Partner 600 Travis Suite 4200 Houston, TX 77002 P: +1.713.220.4736 F: +1.713.238.7368 [email protected] 111 Congress Avenue Suite 1700 Austin, TX 78701 P: +1.512.320.9252 F: +1.512.320.9292 INDUSTRIES Banking/Finance Energy Technology Finance Internet/E-Commerce Manufacturing and Sales Private Equity Restaurant Software/Electrical Technology Technology and Emerging Companies Venture Capital PRACTICES Banking/Finance Corporate
Economic Recovery and Government Opportunities Governance Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation Mergers and Acquisitions Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights Private Equity Technology and Emerging Companies Technology Transactions White Collar and
Regulatory Enforcement
EDUCATION
JD, 1979, summa cum
laude, University of
Houston Law Center BA, 1976, magna cum
laude, University of
Houston Jeff Dodd has more than 35 years’ experience helping companies with their corporate,
securities, intellectual property and technology transactions. Jeff’s clients range in size from Fortune 50 companies to emerging businesses. He offers critical experience in myriad industries and various transaction types, both in the United States and internationally.
Jeff has extensive corporate, securities and corporate finance experience. He routinely helps clients in all variety of diverse domestic and international corporate transactions, including public and private securities offerings, structuring and documenting joint ventures, corporate partnering and similar arrangements, private debt and equity financing transactions, structuring finance arrangements and vehicles, and advising on regulatory and compliance matters.
Jeff also serves as the head of Andrews Kurth’s global intellectual property and
technology practice. Under Jeff’s leadership, the practice has grown to include 40 IP and technology transactions professionals. Jeff is the co-author of Modern Licensing Law with University of Houston Law Center Professor and former Dean, Ray Nimmer. The treatise covers all aspects of intellectual property licensing and has become one of the industry’s most respected publications on the topic. Jeff is routinely asked to write, speak and present on related topics.
Jeff continues to serve his alma mater as a member and President of the University of Houston Law Foundation Board of Directors and as a University of Houston Honors College Advisory Board Member. He is a lifetime fellow in both the Texas Bar Foundation and Houston Bar Foundation.
Experience
Corporate, Securities and Corporate Finance: experience in diverse domestic and
international corporate transactions, including:
representing various participants in public and private merger and acquisition transactions
representing issuers and underwriters (and investment bankers) in connection with public and private securities offerings
representing private equity, venture capital and other investment groups or funds, as well as portfolio companies in structuring, documenting and negotiating investment arrangements
ADMISSIONS
Texas 1979 structuring, negotiating and documenting the formation of private equity, venture
capital and hedge funds
advising regulated entities (including broker/dealers and investment advisers) as to regulatory and compliance matters
structuring, negotiating and documenting joint venture, corporate partnering and similar arrangements
Intellectual Property, Technology, Data Security, Electronic Commerce and Commercialization: extensive experience in a variety of domestic and international
intellectual property, information, and business process-related transactions, including representing various parties in structuring, negotiating, enforcing, and unwinding licensing transactions, domestic and international, in numerous industries, including energy, computer technology, biotechnology
negotiating, enforcing and unwinding ERP and outsourcing arrangements advising domestic and international clients on data protection, security breach, security and privacy laws and devising compliance strategies
