Joel Teklu Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

My transactional law practice focuses on providing business and legal counsel to companies across a variety of business life cycles and industries, helping manage and expand their relationships with customers, strategic partners, and service vendors.Key Practice Areas:Business Entity Formation and RestructuringConstruction LawCommercial Transactions for Sales, Services, and Supply Chain Entertainment LawExecutive Compensation and SeveranceFranchise LawIntellectual Property LicensingMediation

San Jose, California, Us

o Served as lead attorney for global Roku TV program consisting of dozens of new and legacy smart TV brand and manufacturing partners across 15 countries.o Delivered legal counsel to manage and to grow Roku’s relations with retailers, distributors, IP licensors, and service vendors globally.o Related to above relationships, served as subject matter expert on in/outbound patent, trademark, software and copyright licensing and on managing IP infringement and litigation risks.o Constant, effective cross-collaboration with multiple departments across Roku, Roku attorneys across numerous practice areas, and outside foreign counsel on litigation matters and legal due diligence to expand above programs into new countries.

San Jose, California, Us

Irvine, Ca, Us

I provided legal counsel on a wide range of complex commercial transactions in support of VIZIO’s Business Development, Finance, IT, Logistics, Marketing, Product Planning & Development, Real Estate & Facilities and Retail Sales functions.o Served as lead counsel for Inscape, VIZIO’s TV data licensing business. This data, which consists of ACR (automatic content recognition) TV viewing data collected from opted-in VIZIO smart TVs, is licensed by Inscape to TV networks, advertisers, agencies and ad tech companies that, in turn, execute analytics, targeting and attribution use cases. Assisted Inscape's business development team with revenue generation by structuring, negotiating and drafting the vast majority of Inscape's ACR data license agreements. Advised Inscape executives on risk assessments and compliance with such data privacy laws as VPPA, COPPA, HIPAA and CCPA.o Structured and drafted inbound licensing agreements for technologies available on VIZIO smart TVs, such as video streaming services, Google Cast and voice control features. o Negotiated and drafted agreements with VIZIO’s retail partners, Chinese manufacturing partners, distribution vendors, SaaS providers, warehouse logistics providers, marketing partners and office space lessors/sublessees.

Irvine, California, Us

I counseled Viant executives on complex advertising technology-oriented commercial transactions and data privacy compliance for each of Viant’s then-existing family of technology and media companies: social network Myspace, ad network Specific Media, video ad platform Vindico and smart television content platform Xumo.o I structured, negotiated and drafted variety of SaaS and PaaS agreements, ad tech-oriented service agreements with agency and advertiser clients, web app and mobile app development agreements, inbound software and data licensing agreements, and inbound video content license agreements. o I provided legal advice on Viant’s practices for collecting, storing, enhancing and monetizing non-personal consumer information; contributed to efforts to comply with pre-GDPR EU privacy laws, FTC regulations, and DAA (Digital Advertising Alliance) and NAI (Network Advertising Initiative) self-regulatory principles for online behavioral advertising.

I traveled solo to the following countries (in chronological order):Japan / China / Thailand / Burma / Bhutan / Nepal / India / Lebanon / Cyprus / Israel / Jordan / Turkey / Greece / Italy / Switzerland / Liechtenstein / Austria / Slovakia / Hungary / Czech Republic / Poland / Germany / Netherlands / Belgium / France / Andorra / Spain / Morocco / Ethiopiao I lived in Ethiopia from August 2014 to December 2014, during which I studied Amharic (Ethiopia's official language), volunteered as a teacher at an elementary school and a high school, tutored three South Sudanese children, and explored my Ethiopian roots in-depth for the first time.Youth Roots English School - Addis Ababa, EthiopiaSeptember 2014 - December 2014:o During the first quarter of the academic year, I created and implemented English Literature curriculum, teaching materials and mid-term/final examinations for two 9th grade and two 10th grade classes consisting of approximately 100 Ethiopian students in total.Fregenet School - Addis Ababa, EthiopiaSeptember 2014 - December 2014:o I taught various English, Mathematics and Geography lessons to impoverished students in kindergarten thru fourth grade. I tried to implement education reforms by challenging traditional disciplinary tactics, introducing educational video programming to the classrooms, encouraging mentor/mentee relationships between older and younger students and introducing structured interpersonal activities among the students during recess period. **Please visit the website for the school and its charitable foundation: fregenetfoundation.org.**

I specialized in entertainment and technology-oriented transactions primarily on behalf of such digital media company clients as AwesomenessTV, Electus, Fullscreen and Vevo. My emphasis was on structuring, negotiating and drafting agreements related to: development and production of scripted and unscripted programming exhibited on such video streaming services as Amazon Instant Video, AOL On, Vevo and YouTube; unscripted television programming; digital marketing and software development/licensing services on behalf of advertisers; and network agreements between YouTube personalities and multi-channel network owners on YouTube.

I specialized in entertainment transactions, with an emphasis on drafting, negotiating and review of agreements related to the development and production of scripted series, unscripted television programming and web programming. Negotiated and drafted the gamut of above-the-line agreements. Advised productions on legal clearance matters regarding copyright, trademark, defamation, and invasion of privacy claims. Analyzed a variety of above-the-line guild-related issues in connection with WGA, DGA and SAG-AFTRA. On behalf of client AMC Networks, served as production attorney on such television programs as Seasons 2 and 3 of "The Walking Dead"​ (AMC) and Season 1 of "Rectify" (Sundance Channel).

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Business Affairs:I negotiated with agents and outside counsel to finalize television development deals for: option/purchases (of novels and pre-existing teleplays/screenplays); writer pilot script services (blind script commitments, if-comes, rewrites/polish of existing script, adaptations); non-writing producer services; pilot director services; first look deals; script packager coverage from networks.Legal Affairs:I drafted and negotiated long-form agreements for closed television development deals. I was a production attorney on such television programs as "White Collar"​ (USA Network), "The Good Guys"​ (Fox Network) and "The Killing" (AMC) and responsible for handling daily production legal matters. I researched and advised on various provisions of WGA and SAG Basic Agreements.

New York City, Ny, Us

I was hired for a one-year employment term immediately upon graduating from USC Law School and completing the CA Bar exam. For all NBCU scripted television programs, I was responsible for drafting, revising and negotiating production agreements for: location shoots, licensing copyrighted and trademarked material, product placement clearances, guaranteed tradeouts, work-for-hire projects, live concert performances, filming permits, and renting vendor services and/or equipment. For NBCU unscripted television programs, I was responsible for compliance review of insurance policies obtained by outside production companies (i.e. errors & omissions, general liability, workers’ compensation, etc.), per indemnity agreements with NBCU.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Beverly Hills, Ca., Us

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Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

J.D., Law

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

B.A., Political Science & Psychology