Catherine Parrish Lake

Licensing

• Negotiated an amendment to the Google Cloud Master Agreement, including provisions regarding use of artificial intelligence.
• Drafted and negotiated an amended and revised agreement with Uber to expand delivery service outside of the United States.
• Negotiated complex managed services agreement against IBM.
• Drafted and negotiated numerous SaaS and on-premise software license agreements.
• Negotiated intellectual property provisions of agreements regarding battery storage for solar projects.

Trademark

• Lead the development, strategy and clearance of a brand identity for a professional sports team.
• Helped client navigate the clearance and registration of major corporate rebranding in the United States and many other countries.
• Assisted client with incorporation of significant product brand acquisition, including analysis of market expansion, licensing relationships and enforcement efforts.
• Counseled start-up media technology platform client on licensing formation, including for NFT platform, and drafted related agreements.

Copyright

• Lead a team that handles Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests for an ecommerce service provider.
• Counsel clients on developing, securing and enforcing copyrights.

Corporate Deals

• Lead the intellectual property aspects of Quten Research Institute, LLC’s acquisition by Sanofi.
• Managed intellectual property diligence, negotiated agreements and supervised recordation of ownership changes for a medical device company’s acquisition of intellectual property portfolios.