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Bar Admissions:
1980 |
State of New York |
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United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York |
1989 |
State of New Jersey |
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United States District Court, District of New Jersey |
Biography:
A transactional lawyer working closely with business clients, Mr. 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 75 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.
Mr. Humphreys was adjunct professor of business law at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Management for five years and wrote a technology-based column for The Pennsylvania Lawyer.
He sits on the Executive Committee of the NYSBA's Intellectual Property Section. He is a Member of the City and the New York State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.
Articles:
- Author, Idea versus Expression: Copyright Claim for Industrial Parts Vexes the Third Circuit published in The New York Law Journal February 22, 2005. Co-authored by Peter Pizzi.
- Author, Royalty Rights in Bankruptcy: In re CellNet Data Systems, Bright Ideas, Fall 2003. Co-authored by Tom Pasuit
- Author, The Enron Scenario: How Insolvency Changes The Responsibilities Of Corporate Directors, 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, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, March 2002
Education
- Harvard University (J.D., 1979)
- Columbia University (M.S.J, 1971, MIA, 1972)
- DePauw University (B.A., 1970)
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