Practice Areas & Industries: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Technology Transactions Group consists of lawyers dedicated to representing companies and individuals in connection with commercial transactions involving technology and intellectual property rights. We represent many types of businesses -- large and small, early-stage and established, domestic and international -- regardless of whether they are technology providers, distributors, resellers or end users.

Our lawyers understand that technology issues no longer apply exclusively to "tech companies," and that every business, regardless of industry, is impacted by technology. Because our clients include both vendors and customers, we have insight into the factors driving technology transactions; we understand the "business" of technology. The depth and diversity of our industry experiences allow us to bring a cost effective approach to our practice, applying legal knowledge, practical business experience and sound technical knowledge when advising clients on the acquisition, use, development and commercial exploitation of technology.

While most law firms have either intellectual property (patent and trademark) or corporate (M&A and securities) attorneys handling technology transactions in addition to their other work, each of the lawyers in our Group combines knowledge and experience in both intellectual property and commercial/corporate law . Whether we are negotiating and drafting agreements, structuring relationships or providing general advisory services, it is this concentration on the commercial aspects of technology and intellectual property that distinguishes our lawyers and provides the greatest value to Buchanan's diverse client base.

Services Available

The following are just a few examples of the broad range of transactions with which we get involved:

• License agreements (inbound and outbound)
• Maintenance and support agreements
• Joint venture and strategic alliance relationships
• Research and development agreements
• Consulting services agreements
• Distribution agreements
• OEM and value added reseller agreements
• Manufacturing and supply agreements
• Outsourcing arrangements
• Internet terms of use and legal terms
• Privacy policies
• Electronic contracting arrangements
• Private sector/University collaboration agreements
• Proof of principle agreements
• Biotechnology transfer agreements
• Beta agreements
• Content licensing arrangements
• Infrastructure and hosting agreements
• Information technology usage policies
• Business development and co-marketing agreements
• Webcasting agreements
• Gaming development agreements
• Confidentiality agreements
• Other complex commercial agreements

Regardless of the industry, whether involved in computers and software, Internet and e-commerce, life sciences, advanced technologies (such as integrated circuits and MEMS), financial services, consulting services, advertising, consumer products, real estate and construction, telecommunication, utilities, entertainment and media, health care, security alarm, transportation, logistics or education, the lawyers in our Technology Transactions Group get to know your specific business and industry, so as to best counsel you and help you achieve your specific objectives.

The Technology Transactions Group represented clients in the following representative transactions:

• Represented one of the first electronic market places on the Internet. Negotiated and drafted technology license agreements, content license agreements, and technology outsourcing agreements, developed buyer and seller agreements and marketplace rules for electronic contracting and negotiations, and structured and negotiated joint ventures (domestically and internationally).
• Negotiated Software License Agreement for one of the nation's largest diversified financial services organization's acquisition of software and services to provide enhanced and web-based cash management functionality.
• Advised on and negotiated agreements relating to a multi-faceted disaster recovery services arrangement with the industry leading service provider for a publicly traded client.
• Participated on an internal client planning committee for the license and implementation of a companywide electronic document management system for a publicly traded, Fortune 500 company.
• Negotiated and drafted agreements between two publicly traded companies for the joint design and development of integrated circuits for use in cable television equipment.
• Negotiated an exclusive distribution and license agreement (including a right to purchase the company for over $100 million) on behalf of a software company with the industry leading competitor.
• Negotiated content licenses, supply agreements, strategic alliance agreements and software development and license agreements for a smart card solutions provider with focus in specialty markets such as the entertainment and media business sectors.
• Represented a video game development company in negotiations for development of and royalty structure for a new video game on manufacturer's next generation console with one of the top three video game console manufacturers.
• Assisted a furniture manufacturer with the development of an extranet for distributors to manage orders, including development of electronic contracting rules and portal design.
• Represented a bioinformatics company in connection with in-licensing and out-licensing of software technologies.
• Represented a global biotechnology company in connection with multiple proof of principle and collaborative research and development agreements for its biological separation technology.
• Developed agreements and operating rules for a new payment mechanism and negotiated major merchant agreements with multiple publicly traded e-commerce, retail and mail order industry leaders.
• Negotiated and drafted agreements for a commercial real estate development with a Fortune 100 publicly traded company for the design and development of technology infrastructure for the property.