Engagements have included the following issues:
- Website disputes
- Best practices software licensing
- Copyright disputes
- License valuations
- Hi-jacked website traffic disputes
- Website traffic for IP addresses
- Unique visitor Analysis
- Website advertising rates
- Search engine optimization
- Search engine methodologies
- Software development costs
- Best practices for Internet advertisers
- Best practices for Internet publishers
- Patent license fees
- Patent infringement
- On-line advertising
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Law Firm Engagements
•Allen Dell, P.A.
Breach of contract on a SDK license. Prepared rebuttal report, deposition and prepared
for trial testimony.
•Arnold Porter LLP and Norris Keplinger & Logan LLP
Analyze a $20 million business and determine if business would have grown to
$100 million, but for defendant’s refusal to sell them a patented product.
Examined all documents such as financials, bank loans, management, business plans,
capital formation documents and board decisions.
•Farella Braun & Martel LLP
Examine software license and services agreement for compliance with purchase and
placement of advertising on Websites. Provide expert report, deposition and trial testimony.
•Howrey Simon Arnold & White
Examine software best practices of enterprise software developer and methods of
measuring license requirements, measurement data, and verification of software use,
functionality and conformance with contract purchase development specifications.
•Crosby Heafey Roach & Smith
Examine license agreement for conformance to specifications, verification of software
documentation instructions, verification of software and wireless computer product use
and determine value of software.
•Crosby Heafey Roach & Smith
Examine license agreement for conformance to specifications and software distribution
rights.
•Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLC
Examine license agreement and software for conformance to specifications, analyze
customer software purchase levels for various levels of product upgrades, determine the
number of customers that would have upgraded, but for the licensee’s inappropriate
software distribution.
•Cotton & Gundzik
Examine co-branding of website and business loss due to inappropriate distribution of
website software.
•Michael Best & Friedrich
Examine websites for duplication of code and ownership of various software website
commerce and affiliate development components.
•Grey Cary Friedenrich
Examine license agreement and software for conformance to contract specifications for
functionality and use.
•Cooley Godward LLP
Examine license agreement and software for conformance to contract specifications for
functionality and use.
•Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
Examine sales of software from a reseller, but for developer’s refusal to supply current
versions, ability of distributor to manage software through normal sales channels, value
of software and quantity that would have been sold, but for software developer’s actions.
•Law Office of Mick Lerner, PA
Determine the value of a technology business.
•Ascano & Campo LLP
Determine business value of video compression software had venture capital firm
invested in startup and provided initial funding.
•Morrison & Hecker
Determine value of founders equity share in the business had the founders had
an agreement in writing for equity ownership, determine share price and
actual total share ownership under premature departure of one of the cofounders.
•Schlagel Damore & Gordon
Determine value of enterprise software to licensor where licensee had developed a
derivative product, examine business history, development and reproduction costs.
•Steefel Levitt & Weiss
Examine license agreement and software for conformance to contract specifications for
functionality and use.
•Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Examine license agreements for derivative product rights, best practices with respect to
derivative products, conformance to license agreement specifications for software
development, use and distribution.
•Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
Determine the presence of secondary considerations for establishing patent validity.
•Law Offices of Jeffery P. Widman
Examine issues of sale of goods, distributor revenue sharing and pricing with respect to
industry practices for software licensing and distribution agreements.
•Latham & Watkins LLP
Examine source code and object code license agreements and investment letters of
intent surrounding a software licensing dispute.
•Nixon Peabody LLP
Engaged as a consultant to examine a series of software license agreements for compliance.
•Jenkens & Gilchrist LLP
Examine issues relating to licensing software for upgrade, pricing practices and software
license assignment rights.
•Allen Dell, P.A.
Breach of contract on a SDK license. Prepared rebuttal report, deposition and prepared
for trial testimony.
•Arnold Porter LLP and Norris Keplinger & Logan LLP
Analyze a $20 million business and determine if business would have grown to
$100 million, but for defendant’s refusal to sell them a patented product.
Examined all documents such as financials, bank loans, management, business plans,
capital formation documents and board decisions.
•Farella Braun & Martel LLP
Examine software license and services agreement for compliance with purchase and
placement of advertising on Websites. Provide expert report, deposition and trial testimony.
•Howrey Simon Arnold & White
Examine software best practices of enterprise software developer and methods of
measuring license requirements, measurement data, and verification of software use,
functionality and conformance with contract purchase development specifications.
•Crosby Heafey Roach & Smith
Examine license agreement for conformance to specifications, verification of software
documentation instructions, verification of software and wireless computer product use
and determine value of software.
•Crosby Heafey Roach & Smith
Examine license agreement for conformance to specifications and software distribution
rights.
•Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLC
Examine license agreement and software for conformance to specifications, analyze
customer software purchase levels for various levels of product upgrades, determine the
number of customers that would have upgraded, but for the licensee’s inappropriate
software distribution.
•Cotton & Gundzik
Examine co-branding of website and business loss due to inappropriate distribution of
website software.
•Michael Best & Friedrich
Examine websites for duplication of code and ownership of various software website
commerce and affiliate development components.
•Grey Cary Friedenrich
Examine license agreement and software for conformance to contract specifications for
functionality and use.
•Cooley Godward LLP
Examine license agreement and software for conformance to contract specifications for
functionality and use.
•Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
Examine sales of software from a reseller, but for developer’s refusal to supply current
versions, ability of distributor to manage software through normal sales channels, value
of software and quantity that would have been sold, but for software developer’s actions.
•Law Office of Mick Lerner, PA
Determine the value of a technology business.
•Ascano & Campo LLP
Determine business value of video compression software had venture capital firm
invested in startup and provided initial funding.
•Morrison & Hecker
Determine value of founders equity share in the business had the founders had
an agreement in writing for equity ownership, determine share price and
actual total share ownership under premature departure of one of the cofounders.
•Schlagel Damore & Gordon
Determine value of enterprise software to licensor where licensee had developed a
derivative product, examine business history, development and reproduction costs.
•Steefel Levitt & Weiss
Examine license agreement and software for conformance to contract specifications for
functionality and use.
•Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Examine license agreements for derivative product rights, best practices with respect to
derivative products, conformance to license agreement specifications for software
development, use and distribution.
•Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
Determine the presence of secondary considerations for establishing patent validity.
•Law Offices of Jeffery P. Widman
Examine issues of sale of goods, distributor revenue sharing and pricing with respect to
industry practices for software licensing and distribution agreements.
•Latham & Watkins LLP
Examine source code and object code license agreements and investment letters of
intent surrounding a software licensing dispute.
•Nixon Peabody LLP
Engaged as a consultant to examine a series of software license agreements for compliance.
•Jenkens & Gilchrist LLP
Examine issues relating to licensing software for upgrade, pricing practices and software
license assignment rights.
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