Practice Areas & Industries: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Practice/Industry Group Overview

The law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney serves virtually every type of business in the rapidly changing Internet and e-commerce, information technology and computer law fields, including software and web developers, e-commerce providers (business to consumer and business to business), information technology consultants, systems integrators, Internet service providers, webcasters, value-added resellers, hardware and device manufacturers, distributors and end users. Our clients range from start-up organizations to publicly-held companies with well-established operations. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is among the largest law firms in the Eastern region experienced in serving the Internet and e-commerce, information technology and computer communities.

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Internet and E-Commerce

Buchanan continues its tradition of innovation by assisting our clients in formulating e-commerce strategies for existing businesses, emerging companies and establishing new methods of doing business. We have handled the following issues in the Internet and e-commerce areas:

• Development of Web site terms and conditions, privacy policies, Web based "click-wrap" agreements, service and content provider agreements and website membership and participant arrangements
• Assistance with domain name selection and protection as well as purchase and sale transactions
• Response to Web and Internet related issues such as linking, framing, jurisdiction, export regulation, privacy and security
• Analysis of issues arising from business-to-business, business-to-consumer or consumer-to-consumer e-commerce such as electronic contracting and dispute resolution
• Transformation of traditional commercial agreements to address Internet, Web and e-commerce issues and concepts
• Analysis of potential liabilities associated with transferring, manufacturing and marketing software and hardware products via traditional channels and via the Internet
• Preparation and negotiation of Web service contracts for website, e-commerce and development projects
• Negotiation with established Internet portals concerning website beta testing, application programming interface (API) and Web-based advertising agreements

Information Technology

In the expanding information technology field, Buchanan represents enterprise resource planning (ERP) consulting firms, information technology consulting firms, software developers, vendors and end users. We often assist these clients with the following issues:

• Consulting service agreements and staff supplementation agreements, with a particular emphasis on drafting and negotiating agreements with warranty, limitation of liability and intellectual property ownership concerns
• Multimedia development agreements, marketing agreements, technology partner agreements and teaming agreements.

Computer Law

In the area of general computer law, we have the experience to work with our clients on the following issues:

• Technology acquisitions and transfers, including development, licensing, cross-licensing, distribution, reseller, marketing and research arrangements
• Protection of intellectual property rights for software and hardware products (including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets)
• Retention and compensation of key management and personnel
• Complex strategic alliance, joint development and joint venture agreements
• International trade considerations (including import/export, cryptography and privacy issues)

As these rapidly changing areas of the law continue to evolve, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's experienced team will continue to be on the cutting edge of these issues.