Focusing on IT/software and related transactions – from traditional software licensing to complex enterprise-level cloud/SaaS and managed services transactions. We represent vendors and their customers, and understand the critical issues from both sides’ perspectives.
Specializing in the protection, acquisition, assignment and licensing of intellectual property, which includes the protection and registration of copyrights, the selection, protection and registration of trademarks and service marks, and advice and strategy regarding trade secret protection.
Big Law Expertise Without Big Law Fees
Recent Projects:
- EU-U.S. Data Privacy/Security Issues: Negotiated and drafted numerous agreements and contract addenda addressing U.S. companies’ need to adequately protect personal data of EU citizens when data is transferred from the EU for processing in the U.S., given EU Court of Justice invalidation of U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework.
- Software/SaaS Agreements: Drafted numerous Software License and SaaS Agreements on behalf of enterprise software and cloud vendors; negotiate such agreements on an ongoing basis between vendors and large corporate users.
- Internet Privacy/Data Security: Negotiate data security and privacy issues on an ongoing basis; negotiated agreement between U.S.-based enterprise SaaS vendor and E.U.-based SaaS customer; drafted numerous website Privacy Policies and Terms of Use.
- Software Audit Assistance: Negotiated extremely favorable resolution of $1,000,000+ allegation of software license misuse against client, a U.S. publicly-traded company, made by publicly-traded software licensor.
Prior News of Note:
Freibrun Law Firm Maintains 4-0 Winning Record On Behalf of Trademark Owners — Reclaims Domain Names Consisting of Client Trademarks:
Law Offices of Eric S. Freibrun, Ltd. obtains transfer on behalf of owner of trademark MUSIC ACE of the domain name musicace.com after filing UDRP action in World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center. See Case Details for WIPO Case D2009-1486 – musicace.com.
Law Offices of Eric S. Freibrun, Ltd. obtains ruling from World IntellectualProperty Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center transferring hijacked Internet domain name kaehlerluggage.com to client. See Kaehler Travelworks, LLC v. Texas International Property Associates – NA.
Law Offices of Eric S. Freibrun, Ltd. obtains ruling from World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center transferring hijacked Internet domain name abraxisbioscience.com to client. See Abraxis BioScience, LLC v. Les Rubin, Case No. D2008-0066.
Law Offices of Eric S. Freibrun, Ltd. obtains ruling from World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center transferring hijacked Internet domain name firstalliedsecurities.com to client. See First Allied Securities, Inc. v. Belize Domain WHOIS Service Lt., Case No. D2007-1780.
“Eric has been one of the best professional services providers we have ever worked with. He provides us with expert intellectual property and contract advice at a great value with great results. We highly recommend him.”
LATEST NEWS/ARTICLES
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U.S. Companies Selling Into Canada: It Will Soon be Easier to Protect Your Trademarks in Canada, Which Joins the Madrid Protocol Treaty in June, 2019
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The Importance of Trademark Registration
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Eric Freibrun Receives Martindale-Hubbell Highest Possible 5.0 Peer Rating for Professional Excellence: AV Preeminent
Eric Freibrun Receives Martindale-Hubbell Highest Possible 5.0 Peer Rating for Professional Excellence: AV Preeminent
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