structuring, negotiating, documenting and unwinding strategic ventures and alliances where intellectual property is the core asset
planning, design and implementation of electronic commerce and trading strategies and arrangements, domestic and international
counseling, structuring, negotiating, and documenting intellectual property and information, acquisition, commercialization transactions
INSIGHTS
SEC Issues Guidance on Crowdfunding Rules (May 24, 2016)
The En Banc Federal Circuit Holds That Patent Rights Are Not Exhausted by Prior Restricted Sales or by Foreign Sales (February 19, 2016)
FAST Act Amends JOBS Act and Creates New Private Resale Exemption (December 15, 2015)
SEC Adopts Rules to Allow Crowdfunding Beginning May 16, 2016 (December 2, 2015)
Supreme Court to Continue Undoing Rigid Tests in Patent Cases? (November 2, 2015)
U.S. No Longer Safe Harbor for European Data (October 19, 2015) FCC Clips Lyft’s Wings (October 8, 2015)
Third Circuit Decides the FTC Will Be the Primary Authority on Data Breach and Privacy (September 18, 2015)
Federal Circuit Expands the Definition of Direct Infringement (August 28, 2015) SEC Considering Possible Revisions to Audit Committee Disclosure Requirements (July 27, 2015)
Delaware Passes Legislation Prohibiting Fee-Shifting Bylaws and Validating Exclusive Forum Selection Bylaws for Stock Corporations (June 26, 2015)
Post-Expiration Royalties Remain Stuck in Web of 50-Year Precedent (June 26, 2015) The Presumption of Validity Triumphs over a Good-Faith Belief of Invalidity (May 28, 2015)
Proposed Delaware Legislation Would Prohibit Fee-Shifting Provisions for Stock Corporations (March 12, 2015) SEC Proposes Dodd-Frank Disclosure Rule Regarding Hedging Policies (February 17, 2015)
Supreme Court Alters Appellate Standard of Review for Claim Construction in Patent Cases (January 22, 2015) Post Exclusivity Issues For Biologics (December 22, 2014)
Middle East Technology Market Needs Intelligent Energy Law Pipeline Oil & Gas Magazine (November 2014) Delaware Chancery Court Provides Further Support for Forum Selection Bylaws (September 18, 2014) SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Verifying Accredited Investor Status (July 22, 2014)
Intelligent Energy Law Series Continues Andrews Kurth Middle East Newsletter (July 2014)
VirtualAgility Inc. v. Salesforce.com: Federal Circuit Reverses District Court and Requires a Stay Pending a Patent Office
Review of a Covered Business Method Patent (July 14, 2014)
PCAOB Adopts New Auditing Standard Regarding Related Party Transactions and Amends Other Auditing Standards (July 9, 2014)
Delaware Delays Consideration of Proposed Prohibition on Fee-Shifting Bylaws for Delaware Stock Corporations (June 24, 2014)
Through the Rabbit-Hole: Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International: Supreme Court Holds “Merely Requiring Generic Computer Implementation” Cannot Transform an “Abstract Idea into a Patent-Eligible Invention” (June 20, 2014)
Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc., et al. (June 4, 2014) Nautilus v. Biosig (June 3, 2014)
Proposed Legislation Would Prohibit Fee-Shifting Bylaws for Delaware Stock Corporations (June 2, 2014) Delaware Supreme Court Finds Fee-Shifting Bylaw Permissible (May 15, 2014)
Supreme Court Makes Landmark Rulings on Attorney Fees in Patent Cases (April 29, 2014) Acquiring and Transferring Energy Technology Andrews Kurth Middle East Newsletter (March 2014)
Andrews Kurth Launches Specialist “Intelligent Energy Law” Initiative at Subsea Expo 2014 Andrews Kurth Middle East
Newsletter (March 2014)
SEC Issues Guidance on General Solicitation and Rule 506 Bad Actor Rules (December 20, 2013) NASDAQ Amends Compensation Committee Independence Requirements (December 19, 2013)
The World Law Group Launches Global Guide to Data Breach Notifications and Companion Website (December 2, 2013) General Solicitation Permitted in Certain Rule 506 and Rule 144A Offerings; “Bad Actors” Disqualified from Rule 506 Offerings; Other Significant Amendments Proposed to Regulation D (July 22, 2013)
