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Practice/Industry Group Overview
Gardere's Internet and Computer Technology Practice represents buyers and sellers of computer technology. Many of the attorneys in the group have had careers as computer programmers, systems analysts, computer consultants, and hold Certificates in Data Processing. The Group’s co-chair is chair of the Texas Supreme Court Judicial Committee on Information Technology (JCIT), and serves on the Texas Department of Information Resources Uniform Electronic Transaction Act (UETA) Task Force.
Based on their extensive experience in the computer industry, lawyers assist clients in drafting and negotiating contracts for outsourcing, licensing computer software, protecting trade secrets, infringement of software copyrights, prosecution of patents, and performance of computer systems. Because of the distinctive needs of the computer industry, lawyers also assist computer technology companies with counsel regarding marketing and distribution, environmental regulations, tax matters relating to emerging and developing technology, and technology transfers between U.S. and foreign countries, including international sales, production, marketing, licensing and qualification, import and export regulations, and immigration matters.
This group has seasoned trial lawyers with experience trying cases related to computer and Internet issues, some of which are trail blazing cases regarding Internet jurisdiction and application of Internet and privacy case laws. Lawyers in the Internet and Computer Technology Practice lecture on eEvidence, Internet marketing, and privacy topics throughout the United States and Europe, and teach the Law of the Internet and Law of eCommerce at SMU's Dedman School of Law.
The Internet and Computer Technology Practice provides counsel for organizations in various areas including:
Transactions
- Computer services agreements
- Domain name registration and dispute resolution
- Electronic contracting
- Electronic security
- Government system acquisitions
- Licensing
- Licensing of patents and trademarks
- Outsourcing
- Sales of computer hardware
- Shrinkwrap and clickwrap agreements
- Software and business method patents
- Software and online copyrights
- Trade secrets
Litigation
- Computer crime
- Copyright infringement
- Data privacy
- Domain name disputes
- Intermediary liability
- Jurisdictional issues
- Misappropriations of trade secrets
- Misrepresentation claims
- Software performance disputes
- Software police disputes
- Website development disputes
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