Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Information Technology practice area is devoted to serving the information technology marketplace—those who develop, distribute, market, acquire and use computer and information technology products and services, including companies that rely on the Internet for marketing and delivering their products and services.

With a practice focused on the business of our clients, we are experienced in helping our clients deal effectively and efficiently with traditional and emerging legal issues involving all aspects of digital business enterprise, including computer and software technology, outsourcing arrangements, the Internet, e-commerce, privacy, electronic publishing, and digital entertainment.

Our Experience

We are known for our depth of experience in areas such as the following:

• Intellectual property and commercial issues concerning the development, distribution, licensing and use of computer software and systems
• Technical due diligence concerning open source and other intellectual property issues in computer software for corporate acquisitions and other inbound code transactions.
• Software and system development, acquisition and integration projects, and outsourcing agreements.
• Internet law, including privacy, electronic commerce, online contracting, and the registration, management and protection of trademarks and domain names.
• Web-site development and hosting.
• Online advertising, gaming, marketing and advertising.
• Litigation and alternative dispute resolution of patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and commercial issues involving computer hardware, software, Internet technology and electronic commerce.

Leonard, Street and Deinard advises a variety of clients on intellectual property and information technology matters:

Start-Up Clients

Assisting information technology clients from cradle to maturity with company formation, private and public financing, and sales, acquisitions and divestitures of emerging and mature enterprises.

Information Technology Developers

Counseling clients on the intellectual property aspects of new information technology product development, including the intricacies of technology development contracts, relationships and intellectual property issues.

Technology Vendors and Users

Counseling clients on U.S. and international technology licensing, marketing, distribution, acquisition and outsourcing agreements.

Internet and World Wide Web clients

Assisting clients with commercial Internet applications and Web-site development, implementation and maintenance agreements.

Corporate Electronic Document Management

Assisting clients with the development and implementation of e-mail, Internet, and electronic document retention and destruction policies.

Open Source Software Engagements

Managing open source technical due diligence in corporate acquisitions and inbound source code transactions and assisting clients in projects involving the use of open source tools and components in the development of commercial software products, the development of closed source commercial products for open course platforms, and the formulation of open source policies and licensing programs.

Intellectual Property Litigation

Representing plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts throughout the United States in patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret litigation in a wide variety of industries.

Information Technology Performance Litigation

Representing vendors and users in both small and large multimillion-dollar disputes over failed software and system projects.