The Technology Practice Group of Smith, Gambrell & Russell assists both providers and users of technology products and services with a wide array of transactional matters and legal issues.
These matters and issues include the following:
Technology Transactions
- Clinical study and clinical trial agreements
- Content licensing
- Development and collaboration agreements
- Distribution and OEM arrangements
- Information technology (IT) procurement, implementations and outsourcing
- Joint ventures
- Licensing of software and other technology
- Open source software compliance
- Source code escrow
- Technology development
- University technology transfers
- Venture capital and private equity financings
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
- Compliance with data security laws
- Data privacy and security policies
- PCI compliance matters
- Privacy policies
- Data breach response and notifications
Social Media, Ecommerce & Online Compliance
- Cloud computing / SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
- Data center and hosting arrangements
- E-commerce applications
- Online contracting and electronic signatures
- E-mail and text message compliance
- Mobile applications
- Social media applications and policies
- Website audits, terms of use and privacy policies
Proprietary Rights Issues
- Confidentiality and restrictive covenants
- Domain names and cyber squatting
- ISP infringement liability issues
- Metatag infringements
- Protection of intellectual property rights
- Trade secret protection
Emerging Companies
- Contractor / Work-for-Hire agreements
- Technology commercialization
- Development arrangements
- Buy-Sell agreements
- Source code escrow
- Angel, venture and other financing
- Acquisitions