Board-Adopted Forum Selection Bylaws Upheld by Delaware Court of Chancery (July 2, 2013)
"Audit Response Letters: Skirmishes at the Boundaries Set by the Treaty," 32 Corporate Counsel Review 1 (May 2013) SEC Approves NYSE, NYSE MKT and NASDAQ Compensation Committee Listing Standards (February 22, 2013) SEC Issues Guidance on Broker-Dealer Registration Exemption in Title II of the JOBS Act (February 20, 2013)
JOBS Act Update: SEC Issues New Guidance and Approves Amendments to FINRA Research Rules (October 31, 2012) NYSE, NYSE MKT and NASDAQ Propose Amendments to Compensation Committee Listing Standards (October 22, 2012)
SEC Issues Guidance on JOBS Act Research Provisions (September 24, 2012)
SEC Proposes Amendments to Allow General Solicitation in Certain Private Offerings Pursuant to JOBS Act (September 21, 2012)
SEC Adopts Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank Requirements for Compensation Committees and Compensation Advisers (July 9, 2012)
SEC Offers Additional JOBS Act Guidance (May 16, 2012)
Congress Passes the JOBS Act to Ease IPO Process for “Emerging Growth Companies” and Enhance Capital Formation (March 28, 2012)
A Sharply Divided En Banc Federal Circuit Decision Limits Intervening Rights To Claims Textually Modified in Reexamination Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, July 2012 (March 21, 2012)
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter in Business Method Patents (March 19, 2012)
ISS Publishes Guidance on New Methodology for Evaluating Pay-for-Performance Alignment and Updates to its Governance Risk Indicators (January 10, 2012)
ISS Publishes 2012 Updates to Benchmark U.S. Proxy Voting Guidelines (December 1, 2011)
Three Large States Revise Their Security Breach Notification Laws and Texas Applies Its Law to Residents of Some Other States to Boot IP and Technology Developments - October 2011 (October 25, 2011)
Recent Ruling Allows a Shareholder Lawsuit to Proceed After a Negative Say-on-Pay Vote: Quirk or Harbinger? (October 6, 2011)
The Economic Observer, Texas Report (October 2011)
DC Circuit’s Proxy Access Decision to Stand, but SEC to Allow “Private Ordering” of Proxy Access (September 20, 2011) Oil and Gas Companies Should Expect Increased SEC Scrutiny of Operations and Reserves (September 6, 2011) PCAOB Floats Possibility of Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation Financial Fraud Report (January 2012) (August 31, 2011) Hitting Non-Practicing Entities Where It Hurts (August 16, 2011)
DC Circuit Panel Vacates Proxy Access Rule (July 28, 2011)
Recent Cases Should Make Software Licensors Review Their Distribution Methods and License Terms (and They May Even Make Us Look at Open Source Licenses in a Different Way) IP and Technology Developments - July 2011 (July 21, 2011)
Therasense Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Company—The Federal Circuit tightens the standards necessary to establish the inequitable conduct defense by requiring a “but-for” showing of materiality (May 27, 2011)
SEC Proposes Rules for Compensation Committees and Compensation Advisers (April 21, 2011) Administration Unveils Over-The-Counter Derivatives Reform (August 28, 2009)
"Obama Administration Announces Financial Regulatory Overhaul" (June 24, 2009) "E-Commerce: A Sticky Legal Arena" (December 31, 2001)
"Time and Assent in the Formation of Information Contracts: An Essay on the Mischief of Applying Article 2 Inspired Contract Law to Information Contracts" Houston Law Review (1999)
"Article 2B Offers Jurisprudence for All Forms" National Law Journal (September 21, 1998) "Contracting in Cyberspace" SMU Computer Law Journal (Summer 1998)
"Licensing Law Update" Journal of Proprietary Rights (1995)
"Rights in Information: Conversion and Misappropriation Causes of Action in Intellectual Property Cases" Houston Law
Review (1995) Treatise
“A Concept Proposal for a Model Intellectual Property Commercial Law” by Lorin Brennan and Jeff Dodd—Chapter 11 published in Research Handbook On Intellectual Property Licensing, Jacques de Werra, Ed. (Edward Elgar
Publishing) (January 2013). Available here.
