Industry Sectors
Information and Entertaiment Technology
No industry transcends boundaries more than perhaps the information and entertainment technology sector. Companies involved in e-commerce, and software development routinely cross borders by simply offering their products over the internet. In an age when the trade in technology and entertainment spans the globe, firms involved in the information and entertainment technology sector need legal advisors who know the industry, and understand the complex nature of international transactions.
Our clients include some of most recognized brand names in the area of consumer software, music and entertainment download sites as well as mobile phone technology. A number of our information and entertainment technology clients are dynamic companies who are regularly listed in various business rankings as, the Delloite & Touch Technology Fast 50.
At Conway & Partners we regularly advise clients involved in cross-border licensing or the outright sale of technology. Licensing technology can be a complicated affair and the attorneys at Conway & Partners are experienced in drafting precise, tightly worded and legally sound contracts on behalf of our clients. As much of the contracting work is done in the English language, our combined team of Dutch and American trained lawyers is well suited to help clients prepare cross-border sales and licensing agreements. Our lawyers are well aware of the legal and regulatory environment governing these contracts. Because of the fact we act as counsel on behalf of clients involved in technology disputes, we know what kind of pit falls can take place.
We have advise businesses involved in the online sale of goods regarding the legal rules applicable to them. Example should be, advising clients operating music and entertainment download sites on the use of click through sales conditions and the legal right and ability to protect domain names on the internet.
The types of technology companies represented by our lawyers in the past have included:
- music and entertainment content download sites;
- developers and merchants of entertainment software for mobile phones;
- entertainment portal operators;
- internet security companies;
- internet transaction processing companies;
- security software developers.
Litigation/ADR
Disputes involving technology licenses, domain names or trademarks and patents can be quite technical and often involve parties from different jurisdictions. That is why such cases require legal advisors who know more than just the general aspects of law, and are trained in handling disputes beyond the borders of the Netherlands.
The professionals at Conway & Partners who represent companies in this sector have a wide range of experience in handling such matters. Our litigation/ADR experience includes:
- Acting as counsel in World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) arbitrations on behalf of parties involved in licensing disputes and disputes over domain names;
- Acting as counsel in International Chamber of Commerce (ICC arbitrations on behalf of parties involved in the processing of internet transactions regarding charge-backs and other fees levied by credit card companies and banks;
- Court litigation on behalf of parties seeking to protect their trademarks and trade names;
- Court litigation on behalf of software developers in conflict with their European distributors;
- Court litigation against web hosts for publications by customers.