Hardware & IT/Tech Systems
We have helped businesses as they developed, sold, licensed and serviced a wide array of hardware and systems. We have also helped structure and close systems integration transactions that involved multiple parties delivering a broad array of products and development/integration services. We have represented clients from many sub-sectors of the technology industry, including developers and designers of hardware and systems, developers of Internet of Things (IoT) products, multinational buyers and users of computer mainframes, telecommunications companies rolling out new products and services, and international financial institutions and non-profits deploying and using new or donated technology products. We draft and negotiate development, licensing, leasing, sales, support, and distribution agreements of hardware and systems. Calibrating our delivery of legal services to the scope and scale of the project, we aim to be facilitators and closers of transactions who work as trusted advisors to our clients.
REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS
Representation of a Fortune 500 company in connection with a multi-year volume purchase of computers and related hardware from a multinational OEM manufacturer.
Representation of an OEM computer manufacturer in distribution transactions in the Asia-Pacific region.
Representation of a venture capital-backed startup in connection with the structuring and negotiation of an exclusive university license of foundational patents.
Representation of a U.S. transportation company in connection with the negotiation of an enterprise supply agreement for computer mainframe hardware and peripherals from an OEM mainframe manufacturer.
Representation of a telecommunications technology company in connection with its sale of telecommunications components and systems, and related intellectual property assets, to a private equity fund.
Multi-year, multi-billion-dollar contract manufacturing requirements agreement for a major European consumer electronics company.
Dozens of domestic and international custom manufacturing, design and build, co-development, and engineering services agreements in the telecommunications, automotive, consumer electronics, medical device, and defense sectors.
Developed in-house patent development programs, including incentive compensation for development engineers and restructuring IP ownership provisions in supplier contracts.
Formed and led defensive patent portfolio acquisition funds and transactions in the hardware and software industries.
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