Co-development arrangements
- Support, service and maintenance arrangements
- Data privacy policies and best practices
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