Advising clients on intellectual property, technology and media matters for over 25 years, offering the perspective of having worked in-house as well as serving as outside counsel for hundreds of technology, media and life science/biotech companies. Extensive experience advising early stage and established companies on complex corporate partnering, M&A, licensing, marketing, technology transfer and intellectual property transactions; domestic and international alliances; software license, consulting, online hosting, cloud computing services and infrastructure agreements; sales, OEM and distribution channel agreements; product development, manufacture, supply and marketing agreements; patent and trademark protection, branding, commercialization and portfolio management; and counseling on open source software, Internet digital media, export, antitrust, and international privacy laws.At Montgomery & Hansen, we combine decades of legal expertise, strong values, a practical approach, and an extensive network of business experts to support entrepreneurs and investors as they start and grow successful companies.

Working together with owners of essential patents for standards-based technologies, Via creates and manages licensing programs that provide efficient aggregation and outbound licensing of patent rights benefiting both technology innovators and the commercial enterprises that build leading edge products.

Legal representation focused on structuring and negotiating a wide variety of transactions, from simple to complex, and through all phases of the product and service cycle--development, manufacture, commercialization, sales, procurement, compliance and revenue recognition; advice and counseling to clients regarding intellectual property, commercial transactions, privacy and general counsel services; in the following practice and industry areas: technology and software licensing, including enterprise and open source licenses; hardware and semiconductor; digital media, Internet and entertainment; life sciences and biotech; commercial transactions, including strategic alliances, corporate partnering and M&A; and counseling on corporate policies, compliance, employment and consulting agreements.Our attorneys have worked at the nation’s largest, most prestigious law firms, and also have held in-house positions. We deliver solutions that meet clients’ objectives, deadlines and budgets.

General Counsel and strategic business adviser for a publicly traded, global provider of mobile messaging and identity management solutions. Responsible for all corporate, compliance and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions (including taking the public company private), worldwide sales, licensing and services transactions; partnering, distribution channel, OEM, joint marketing, development, partnering and strategic alliance arrangements with software and hardware technology companies and service organizations; and vendor procurement. Other responsibilities include business and alliance development, IP portfolio management and protection (patent, trademark, copyright and domain names), DMCA compliance, export control, privacy and security, open source software compliance, employment matters, corporate compliance and securities reporting, and litigation strategy and management.

Responsible for building and managing a group that grew to 18 attorneys (over 70 firmwide), one of the largest technology transactional practices in the U.S. Founder and Co-chair of the firm’s cross-practice Privacy practice group. Representation of high technology companies with an emphasis on complex corporate partnering and intellectual property transactions, including the structuring and negotiation of domestic and international strategic alliances, joint ventures, content and technology licensing covering patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property rights; counseling on numerous intellectual property and technology matters, such as protection and commercialization under patent, copyright and trade secret rights, antitrust, standards, open source software, Internet law, digital media, and compliance with U.S. and EU privacy laws, including multi-national privacy and security audits.

Associate, then Partner (1998-1999) in Brobeck’s Technology Group. Recruited, supervised and managed a ten lawyer group. Primary focus on complex corporate partnering and intellectual property transactions and counseling, including international and domestic strategic alliances, joint ventures, technology, IP and content licensing; commercialization agreements; IP strategy and counseling. Representative clients included software and multimedia developers and publishers; information systems, network systems, hardware, semiconductor, communications, biotechnology, life science, medical device and other technology companies; Internet and electronic commerce companies, including online brokerages, financial service providers, consumer retail sites and information portals and ISPs.

High technology, intellectual property and entertainment practice. Entertainment, technology and general business and corporate transactions, including agreements for music and movie production, publishing contracts, technology, intellectual property and asset transfers, licenses and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and new business formation. Extensive litigation experience in copyright, patent and trademark infringement, trade secret, employment, software licensing and contract disputes, and bankruptcy matters.

Professional musician (trumpet) from 1973 through 1989, working as a performer, orchestrator, and in recording and publishing. Toured with the Buddy Rich Orchestra in 1979-1980; member of the Harry James Orchestra, 1982-1987. Performer in the Mouseketeer Show at Disneyland in 1973. Prepared scores and supervised recording sessions for motion picture soundtracks, including projects for ABC, CBS, MGM and Walt Disney Productions. Published a series of jazz studies books distributed worldwide (and online) by Jamey Aebersold Music.