Modern Licensing Law (with R. Nimmer, a treatise covering all aspects of information and intellectual property licensing). For more information concerning this treatise, contact Jeff or visit
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Named a "Patent Star" and a "Trademark Star" in the IP Stars Handbook published by Managing Intellectual Property (2016)
Lawyer of the Year in Information Technology Law in Houston, Best Lawyers (2013 and 2016) Who’s Who in Law, Intellectual Property, Houston Business Journal (2015)
Recipient, 2015 Dean's Award, University of Houston Law Center
Recipient, 2014 Distinguished Service Award, Institute of Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Houston Law Center
Profiled as one of the leading Technology Outsourcing (2013-2014) lawyers in the United States, The US Legal 500 Named "One of the World's Leading Patent Practitioners" in Intellectual Asset Management magazine's IAM Patent
1000: The World's Leading Patent Practitioners (2012-2014, 2016)
Named a "2012 BTI Client Service All-Star" by BTI Consulting Group
The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law and Information Technology Law (1999-2016)
Profiled as one of the leading Technology (2005-2009) and Intellectual Property (2010-2016) lawyers in Texas,
Chambers & Partners USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers
Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly (2003-2005, 2011-2015) AV Preeminent rating in Martindale-Hubbell
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
International Intellectual Property Law Association 2016 (June 6, 2016) Rocky Mountain IP & Technology Institute 2016 (June 2, 2016)
World Intellectual Property Day 2016 (April 2016) Subsea Expo 2016 (February 3, 2016)
The General Counsel Forum Magna Stella Awards Dinner (November 19, 2015) 10th Annual Licensing Technology and IP Conference (August 20, 2015)
Deepwater Technology Symposium: SURF Barriers to Innovation, Technology Adoptions and Cost Effective Deployment (February 26, 2015)
Intelligent Energy Law in the Middle East - Protecting and Exploiting Advanced Energy Technology and Know-How (November 11, 2014)
Rice Alliance – 12th Annual Energy and Clean Technology Venture Forum (September 11, 2014)
Intelligent Energy Law in the Middle East – Protecting and Exploiting Advanced Energy Technology and Know-How (February 6, 2014)
Rice Business Plan Competition 2013 (April 11, 2013) "Current Issues in IP Licensing," (October 29, 2012)
AK/BDO JOBS Act Seminar - "IPOs after the JOBS ACT: What Companies Need to Know" (August 8, 2012) University of Texas CLE - 25th Annual Technology Law Conference (May 24, 2012)
New Issues in Today's Licensing Transactions Conference (August 29, 2011)
Licensing Transactions: New Case Law, Trends and Business Models (August 26, 2010) 2010 Trends in Annual Disclosures, Houston (January 2010)
Speaker
“Equity Crowdfunding: New Rules and Comparison with Other Funding Alternatives” Houston Technology Center (March 2016)
“Lexmark: Licensing After the En Banc Decision” IPO Chat Channel Webinar (March 2016)
“Licensing, Commercializing and Investing in Information Assets” Zhengzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Park, China National IP Bureau (Beijing), and Suchou University (October 2015)
“2015 Licensing Trends” 10th Annual Advanced Concepts in Licensing IP and Technology Conference, Seattle (August 2015)
"Licensing Law Update," 13th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (May 2015) “Technology Licensing & IP Rights”, International Intellectual Property Law Association 2015 Annual Congress (January 2015)
“Licensing, Partnering, and Strategic Alliances,” BIO Boot Camp 2014, San Diego (June 2014)
"2013 Licensing Law Update," 12th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (May 2014)
"Intellectual Property Strategies for the Emerging Company—Panel Discussion," 12th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (May 2014)
“Commercializing and Investing in Technology: A Perspective from Three Industries,” (Panel Presentation) ACC Houston General Chapter Meeting (May 2014)
“Acquiring and Transferring Energy Technology,” Intelligent Energy Law in the Middle East Seminar, Aberdeen (February 2014)
“2013 Licensing Law Update," 8th Annual Advanced Conference on Licensing IP and Technology, Seattle (August 2013)
“Sale v. License in IP Contracting,” 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (May 2013)
"2013 Licensing Law Update," 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (May 2013)
“Audit Response Letters,” 10th Annual Advanced Business Law Conference, Houston (November 2012)
“Current Top Ten Issues Drawn From Recent Cases,” IP and Technology Licensing Conference, Houston (October 2012)
“Issue Spotting and Negotiating Strategies in a Complex License,” IP and Technology Licensing Conference, Houston (October 2012)
“Patent Pools, Standards and the Theory and Practice of Licensing,” Beijing Normal University Law School, Beijing (October 2012)
