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Gibson Dunn | Technology Transactions
Technology Transactions
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Daniel Angel
New York
Carrie M. LeRoy
Palo Alto
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Gibson Dunn | Technology Transactions
OV E RV I E W
Gibson Dunn’s Technology Transactions Practice represents clients in connection with complex and strategic technology, intellectual
property and data-driven transactions, and plays a key role in providing IP-related support on M&A, investment, financing and related
transactions involving businesses that heavily rely on intellectual property.
Our lawyers frequently assist clients in the development, acquisition, licensing and commercialization of technology, data and intellectual
property, and advise our clients regarding the protection of their technology, data and intellectual property and associated IP-related
issues relating to ownership and use of intellectual property that arise in connection with the operation of their businesses. Our role in
these transactions ranges from full-service support with all aspects of structuring, negotiating, documenting and implementing such
transactions to advice on discrete technology, data usage and intellectual property issues.
Our clients include established and emerging companies across the entire spectrum of industries and technologies, including software,
computer hardware, semiconductor, telecommunications, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, digital and social media, fintech and life
sciences. We have substantial experience representing leading technology companies in cross-border transactions, including joint
ventures involving domestic and foreign joint venture partners. Our practitioners have been recognized with a number of awards and
honors in the field, including from Chambers, the Legal500, Law Dragon and the Daily Journal, and have decades of experience assisting
clients achieve their strategic objectives with respect to the protection, development and commercialization of intellectual property and
data.
Our areas of focus include:
Software Licensing and Development. Our lawyers represent software developers, distributors and customers in the negotiation and
preparation of software licenses, software development agreements, software distribution arrangements and end-user license
agreements. We also regularly counsel clients on licensing and policy matters related to open source software and open source
standards, including providing guidance on related licensing and business models, development policies, audit procedures and risk
mitigation strategies.
Patent Licensing and Acquisition. We represent clients in the negotiation of complex patent licenses, including cross-licenses, patent
litigation settlement agreements, licensing of standards-essential patents, license agreements with universities and research institutions
and patent pool arrangements. We also assist clients with patent portfolio acquisitions and related due diligence.
Cloud-Based Services. We advise both providers and customers of cloud-based services in a variety of contexts, including negotiating
and structuring subscription agreements, terms of service and service level agreements, software-as-a-service (SaaS) arrangements and
other cloud-based services. We regularly counsel both providers and customers regarding the procurement and deployment of crossborder cloud computing infrastructures, which implicate telecommunications, data privacy and security, and intellectual property laws of
various jurisdictions around the world.
Digital Media/Content. Gibson Dunn’s Technology Transactions Practice represents clients in the acquisition, licensing and
commercialization of digital media and content, including mobile applications, video games, music recordings, motion pictures, television
programming and other digital content that is streamed or distributed over the Internet.
Data Acquisition and Transfer. We represent clients in cutting-edge data-driven transactions involving artificial intelligence business
models and the transfer, sharing, licensing, mining, scraping and analysis of a wide variety of data and information across platforms and
devices, which we structure in view of rapidly changing federal, state and non-U.S. data privacy and security laws and standards. These
transactions often involve the disposition of personally identifying information, protected health information, personally sensitive data,
credit card data and related financial information, data for export and data controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulation.
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Life Sciences. We regularly represent life sciences clients in a wide variety of domestic and cross-border transactions involving the
licensing, acquisition and development of intellectual property. These matters include research and development agreements, drug
discovery collaboration agreements and joint venture agreements relating to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device
products. We counsel clients as well on agreements concerning the manufacturing and supply of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and
medical device products, clinical trials, and material transfer and distribution of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device
products.
E-Commerce/Online Businesses. Our practice has substantial experience structuring and negotiating agreements relating to ecommerce, website development, hosting and platforms, content licenses and website co-branding, as well as in addressing the range of
legal issues faced by online businesses.
Commercial Transactions Involving Technology/Services Procurement. We represent clients on a wide range of commercial transactions
involving the procurement of technology infrastructure and services, including contract manufacturing agreements, services, supply and
distribution arrangements, and VAR and OEM arrangements. The clients that we regularly represent in such transactions include a
number of the world’s leading hardware, semiconductor, telecommunications, and software vendors and distributors.
Trademark Acquisition, Licensing and Prosecution. Our lawyers assist clients with the negotiation of trademark licenses, concurrent use
and co-existence agreements, brand licensing agreements and agreements involving the acquisition and monetization of valuable
brands. We also routinely advise on the trademark selection and clearance process, prosecution of trademarks before the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office and maintenance of clients’ global trademark portfolios.
In addition to representing clients in transactions relating to the commercialization of technology, data and intellectual property, our
attorneys work closely with the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions, Life
Sciences and Global Finance Practices to guide clients on the IP aspects of M&A, investment, outsourcing and financing transactions,
including IP due diligence, negotiation of key IP representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities, counseling regarding IP-related
risks and mitigation strategies and the structuring and negotiation of ancillary licensing and transition services agreements. We also work
closely with the firm’s Privacy, Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Practice on data privacy issues arising in connection with the
transactions on which we work.
R E C E N T P U B L I C AT I O N S
Daily Journal Names Theane Evangelis and Carrie LeRoy Among 2020 Top Women Lawyers in Calif…
-November 5, 2020
Carrie LeRoy Named a California Trailblazer
-October 15, 2020
Best Lawyers in France 2021 Recognizes 17 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
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-June 25, 2020
Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
-August 15, 2019
Carrie LeRoy Recognized by LMG Americas Women in Business 2019
-June 6, 2019
Carrie LeRoy and Kristin Linsley Named Technology Trailblazers
-June 5, 2019
Gibson Dunn Ranked in Legal 500 EMEA 2019
-April 19, 2019
Channeling the Channel-Partner Risk: Addressing Anti-Corruption Risk with Channel Partners in t…
-June 21, 2017
Supreme Court to Review Federal Circuit’s Decisions in Heartland and Lexmark
-January 3, 2017
India – Legal and Regulatory Update
-May 18, 2016
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