Jim Riley, a partner in the firm's Technology Companies and Intellectual Property Groups and a leader of the Intellectual Property Transactions & Strategies Practice, specializes in the representation of emerging growth technology companies and venture capital firms in the areas of corporate partnering and strategic alliances, technology acquisition, licensing and commercialization, open source licensing and compliance, data privacy and security, joint venture and spin-off transactions, and intellectual property strategy, counseling and protection. His practice also focuses on the intellectual property and technology aspects of venture capital financings, public offerings and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Riley's expertise spans a broad array of industries, including computer software and hardware, mobile applications, open source, SaaS and cloud computing, networking, gaming, advertising, social networking, e-commerce and music/entertainment, as well as medical device, biotechnology and pharma. He also has considerable experience in all aspects of intellectual property and high-tech commercial litigation, including patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and unfair competition matters.
Mr. Riley has advised notable emerging growth technology companies throughout his career, including Twilio, Hortonworks, RichRelevance, Sencha, Kixeye, Klout, Motif Investing, Okta, Rhapsody, Sifteo, Unwired Planet, Zendesk, TellApart, Informatica, Altor Networks, Atlassian, Banjo, Blue Jeans Networks, 4Info, Riverbed Technologies, OpenTable, Pure Digital Technologies, Eventbrite, Guidewire Software, Sling Media, Force10 Networks and IPWireless, among many others.
Mr. Riley is a member of the Intellectual Property Section of the California Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
Prior to joining Goodwin in 2012, Mr. Riley was a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Gunderson Dettmer.
Mr. Riley is a co-author of Corporate Partnering: Structuring and Negotiating Domestic and International Strategic Alliances, and has been a speaker and panelist at numerous conferences and other functions relevant to emerging growth technology companies and venture capital firms.
客户信赖我们世界一流的咨询服务，希望获得针对复杂事务性工作与高风险诉讼的建议。我们通过协作式、跨领域的工作方法来解决客户最棘手的问题，涵盖金融、生命科学、私募股权、不动产和技术等多个行业。如需更多信息，请与我们联系。