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Practice/Industry Groups:
Business Law
Intellectual Property , Chair
Banking & Financial Services
Insurance
Professional Services
Technology, Chair
Alex Brown is a partner in the Bricker & Eckler business law group and chair of the technology and intellectual property groups. He practices business transactional law, with an emphasis on transactions involving technology, software and intellectual property. He serves as outside counsel to a number of companies, from startup technology businesses to international financial institutions. Other areas of practice include intellectual property asset protection, mergers and acquisitions, emerging business and counsel for boards and executives.
Representative Experience
Represented international, publicly held entity in negotiating and drafting enterprise-wide software, hardware, outsourcing and service agreements with a variety of large and small vendors
Represents clients in acquisitions of various businesses, including technology, software, manufacturing, services, technology and real property
Represented growing technology company in licensing its proprietary software as a service (SaaS) solution to its national and international customers
Enabled startup and growing companies to raise working capital through multistate securities offerings
Helped establish an internet-based/e-commerce company and helped protect it via its e commerce contracts, terms of service and privacy policy
Assists companies in all phases of protecting their intellectual property and obtaining fees for the commercializing and infringement of same
Counsels clients in business entity selection and formation, protection and commercialization of assets, and protection from liability
Assisted in successfully defending against hostile takeover of publicly-held client
Recent Publications and Presentations
Co-author, "'This Call May be Recorded:' Quality Assurance or Potential Liability?" Columbus C.E.O., November 2008
"Internet Sales Have Become a More Taxing Issue," Armatus, Summer 2008
"Read Between the Lines: Software Licensing Issues for Banks," Ohio Banking Law Newsletter, Fall 2007
"Raising Capital and Avoiding Liability," Armatus, Winter 2005; Midwest Inhouse Counsel, January 2006
"Source Code Escrow Can Be Life-Jacket For Computers," Business First July 30, 2004
"Startup Company Legal Issues," presentation at 14 Ninety Two, August 22, 2009
"Legal Issues of Electronic Data,", presentation at CIO Solutions Gallery, August 12, 2009
"Legal Issues of Blogging," presentation delivered at WordCamp Columbus, May 24, 2009
"Protecting and Challenging Software Through Contracts", presentation delivered at “Protecting and Challenging Software Innovation” seminar, April 22, 2009
"Software Licensing 1.0," The Ohio Community Banker May/June 2003
"Turning IP and Technology Into Money," presentation delivered at "Cover Your Assets" seminar November 15, 2007
"Protecting Your IP," presentation delivered at "Entrepreneurial Boot Camp" seminar, March 24, 2006
"Value of Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Corporate Transactions," presentation delivered at Nationwide CLE Seminar Series, July 13, 2004
"The Software License Agreement," presentation delivered at "Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Property" seminar at Tolles Technical Center, April 21, 2004
Community and Professional Activities
Judge, TechColumbus Innovation Awards, 2005-2009
Leadership Columbus, Class of 2010
Director and Secretary, Columbus Dance Theatre, Inc. 2001-2005
Member, United Way Young Leadership Group
Member, Computer Law Association/International Technology Law Association
Member, American and Columbus Bar Associations
Interviewer, University of California at Berkeley Alumni Scholarship Program
Awards and Recognitions
Education
The University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1996, graduated with distinction in general scholarship and honors in major)
The University of Virginia (J.D., 1999)
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