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Since 1984, we have incorporated and otherwise launched hundreds of new businesses in Silicon Valley, involving a mix of high tech and traditional family businesses.

From 1999 through 2006, we have consistently been recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s top computer law firms in annual surveys conducted by San Jose Magazine.

We have represented numerous high tech companies in raising tens of millions of dollars in funding – angel, VC, and strategic partner. Illustrative current and former clients include LightSand Communications, Inc., Lightwaves2020, Inc., and Wafer Technologies, Inc. For a representative list of current and former clients, click_here.

Among other recent notable examples is the company launch and $4M Series A funding for RingCube Technologies, Inc., maker of MojoPac.

Illustrative licensing and distribution deals on behalf of high tech clients include:

  • A prototype development and sublicensing of Lockheed-Martin’s Intelligent Library System to Liberty Livewire Corporation.
  • Multiple source code licenses with Silicon Valley companies on behalf of a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
  • Master license and maintenance agreement between ActivCard, Inc. and Citibank Development Center, Inc.
  • Numerous source code and object code licenses for database products in the Oracle environment on behalf of Aztec Software, Ltd. and other software vendors.
  • Multiple multi-million-dollar development and licensing deals in the consumer electronics field for Zentek Technology, Inc. and other software vendors.
  • Product distribution agreements for Lightwaves2020, Inc. for the international distribution of fiber optics products.

Notable acquisitions include a $35M sale of Nomadic Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of wireless products, to 3COM, Inc. and numerous other multi-million dollar acquisitions involving both high tech and traditional businesses, together with many dozens of smaller purchases and sales of traditional businesses located in and other around Silicon Valley.

Notable commercial litigation efforts include various complex business fraud, copyright, and trade secret cases, including various settlements approaching $1 million in difficult cases against parties represented by premier Silicon Valley law firms.

 

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