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Nigel Howard is a partner in the firm’s Technology Transactions, Privacy and Security, Venture Capital and Emerging Companies practices. Mr. Howard’s practice focuses on technology, outsourcing, data, and intellectual property law. He represents clients in complex technology transactions, including outsourcing, licensing, corporate partnering, and strategic alliance transactions. Mr. Howard’s experience also includes representing both domestic and international clients in global strategies for sourcing, data asset management, data exchanges and licenses, e-commerce and merchandising solutions, online advertising services, and cloud computing services. He has extensive experience representing clients of all sizes (from Fortune 50 to start-ups) in intellectual property and data purchases and sales, and in reviews of IP and data assets. He was one of the developers of Covington's "Big Data Assessment" process. He has industry experience in the airline, travel, and logistics industries, as well as e-Health and financial services industries.
Representative Matters
American Airlines on a series of global ticket inventory distribution arrangements with Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport.
- American Airlines in information technology services agreements with Amadeus, Sabre, HP, and ITA Software (Google).
- Etihad in information technology services and distribution agreements with Sabre.
- AstraZeneca in a technology and data collaboration for the development of a new medical outcomes data research and analytics system with Healthcore.
- Microsoft Corp. in the $4.5 billion winning bid in the auction of Nortel Networks Corporation’s 6000 patents and patent applications.
- CHEP USA in an information technology outsourcing to Dell.
- Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation in connection with the negotiation of a license and service agreement for an enterprise wide Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system.
- Trymedia Systems in a series of collaborations for online distribution of games, white label web sites and digital rights management licenses with AOL, Atari, Deutsche Telecom, Disney, Electronic Arts, Nick.com, Nokia, Sony, Vivendi, and Yahoo!
- About.com in connection with various projects related to dissemination of user-created content and syndication of content.
Honors and Rankings
- Best Lawyers in America
- Chambers USA
- Chambers Global
- Legal 500 US
- The International Who's Who of Internet & e-Commerce Lawyers
- The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
- Who’s Who in American Law
- International Who's Who of Aviation Lawyers
Publications and Speeches
- "Craigslist Wins First Step Against Screenscapers – Lesson for Drafting TOUs," InsideTechMedia Blog (5/6/2013), Author
- "Big Data: Commercialization of Airline Data," Innovation in Airline Distribution (4/24/2013)
- "Outsourcing Negotiations," PLI Course on Outsourcing (1/29/2013)
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