Dale Dietrich
Tech Law, Experienced, Licensed in California & Ontario, LL.B., M.B.A., B.B.A.
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Dale Dietrich
25 The Esplanade, Suite 2609
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5E 1W5
(416) 361-2110

info@DaleDietrich.com

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Resume

Bar Membership California State Bar (June 1999)

Ontario Bar - Law Society of Upper Canada (February 1995)

Education

LL.B. (J.D.) (1993)

Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto-Montreal): Corporate / commercial law focus with particular emphasis on information technology law. Completed final year studying in French at the University of Montreal’s Faculty of Law.

M.B.A. (1990)

York University - Schulich School of Business (Toronto): International business and corporate policy major.

B.B.A. (1989)

York University - Schulich School of Business (Toronto): Four year honours business degree with finance and marketing focus.

Experience

Private Practice (Toronto)
(2001 to present)

Engaged in private practice. Provide outsourced technology transaction related legal services. My clients include Canadian and U.S. start-up through to post-IPO technology companies engaged chiefly in the information technology, video game, Internet, e-commerce and life sciences industries.

Web Development (Toronto)
(2005 to present)

Developed the family gift giving service wishhh.com.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Palo Alto, San Francisco)
(October 1998 to June 2001)

Senior Technology Transactions Associate: Practice focused on start-up through to post-IPO Internet and e-commerce related strategic partnership, technology licensing and related business negotiations and contracting.

Across the Table: I have negotiated against many leading IT and related industry participants including: Intel, Microsoft, AOL, Netscape, AltaVista, Lycos, NBCi, Snap.com, Macromedia/Shockwave, Intergraph, IBM, Sun, Amdahl, Logica, Sony, Nikon, Canon, Casio, Epson, SAP, Blue Martini, Peoplesoft, Linkshare, iSyndicate, iWon.com, 1st Up, Go2net, Fortune City, Snowball.com, TheGlobe.com, Softbook Press, Faucette Publishing, Hearme, Sabre, Amex, Visa, EDS, EPX, NYCE, Bank of America, Delias, Deloitte Consulting & PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Smith Lyons – now merged with Gowlings (Toronto)
(February 1995 to September 1998)

Information Technology Associate: Information technology commercial law specialist at this first tier firm, which is now part of Canada’s second largest law firm. Practice focused on servicing the corporate and commercial legal needs of information technology providers and acquirers. Seconded for eight months to the legal department of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as information technology law counsel.

Borden & Elliot - now Borden Ladner Gervais (Toronto)
(June 1992 to December 1995)

Legal Articles: Completed legal articles at Borden & Elliot. The completion of legal articles (or “articling”) is a prerequisite to becoming an attorney in most Commonwealth countries such as Canada. Legal articles entail substantially similar responsibilities to those assumed by first and second year attorneys in the United States. Assisted leading Canadian information technology lawyer, J. Fraser Mann, research and revise information technology law text.

Systems Department: During summer prior to articling, assisted with the firm’s conversion from a mini computer to a PC based local area network.

IBM Canada Ltd.
(May 1989 to March 1992)

Student-on-Call/Assistant Marketing Rep. - Systems Integration Dept.: During M.B.A. & LL.B. studies, worked in IBM Canada’s Systems Integration Dept. supervising co-op students, installing PC based point-of-sale systems and LAN’s throughout eastern Canada, programming and marketing. Recipient of two IBM employee “Value In performance” (VIP) awards.

Skills
  • Seasoned, lead negotiator for both large/complex deals and day to day technology transactions.
  • Skilled at structuring and drafting commercial agreements.
  • Highly IT literate.
  • Featured speaker at several Internet law related seminars.
  • Author and co-author of many information technology law related research papers and commentaries.
  • Possess a broad and comprehensive range of information technology related technical skills.
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    Services

    I work with my clients’ management and business development teams to plan, draft, negotiate and close all manner of business and commercial technology related agreements, documents and relationships whether local, national or international in scope. As a seasoned negotiator I assist with both day-to-day as well as large, complex and strategic transactions.