"Commercializing University IP: Building Bridges Between Academia and Commerce (the US Experience)," East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai (October 2012)
“Patent Pools, Standard Essential Patents and FRAND,” Taiwan (October 2012)
"2012 Licensing Law Update," 7th Annual Advanced Conference on Licensing IP and Technology, Seattle (August 2012)
"2012 Licensing Law Update," 10th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (June 2012)
"Licensing Issues in Major Corporate Transactions," 10th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (June 2012)
“Advanced Licensing Workshop: Negotiating and Drafting Indemnification and Limitation of Liability Provisions,” 25th Annual Technology Law Conference, Austin (May 2012)
“US IP Licenses and Secured Finance,” International Bar Association, 18th Annual Global Insolvency and Restructuring Conference, Helsinki (May 2012)
"Trends in Electronic Contracting 2011," CLE Presentation (October 2011) "IP Commercialization Strategies," CLE Presentation (September 2011)
"What Recent Licensing Cases Tell Us" and "Anatomy of a Complex License," IP Licensing, Seattle (August 2011) "Licensing Law Update" and "Anatomy of a Complex License," 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (June 2011)
"Theories and Practices of Technology Licensing," Renmin University Law School—Intellectual Property Institute, Beijing, China (April 2011)
"International IP Protection Under Conditions of Economic Globalization," Beijing Normal University—Law School, Beijing, China (April 2011)
"Copyright Law Update," HIPLA 26th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law (October 2010)
"Analysis of Trends in Licensing Law" 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute (June 2010)
"What Recent Licensing Cases Tell Us" and "Anatomy of a Complex License," IP Licensing, Seattle (August 2009) "What Business Lawyers Need to Know about Licensing," Professional Education Broadcast Network Teleseminars (August 2009)
"Licensing Law Update" and "Anatomy of a Complex License," 7th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (June 2009)
"Trademark Licensing—Developments in the Law" IP Licensing (March 2009)
"Current Themes in Complex Licensing and What Recent Cases Tell Us" and "Anatomy of a Complex License: Updating your Skills for Efficient and Effective Negotiating and Drafting," IP Licensing in 2008, Seattle (August 2008) "Licensing Intellectual Property," Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship (July 2008)
"Licensing Law Update" and "Anatomy of a Complex License," 6th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (June 2008)
"Electronic Sales Contracts," 2008 ABA Section of Business Law Spring Meeting (April 2008)
"What the Recent Cases Teach Us" and "Anatomy of a Complex License," Modern IP Licensing, Phoenix (March 2008)
"Electronic Sales of Goods Contracts," 2007 UCC 2/Sales Update," Professional Education Broadcast Network (December 2007)
"Modern Licensing for Transactional Attorneys," Professional Education Broadcast Network, Webcast (September 2007)
"What the Recent Cases Teach Us" and "Anatomy of a Complex License," Current Issues in Complex IP Licensing, Seattle (August 2007)
"Licensing Law Update" and "Licenses in the Courtroom," 5th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (May 2007)
"Trends in Licensing: Lessons from Recent Cases," Advanced Intellectual Property Law Seminar Program, Association of Corporate Counsel, Houston Chapter (September 2006)
"Licensing Update," 21st Annual Intellectual Assets and Technology Law Institute, Dallas (October 2006) “Modern Licensing Law: Recent Cases and Trends” and “Anatomy of a Complex License,” Modern Licensing Law Conference Austin, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Vancouver (Summer 2006)
“IP Roundtable—Current IP Issues,” Dallas (June 2006)
“Trade Secret Licenses,” 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute, Denver (June 2006) “Mergers & Acquisitions Trends and Developments in Public Transactions,” SEC Hot Topics Institute (May 2006) “Negotiating and Structuring the Sale of Private Businesses: Non-Tax Considerations,” Professional Education Broadcast Network (December 2005)
“Licensing Law Update- 2004-2005,” 20th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, Dallas (October 2005) “Fundamentals Of Licensing And Transferring Technology,” Professional Education Broadcast Network (June 2005)
“Article 2 Revisions Proposed by ALI-NCCUSL What the Revisions Would Mean to Practitioners,” Professional Education Broadcast Network (February 2005)
“Legal Issues in Effective Crisis Management," College Station (January 2005)
“Licensing Law Update- 2003-2004” 19th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, Dallas (2004) “Licensing Law Update- 2002-2003” 18th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, Dallas (2003) "Attack Web Sites" Fifth Annual Doing Business Online Conference, Seattle (2003)
"Licensing Law Update 2001-2002" and "New Developments Affecting E-Commerce" 17th Annual Computer Information Law Institute, Dallas (2003)
