Mr. Joel Riff

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  Joel Riff is Co-Chair of Hoge, Fenton's Intellectual Property Group. He is well-known as an expert in technology-based transactions, which have been the exclusive focus of his private practice in Silicon Valley for the last 20 years. Joel and his team counsel high tech companies in complex inbound and outbound licensing and other technology transactions, including: IP development agreements; patent cross-licensing agreements; IP litigation settlement agreements; free and open source software license agreements; and e-commerce agreements. Hoge Fenton has been providing legal services to Bay Area companies since 1952. Joel received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his law degree from the University of Chicago School of Law.
  
  I. Joel Riff 408.287.9501 ijr@hogefenton.com

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  I. Joel Riff Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Groups
  
  Practice Overview
  
  Joel Riff is a member of the firm's Business and Tax Group and he co-chairs its Intellectual Property Group. His practice is focused in the areas of intellectual property law and technology-based transactions.
  
  Joel represents both domestic and global companies that develop, distribute, and use computer and internet technologies, from entrepreneurial start-ups to some of the world's leading technology companies. He specializes in the structuring, drafting and negotiating of domestic and international transactions such as license, distribution, dealer, development, consulting, non-disclosure, outsourcing, content, hosting, advertising, strategic partnering, joint venture, and marketing agreements. Joel also advises his clients on issues relating to copyright, trade secret, trademark, and patent protection; open source software licensing, privacy, and anti-spam laws; and intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
  
  Joel is well known in Silicon Valley as an expert in tech transactions. Previously, he was a partner at GCA Law Partners (formerly known as General Counsel Associates) where he specialized in licensing and other technology transactions. He began his California legal career at Fenwick & West, where he served as head of its Licensing and Online Commerce Group, organized its first Internet Law Symposium, and co-authored its annual International Legal Protection for Software survey. Before coming to California, Joel practiced law in Chicago at Mayer Brown and worked as a software programmer for several years.
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  Joel is a frequent writer and speaker on legal issues impacting the technology industry. He also trains in-house and private practice intellectual property lawyers and other legal professionals in Silicon Valley. Joel is an active member of the Licensing Executives Society and the Intellectual Property Society and has conducted educational workshops for these organizations, as well as for the Practicing Law Institute, the American Conference Institute, and Silicon Valley Seminars.

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  Joel Riff
  
  Joel has lectured and written extensively on a variety of legal issues and has conducted workshops on technology transactions for professional organizations (such as the Licensing Executives Society and the Intellectual Property Society) and continuing legal education providers (such as the Practicing Law Institute and the American Conference Institute), as well as for companies and law firms in Silicon Valley. list of some of his presentations and articles is available at http://www.techtransactions.com/speaking engagements and publications.php.
  
  Throughout the past 20 years, Joel's private practice has focused on licensing, online commerce, and other technology transactions in the course of representing many local startups and some of the world's leading technology companies, including Acer, Apple Computer, ARM, Cadence Design Systems, Charles Schwab, Cisco Systems, Excite@Home, Friendster, Intel, Intuit, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Mercury Interactive, MIPS, Mozilla, Netscape, Oracle, Sharp, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, and Veritas Software.
  
  Joel is currently Of Counsel to the Technology Transactions Law Group PC in Sunnyvale, California. n its boutique practice, the firm assists clients in structuring, documenting, and negotiating commercial transactions, including license, distribution, development, consulting, non-disclosure, outsourcing, content, hosting, strategic partner, and joint venture agreements, and also advises clients on issues relating to copyright, trade secret, trademark, and patent protection, open source software licensing, privacy, and anti-spam laws.
  
  Joel was a partner at GCA Law Partners (formerly known as General Counsel Associates) in Mountain View, California, from 1998 to 2007. efore joining GCA, he was first an associate and then a partner at Fenwick & West in Palo Alto for a total of 11 years, spearheading its Licensing and Online Commerce group. oel conceived and organized Fenwick's pioneering Internet Law Symposium in 1996 and co-authored its annual International Legal Protection for Software survey for several years. efore coming to California, he was an associate at Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago.
  
  Joel received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1982, and a B.G.S., with distinction, from the University of Michigan in 1972.Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked in computer programming and operations support in IBM mainframe environments for several years.

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  Joel Riff
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  I. Joel RiffPartner
  
  Joel Riff joined GCA in 1998.His practice focuses on technology licensing and online commerce for a wide variety of clients (from start-ups to multinational publicly-held companies) that develop, distribute, and utilize computer and Internet technologies.Such matters involve structuring, drafting, and negotiating domestic and international license, distribution, dealer, development, consulting, non-disclosure, outsourcing, content, hosting, advertising, strategic partnering, and joint venture and marketing agreements.He advises clients on issues relating to compliance with anti-spam laws, privacy, copyright, trade secret, trademark, and patent protection, as well as on intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions and open source licensing.
  
  Prior to joining GCA, Mr. Riff was a partner at Fenwick & West LLP in Palo Alto, where he headed Fenwick's Licensing and Online Commerce group.He organized Fenwick's first Internet Law Symposium and co-authored its annual International Legal Protection for Software survey.Before coming to California, he was an associate at Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago.
  
