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Jeffrey C. Johnson

Jeffrey Johnson is a partner specializing in the transactional aspects of technology and intellectual property exploitation (patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyright) including, in particular, all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, private placements and licenses in the biotech, entertainment, Internet, pharmaceutical, software and telecommunications industries. 

Jeffrey typically focuses on transactional matters principally involving intellectual property or goods and services the value of which is largely attributable to intellectual property. Representative assignments include:

• Representation of a public biotechnology company negotiating and documenting numerous strategic alliances, research and development collaborations, co-promotion agreements, patent and know-how licenses, and other agreements relating to the development and exploitation of the company's core technologies
• Representation of a public telecommunications company in connection with a strategic reorganization to maximize the value of its patent portfolio and licensed rights
• Representation of a "file sharing" website operator in connection with the negotiation and documentation of a sale of substantially all of its assets to a foreign file sharing website operator
• Representation of a pharmaceutical company's bioinformatics group negotiating and documenting numerous strategic alliances, software development agreements and software licenses, as well as the group's form agreements for the provision of bioinformatics services and the licensing of genomic and proteomic databases
• Representation of a technology-transfer company in connection with the sale of a portfolio of patents governing web-enabled software updating, active desktop and offline browsing
• Representation of a Korean cell phone manufacturer in connection with the negotiation and documentation of a hand-set supply agreement with large, U.S.-based cell phone service provider
• Representation of a telecommunications company in connection with its sponsored research agreements with various U.S. and foreign educational institutions
• Representation of a health services company in connection with the purchase of an information management business including a large, proprietary prescription drug database
• Representation of a European-based public company in connection with the negotiation and documentation of a strategic alliance providing for the joint development and commercialization of an ASP-based software application useful for the on-line calculation, reporting and remittance of sales tax obligations
• Representation of a public pharmaceutical company in connection with the disposition of certain patent portfolios and related clinical data and know-how useful in connection with small molecule anti-genomic therapeutics and small molecule anti-bacterial therapeutics
• Representation of a privately held company in connection with the exploitation of a large portfolio of music rights via alternative media including Internet portals, mobile virtual networks and other wireless products and services
• Representation of a public biotechnology company in connection with the negotiation and documentation of agreements providing for the further clinical development and commercialization of a Phase I pharmaceutical compound in collaboration with a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company, including a license agreement, a co-promotion agreement and a manufacturing and supply agreement

Jeffrey has been an invited speaker and panelist at a variety of public and private events.

Previous Positions

• BTG International, Inc.,Vice President for Legal and Patents (1994-99)
• New York City Economic Development Corp., Counsel (1992-94)
• Law Offices of Dr. Mujahid M. Al Sawwaf, Associate (1989-91)
• Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, Associate (1987-89)
• Holm & Christensen, Associate (1984-87)

Speaking Engagements

• Digital Commerce Summit (2006)
• Annual Meeting of the Association of Commercial Lawyers (2004)
• Annual Meeting of the Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (2003)
• Bio '98 (1998)

Publications

• Author, Registered Agents Under The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pryor Cashman Legal Update (July 2009)
• Editorial Board member, Internet Law & Business (2008 – present)
•  Co-author (with Steven Pierce and David Parsly), Database M&A - What's Different, 3 Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal 128 (Spring 2008) 
• Co-author (with Amanda Stevens), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-Compliant Merger and Acquisition Transactions, 2 Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal 355 (Summer 2007)
• Co-author, United States, in World Online Business Law (Andrew F. Simpson & N.Stephan Kinsella, eds., 2007)
• Author, Statutes of Limitations Under New Civil Procedural Rules, 12 Middle East Executive Reports 9 (1989)

Other Activities

• Jeffrey provides pro bono legal services to the N.Y. Food Museum, a not-for-profit dedicated to encouraging people to think about the food they eat, and to Arc Finance, Ltd., a not-for-profit dedicated to promoting and expanding access to micro-finance opportunities for poor people and communities around the world