Attorney with passion for trademark and brand management and protection, copyright protection and disputes, Internet and technology contract negotiation, business transactions, limiting liability of entities using the Internet, and advising companies in the technology and brewing industries. I particularly enjoy creating and implementing strategies to protect and exploit a company's intellectual property, advising growing companies on corporate, financing, intellectual property and operations issues, analyzing the applicability of intellectual property laws to new and emerging business models and technologies, and being a trusted advisor to business owners.Specialties: The RI Supreme Court licenses all lawyers and attorneys in the general practice of law, but does not license or certify any lawyer attorney as an expert or specialist in any field of practice. I do not hold myself out as a specialist, but I do concentrate my practice in the following areas:Trademarks and copyrightsBusiness organization and operation issues and contractsPreparing and negotiating software, open source, Internet and electronic commerce contractsSocial networking, Internet and blog lawBusiness sales, acquisitions and mergersAdvising technology companies
Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Licensing, Trademarks, Copyright Law, and 20 others.