  Mr. Riff received a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1982, and a B.G.S., with distinction, from the University of Michigan in 1972.He has spoken and written widely on legal issues impacting the technology industry.Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked as a computer programmer for five years.
  
  Mr. Riff enjoys the challenge of working with new ventures, as well as existing companies developing new products or services or penetrating new markets.

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  It seems straight forward, but Joel Riff, an attorney with GCA Law Partners in Mountain View is concerned that the language is so vague that e-mail sent with noncommercial intentions could be interpreted the wrong way.
  
  "The definition is potentially broad enough that you can make an argument basically that virtually anything sent in a business context is commercial e-mail," Riff says.
  
  If it is determined that the primary purpose of the e-mail is to promote a commercial product or service, complying with the law means that the sender of the e-mail must include a physical address, a valid return e-mail address, and a feature that allows recipients to unsubscribe from the e-mail.The unclear issue here is how "primary purpose" is defined, Riff says.
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  It can be argued that the purpose of the e-mail was to promote Microsoft products, Riff says.

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  Joel Riff
  
  Joel Riff is a partner with the law firm of GCA Law Partners LLP in Mtn. View, California.His practice focuses on technology transactions (including outsourcing) and online commerce for a wide variety of clients (from start-ups to multinational publicly-held companies) that develop, distribute, and utilize computer, Internet, and other technologies.Mr. Riff received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and his BGS from the University of Michigan.Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked as a computer programmer in IT departments for five years.

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  "Lisa's solid in-house experience has given her both the technology and business law strength essential to our Licensing & Online Commerce clients," said Joel Riff, a partner and chair of the firm's Licensing & Online Commerce Group.

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  Conducted by Joel Riff Silicon Valley Technology Transactions Attorney
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  Joel Riff
  
  Joel has lectured and written extensively on a variety of legal issues and has conducted workshops on technology transactions for professional organizations (such as the Licensing Executives Society and the Intellectual Property Society) and continuing legal education providers (such as the Practicing Law Institute and the American Conference Institute), as well as for companies and law firms in Silicon Valley. list of some of his presentations and articles is available at http://www.techtransactions.com/speaking engagements and publications.php.
  
  Throughout the past 20 years, Joel's private practice has focused on licensing, online commerce, and other technology transactions in the course of representing many local startups and some of the world's leading technology companies, including Acer, Apple Computer, ARM, Cadence Design Systems, Charles Schwab, Cisco Systems, Excite@Home, Friendster, Intel, Intuit, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Mercury Interactive, MIPS, Mozilla, Netscape, Oracle, Sharp, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, and Veritas Software.
  
  Joel is currently Of Counsel to the Technology Transactions Law Group PC in Sunnyvale, California. n its boutique practice, the firm assists clients in structuring, documenting, and negotiating commercial transactions, including license, distribution, development, consulting, non-disclosure, outsourcing, content, hosting, strategic partner, and joint venture agreements, and also advises clients on issues relating to copyright, trade secret, trademark, and patent protection, open source software licensing, privacy, and anti-spam laws.
  
  Joel was a partner at GCA Law Partners (formerly known as General Counsel Associates) in Mountain View, California, from 1998 to 2007. efore joining GCA, he was first an associate and then a partner at Fenwick & West in Palo Alto for a total of 11 years, spearheading its Licensing and Online Commerce group. oel conceived and organized Fenwick's pioneering Internet Law Symposium in 1996 and co-authored its annual International Legal Protection for Software survey for several years. efore coming to California, he was an associate at Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago.
  
  Joel received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1982, and a B.G.S., with distinction, from the University of Michigan in 1972.Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked in computer programming and operations support in IBM mainframe environments for several years.

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  Guest Speaker: Joel Riff, Partner, GCA Law Partners LLP
  
  Just when you thought you had a handle on the CAN SPAM Act, along comes more regulation, including new rulings that attach to the CAN SPAM Act and a new California-specific law, nicknamed the ,Shine the Light, law.This recently enacted legislation contains some unique provisions regarding companies, customer privacy practices; for instance, it requires companies to disclose their sharing of customers' personal information with other companies for direct marketing purposes.Joel Riff, a technology focused attorney with wide expertise in CAN Spam issues, will be here to thoroughly explain this law.He,ll also address new FTC and FCC rulings that companies must comply with (even though very few companies are actually in compliance) in order to avoid violating CAN-SPAM.
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  Joel is a partner at GCA Law Partners LLP in Mountain View, California, where his practice focuses on technology transactions and online commerce, encompassing outsourcing and privacy issues.Prior to becoming an attorney, he was a computer programmer for five years.He is active with both the Licensing Executives Society and the Intellectual Property Society.Joel has written numerous articles and has spoken at many programs regarding current legal issues He spoke on CAN-SPAM issues at Georgetown University,s 2005 Advanced Computer and Internet Law Institute.

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  Joel Riff Partner , Fenwick & WestJohn Gee Founder , Chariman and CEO , CatchTVMore Info Description , Time , Date , Location

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