    My clients include Canadian and U.S. start-up, post-IPO and large public technology companies engaged chiefly in the information technology, video game, Internet, e-commerce and life sciences industries. I assist technology creators with initial business formation, business development, strategic partnerships and product/services sales, distribution & licensing. On the other side, I assist a wide variety of clients in the acquisition and licensing of technology-related, products and services.

    Below is just a sampling of the agreements, relationships and other matters I’ve helped my clients with:

    Technology Licensing ~ Sales ~ Acquisition

  • change management
  • consulting services
  • data conversion
  • data services
  • development (software, web site, Internet
    service, ASP etc.)
  • disaster recovery
  • end user license (EULAs)
  • extended warranty / service
  • equipment purchase / lease
  • ERP/CRM/SAP/SDIT/GIS deployment/development/coding
  • I.P. licensing / assignment (patents, copyright, trademark, trade secret)
  • maintenance
  • open source
  • outsourcing
  • RFP’s and responses
  • rights agreements
  • semiconductor / mask work license
  • service (level)
  • services contracts
  • software development kits
  • software evaluation
  • software licensing
  • source code escrow, license, maintenance
  • support
  • systems integration
  • technology implementation
  • telecom carriage
  • Strategic Relationships

  • agency
  • co-marketing / co-branding
  • confidentiality / non-disclosure
  • consortia relationships
  • development (software, web site, Internet service, ASP etc.)
  • distribution
  • e-commerce
  • intellectual property assignment/licensing
  • joint ventures
  • marketing rep
  • MOU’s / letters of intent /term sheets
  • OEM
  • relationship
  • service contracts
  • strategic alliances/partnerships
  • supply and manufacturing
  • value-added reseller
  • research
  • teaming
  • Video Game Industry (console, PC and online)

  • agency
  • consulting services
  • content license / rights clearing
  • content submission
  • employment agreements
  • game development 
  • game distribution
  • game licenses
  • game porting
  • game publishing 
  • game hosting
  • government funding
  • IP transfer
  • non-disclosure agreements
  • online communities
  • online distribution
  • privacy policies
  • source code (access, license, escrow)
  • startup - business formation
  • Internet

  • advertising (CPM)
  • affiliate
  • application service provider (ASP)
  • acceptable use policies
  • bolt-ons (Internet service add-ons)
  • co-branding
  • content license / rights clearing
  • domain name hosting / transfer
  • development
  • e-commerce & fulfillment
  • hack testing
  • hosting
  • insertion orders
  • Internet access services (DSL, cable, fibre, MPLS, VPN, etc.)
  • point-to-point / data transport
  • online - click-wrap end-user agreements (EULAs)
  • online communities
  • privacy policies
  • strategic partnerships
  • Business Law (for profit and not-for profit)

  • asset purchase and sale
  • business plans
  • consulting
  • corporate governance (by-laws, filings,
    minutes)
  • due diligence
  • employment agreements
  • equipment purchase/lease
  • grant applications
  • guarantees
  • incorporation (federal and provincial)
  • intellectual property protection advice
  • loan
  • minute book
  • non-compete
  • partnership
  • power of attorney
  • privacy policies
  • releases / waivers
  • securities filing review
  • shareholder agreements 
  • share purchase
  • stock option plans/agreements
  • supply
  • term sheets
  • warrants
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    Welcome

    This is the website of Dale Dietrich. I am lawyer licensed to practice in both Ontario and California. My legal services support the business and commercial needs of technology creators and users.

    During my thirteen-plus year career, I have served Canadian and U.S. start-up through to post-IPO technology companies engaged chiefly in the information technology, video game, Internet, e-commerce and life sciences industries. I assist technology creators with initial business formation, business development, strategic partnerships and product/services sales, distribution & licensing. On the other side, I assist a wide variety of clients in the acquisition and licensing of technology-related, products and services.

    In addition to promoting my legal practice, DaleDietrich.com hosts my two professional blogs, Video Game Law Blog and iMedia law Blog, and links to both my enthusiast blog, the The Daleisphere, and my wishhh.com service, a family-oriented gift wish site - ‘Receive only the Gifts you want’.

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    …Dale

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