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This meeting of the Entrepreneurs'
Network, features a panel of three experts with extensive experience in
handling the legal and business issues faced by high technology companies and
their founders. As a group the panel has lived through, and provided counsel
with respect to, the wide variety of practical situations with which all
entrepreneurs find themselves faced. Whether it involves promises of equity
participation in the early stages, adequate protection and licensing of
intellectual property, sales and collection issues, incorporation and choice of
entity decisions or employment matters, these panelists are prepared to share
the benefits of their experience.
The goal in this meeting is to
provide a brief primer on the most critical legal issues facing the founders
and managers of technology companies. The presentation will be followed by an
extensive question and answer session moderated by Ray Czwakiel, a corporate
and licensing attorney practicing with Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove, LLP, a
Boston-based law firm that specializes in representing technology clients.
During the Q&A session you will be invited to present your own legal
questions and seek guidance from the assembled group of panelists. While not
intended as a substitute for securing your own legal counsel, audiences in the
past have found this to be a particularly valuable forum for seeking initial
guidance on the issues that confront them and their companies. For additional
information, please feel free to contact Ray Czwakiel at (617) 350-6800 or via
e-mail at [email protected].
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Charles Cella, CEO, BountyQuest
Corporation |
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Gordon R. Moriarty, Esq., Partner,
Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Hayes LLP |
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Glen Weinstein, Esq., General Counsel,
iRobot Corporation |
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Raymond P. Czwakiel, Esq., Lucash, Gesmer
& Updegrove, LLP |
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Panel:
Charles
Cella, prior to creating BountyQuest, was a high-technology attorney at
Foley, Hoag & Eliot in Boston, where he founded the firm's patent
prosecution group. Between 1995 and 1999, Charles grew this group from two
lawyers to 25. He has also served as a business attorney, working with a wide
range of start-up and growth-stage companies. Most recently, Charles was a
partner at Los Angeles-based Lenard & Gonzalez, an Internet company
incubator. There, he assisted seed stage clients in all levels of business
strategy, from planning to funding.
Charles graduated from Princeton
University with an A.B. in physics and a certificate from the Woodrow Wilson
School of Public Affairs. He also studied post-graduate economics at Edinburgh
University. Charles received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of
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Gordon R.
Moriarty, Esq. practices primarily in the fields of patent and trademark
prosecution and licensing. He has a background in radar, communications, and
test equipment development. He practiced for eight years as an electrical
engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Baltimore where he was
involved in software development, digital system design, and radar system test.
With Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin and Hayes, LLP, he has extensive patent
prosecution experience in the areas of computer networks, micromechanical
devices, medical and laboratory analytical equipment, electrooptical
measurement apparatus, and software for a broad range of
technologies.
Having begun his career with the firm as a law clerk while
attending law school, Mr. Moriarty is now a partner with the firm. A native of
the Philadelphia area, Mr. Moriarty received a Bachelor of Science degree in
Electrical Engineering, specializing in communications theory and optics, from
Northwestern University in 1982 and a Juris Doctor degree from the Northeastern
University School of Law in 1993. He is registered to practice before the U.S.
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Glen Weinstein,
Esq. Weinstein joined iRobot in 2000 from Covington & Burling, a law
firm in Washington, D.C., where he advised clients in various matters related
to intellectual property, including licensing transactions, litigation and
patent prosecution. Prior to joining Covington & Burling, Mr. Weinstein was
a law clerk to both the Honorable Randall R. Rader, Circuit Judge, United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Honorable Roger B.
Andewelt, United States Court of Federal Claims. Mr. Weinstein holds a J.D.
from the University of Virginia School of Law and a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from MIT. |
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Ray Czwakielconcentrates his
practice in the representation of high technology companies in the areas of
general corporate and transactional law, financing matters and intellectual
property licensing. In particular, he focuses his practice on Internet-based,
electronic commerce, computer software and interactive media
companies.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Czwakiel was associated with
Sullivan & Worcester LLP in Boston. His prior experience also includes work
as a legal intern for the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications &
Energy (formerly the Department of Public Utilities) and service as a Captain
in the United States Air Force, where he was named 1991 Strategic Air Command
(SAC) Management Engineering Officer of the Year in recognition of his
accomplishments in commanding a management engineering team in support of SAC
personnel and systems.
Mr. Czwakiel earned his undergraduate degree in
industrial and computer systems engineering (BSISE) from The Ohio State
University in Columbus, Ohio. He also holds a Masters of Business
Administration (MBA) degree, with a minor concentration in database systems and
entrepreneurial planning, from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Mr.
Czwakiel earned his law degree (JD, cum laude) from Boston University School of
Law. |
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