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Practice Areas

Enterprise & Site Licenses SaaS/Cloud Services Clickwrap Licenses Software Support Source Code Licenses Open Source Software Compliance Distribution Agreements OEM/VAR/ISV Agreements SLAs Technology Licenses

35 years

25%

Contracts and Agreements 20%

Structure and negotiate a wide variety of transactions, from simple to complex, and through all phases of the product and service cycles, covering innovation, development, manufacture and supply, commercialization, sales and distribution channel,

35 years

20%

Intellectual Property 15%

Patent, Copyright, Trade Secret and Technology Licenses Trademark Licenses DMCA Safe Harbor Compliance Software Development Independent Consulting Agreements

35 years

15%

Internet 15%

-Merchandise/Likeness/Promotion Licenses -Digital Music Streaming/Webcasting Licenses -Website Development/Hosting -Online/Website Terms of Use -Online Game/Wireless Content Licenses -Video Game Development -Video Game Publishing & Distribution -E-Commerce, Co-Branding, Co-Marketing -Web Advertising/Linking -DMCA Safe Harbor Compliance -Recording and Music Publishin Privacy: Privacy Policies, Data Transfer, EU Data Directive -COPPA -HIPAA

31 years

15%

Communications and Media 5%

Digital Media Licensing

35 years

Life Sciences and Biotechnology 5%

Transactions for the development, commercialization, sales and procurement of life sciences, biotech, and medical device products, including: Research & Development Product Development, Manufacturing & Supply Material Transfer Agreements Compound Manufacturing Agreements Patent and Technology Licenses University Licenses Clinical Trial and Commercialization Agreements Intellectual Property Transfer Agreements Joint Development and Strategic Alliances

31 years

Mergers and Acquisitions 5%

Letters of Intent/MOU Strategic Alliance and Co-Marketing Agreements Joint Development, Manufacturing, Supply and Marketing Agreements Cross-License Agreements Asset Purchase Agreements Transition Services Agreements Escrow Agreements Due Diligence (including Intellectual Property and contracts) Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Trade Secret and Technology Assignments Trademark Licenses

35 years

Privacy 5%

Privacy Policies Data Transfer Agreements EU Data Directive Safe Harbor Compliance COPPA HIPAA

27 years

Telecommunications 5%

31 years

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 35 years

State: California

Acquired: 1990

Active

No misconduct found

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Location

M&H, LLP [www.mh-llp.com]

525 Middlefield Road, Suite 250, Menlo Park, CA, 94025

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Experience

Rating: 7.8 (Very Good)

Honors

2017

AV® Peer Review Rating (Very High/Preeminent), Martindale-Hubbell

1990

1st Prize, ASCAP/Nathan Burkan Memorial Copyright Competition, ASCAP

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Work Experience

2016 - Present

Partner, M&H, LLP

2010 - 2015

Senior IP Licensing Attorney, Via Licensing Corporation

2008 - 2015

Managing Partner, Plumleigh Law

2003 - 2008

VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Critical Path, Inc.

2000 - 2003

Partner, Cooley Godward

1994 - 1999

Partner, Brobeck Phleger & Harrison

1990 - 1994

Associate, Blanc Williams Johnston & Kronstadt

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Associations

2005 - Present

State Bar of California, Intellectual Property Law Section, Licensing Committee

Member

2003 - Present

Association of Corporate Counsel

Member

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Education

N/A

UCLA SOL

law

N/A

Univ of California at Los Angeles

undergraduate

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Speaking Engagements

2007

Calif State Bar IP Institute

Best Practices in Licensing

2007

Association of Corporate Counsel (SF) program

Open Source and “Free” Software

2006

Calif State Bar IP Institute

IP Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions

2005

Structuring, Negotiating & Implementing Strategic Alliances

IP Ownership and Due Diligence

2004

Structuring, Negotiating & Implementing Strategic Alliances

IP Ownership and Due Diligence

2003

Structuring, Negotiating & Implementing Strategic Alliances

IP Ownership and Due Diligence

2002

Santa Clara University High Technology Law Journal Symposium

Open Source Software

2002

Copyright and Online Music

2002

American Conference Institute on Advanced Technology Licensing

Advanced Technology Licensing

2001

South by Southwest Music & Interactive Media conference

Forum on Digital Media Rights

2001

Hastings Computer Law Symposium “Digital Divide”

Internet and Technology Transactions

2001

Digital Media Rights 2001

Legal Issues in Multimedia, Music and Interactive Works Online

2000

Stanford Law Review Symposium on Cyberspace and Privacy

Privacy

1999

Hastings Computer Law Symposium “Enabling Electronic Commerce”

Internet and E-Commerce

1998

American Conference Institute on International Technology Transfers

International Technology Transactions

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Publications

2003

Practicing Law Institute Treatise: Advising High Technology Companies Emerging Privacy Issues chapter

2002

California Lawyer Magazine Privacy Law Update

1999

WORLD LEGAL FORUM Information Technology in Silicon Valley, In Brief

1990

37 UCLA Law Review 733 Digital Audio Tape: New Fuel Stokes the Smoldering Home Taping Fire

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Languages

English

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