Oved & Oved LLP attorneys regularly represent
purchasers and vendors of information technology in IT-related
transactions, alliances and strategies. By leveraging our
understanding of computer technology, our industry expertise
and experience, and our focus on helping clients achieve business
results, we are able to deliver efficient and effective advice
to clients, satisfy in-house counsel as well as our clients’
business and technical personnel.
Our clients include multinational businesses implementing
cutting-edge technology and e-business strategies, major
IT vendors, emerging technology companies, and companies
wanting to set up complex web sites or procure mission-critical
software. We often find ourselves negotiating against lawyers
from some of the largest IT companies around the world.
Our computer and internet practice generally centers around
a handful of broad-based categories: software, hardware,
telecom and e-business. Our subspecialties abound, growing
year by year as the business ventures and initiatives of
our clients become increasingly sophisticated and complex.
We often assist not just in final contract negotiations,
but also in strategizing and advising on a broader range
of associated issues, including RFP preparation, service
level requirement definitions and SLA negotiations, data
migration, systems installation and integration testing,
government contracts, contingency planning, compliance with
generally applicable and industry specific regulatory requirements,
contractual language favorable to revenue recognition and
asset depreciation goals, implementing tax efficient structures,
identifying meaningful remedies and planning for unwinding
the relationship or use of the IT system.
Our team includes lawyers with substantial experience handling
the full range of IP and technology transactions in the
international context. As a result, we view computer and
internet transactions not just from a legal perspective,
but from a perspective driven by practical business results.
Some of the computer hardware and software matters we have
worked on have involved the following:
- ASP
- Software
- IT
- Website development
- Software development
- Software maintenance
- Escrow agreements
- Hardware
- Hardware leases and purchases
- Hardware maintenance
- Telecom
- Long distance
- Co-location
- Voice and data transmission
- VPN/managed firewall
- Cell phone based software and service offerings
- E-Business
- E-commerce
- Data centers and call centers
- Web design and development
- Web site hosting
- Co-branding and strategic alliances
- Domain name strategies, registration, and disputes
- Electronic contracting
- Electronic payment and EDI systems
- Web site policies, disclaimers and user agreements
- Chat room and bulletin board liability
- Protection of trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade
secrets
- Internet taxation
- Data privacy and security
- Cybercrime
- Multinational web sites
- Hosting and processing agreements
- PKI and digital signature
Computers
& Internet