Humphreys, Noel D.
Counsel
A transactional lawyer working closely with business clients, Noel D. Humphreys limits his practice to business transactions, corporate counseling, and intellectual property. Mr. Humphreys has participated in hundreds of business combinations−mergers, assets acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, sourcing relationships, and stock purchases−as well as settlement of disputes within family-owned businesses.
Mr. Humphreys has represented lenders and borrowers of all sizes in loan transactions as well as lessors and lessees of capital equipment. He has advised financial entities on arrangements with systems vendors and has extensive experience in consulting and services arrangements.
Mr. Humphreys has played a leading role in more than seventy-five transactions in rights in intangible property. He represents licensors and licensees of intellectual property rights and data. Many such transactions (such as joint ventures, strategic alliances, or stock/asset purchases) involved leveraging the value of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. These transactions also involved application service providers (ASPs) or arrangements for supply or outsourcing, such as original equipment manufacturing (OEM) arrangements. Protection of trademarks, trade secrets, and data are a particular interest.
Honors and Awards:
- "New Jersey's Top Rated Lawyers" as seen in Inside Jersey magazine (2012)
Affiliations:
- American Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Former member, New York State Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section, Executive Committee
- Program Coordinator of online CLE programs, American Intellectual Property Lawyer Association
- Former adjunct professor in Business Law, Rutgers University Graduate School of Management
- Former technology columnist, The Pennsylvania Lawyer
- Co-author, "Hurdle for the Unwary: How To Pay Independent Contractors,” published in New Jersey Law Journal (November 2010)
- Co-author, "Officers Owe Corporations the Same Fiduciary Duties That Directors Owe,” published in New Jersey Law Journal (June 2010)
- Author, "How Copyright Law Governs Sales of Watches,” published in New Jersey Law Journal (April 2010)
- Co-author, "Responsible Officer Doctrine: California Appellate Case Demonstrates How a Corporate Officer Can Become Personally Liable," NJSBA Business Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 33, No. 2. (January 2010)
- Co-author, "Data Breaches: Will You Be Protected? Six Essential Questions to Ask Your Target Company,” USLAW magazine (Fall/Winter 2009)
- Author, "Geographic Trademarks,” published in New Jersey Law Journal (September 2009)
- Author, Copyright Case Study, published in Real Estate New Jersey (June 2009)
- Author, “Circuits Differ on Whether Marks That Are Famous Abroad Affect U.S. Merchants,” published in New Jersey Law Journal (April 2009)
- Author, "Are Landlords Liable for Online Infringement by Tenants?” published in New Jersey Lawyer (December 2008)
- Co-author, “Courts Press Expansive View of Arbitration Agreements," published in New Jersey Law Journal (July 2007)
- Author, “Scores to Settle: When it comes to control of Stats, Golf and Baseball Are Very Different Games,” published in New Jersey Law Journal (April 2007)
- Author, “Nine Digits Is Not Creative Enough for Copyright Protection,” published in Bright Ideas, by the New York State Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section (2006)
- Co-author, “Idea versus Expression: Copyright Claim for Industrial Parts Vexes the Third Circuit," published in The New York Law Journal (February 2005)
- Co-author, “Royalty Rights in Bankruptcy: In Re CellNet Data Systems,” published in Bright Ideas, by New York State Bar Association Publication (Fall 2003)
- Author, “The Enron Scenario: How Insolvency Changes The Responsibilities Of Corporate Directors," published in The Pennsylvania Lawyer (May/June 2002)
- Co-author, “The Lesson from Eli Lilly’s Privacy Woes: Practice what you Preach: Inadvertent Disclosure of E-Mail Address Ends in 20 Year Consent Order with the FTC,” published in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (March 2002)
- Co-author, “Protecting Against Bankruptcy of an ASP,” published in The New York Law Journal (March 2002)
- Co-author, “When Competitors Consider Joint B2B Exchange,” published in The New York Law Journal (September 2000)