"E-Commerce: Alive and Kicking," Business Section, State Bar of Texas, Houston (2003) "Attack Web Sites: Offense and Defense," Practicing Law Institute (April 2002)
"Strategies and Structures for Commercializing Internally Developed Technologies," Fourth Annual Doing Business Online Conference, Seattle (2002)
"Overview of Intellectual Property for the Business Lawyer," Houston (2002)
"Licensing Law Update 2001-2002," 16th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, Dallas (2002)
"New Developments Affecting Doing Business Online," 16th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, Dallas (2002)
"E-Procurement and E-Contracting in Government Contracts: The Impact of Electronic Contracting Legislation," eGovernment Conference, San Diego (2002)
"The Impact of the PATRIOT Act on Electronic Transactions, Surveillance, and Privacy," Practicing Law Institute, New York and San Francisco (2002)
"Default Rules in Information Transactions and Commentary on UCITA," 39th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law, Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas (November 2001)
"Electronic Contracting and Intellectual Property and Dissecting Electronic Commerce Websites," Third Annual Conference on Doing Business Online, Seattle (October 2001)
"Licensing Law Update and Selected Current Issues in Intellectual Property and Information Transactions," 15th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, Dallas (September 2001)
"International Joint Ventures and Transactions," FEI, Austin (2001)
"International Perspectives on Electronic Commerce Legislation," Cyber Law Conference, Fundao Luso-Americana, Lisbon, Portugal (June 2001)
"New Electronic Commerce Legislation: ESIGN, UETA, UCITA and the European E-Signature Directive," various venues (2001)
"Understanding Electronic Contracts—Certain Default Rules in Information Transactions," PLI (2001) "Intellectual Property Law 2001 Course, Copyright Update," State Bar of Texas (2001)
"E-Commerce Models and Legal Developments," various venues (2001 and 2002)
"Building a Cathedral Over the Bazaar: A Preliminary View of Certain Licensing Practices in the Open Source and Free Software Communities," Second Annual National Conference on Doing Business Online (October 2000) "Licensing Law and UCITA Overview," 14th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute (September 2000) "Certain Default Rules in UCITA: Common Contractual Principles in Information Transactions," PLI (April and May 2000)
"E-Commerce Models," ARMA Spring Conference (April 2000)
"Problems with Electronic Records: Evidence, Abuse and Privacy," ARMA Spring Conference (April 2000)
"A Preliminary Analysis of Certain Default Rules in the Uniform Information Transactions Act," Georgetown (February 2000)
"New Hazards for the Business Lawyer: Hidden Intellectual Property Claims," Business Law Survival Course, Texas State Bar Continuing Legal Education Seminar (1999)
"Licensing in the Mass Market, Software and Database Licensing: Current Trends and Proposed New Laws," PLI (April and May 1999)
"Article 2B: Commercial Lawyers Invade the Land of Intellectual Property Redux," 11th Annual Computer Law Conference (July 1998; also Federal Bar Association Annual Meeting, October 1998, and American Corporate Counsel Association Annual Meeting, November 1998)
"Article 2B: Commercial Lawyers Invade the Land of Intellectual Property," Intellectual Property Law Institute (1998) "Responding to Inquiries from Regulatory Authorities," Rice Graduate School of Business, Houston, Texas (1998) "Licensing Law 1995/1999," 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th, and 9th Annual Computer & Information Law Institutes (1995-1999)
"Contracting in Cyberspace," Cyberspace Law: A US and European Perspective (1997)
"Software Development Agreements and Software License Agreements," Counseling High Tech Clients (1996) "The Securities and Exchange Commission's 1996 Amendments to the Rules Under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934," Houston Chapter of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Houston, Texas (1996) "Secured Financing for High Technology Companies," Commercial Lending Institute, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (1996)
"Power Struggles in Privately Held Companies," The University of Texas School of Law 18th Annual Securities Regulation and Business Law Problems, Austin, Texas (1996)
"Law in the Information Age: Constructing the Information Highway," 1995 Computer & Telecommunications Law Update, Washington, DC (1995)
"System Integration Contracts," Eighth Annual Computer & Information Technology Law Institute (1994)
"Rights In Information: Conversion as a New Cause of Action In Intellectual Property Cases," 10th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law (1994)
"System Development Contracts," Seventh Annual Computer & Information Technology Law Institute (1993) "Merger and Acquisition Transactions in the United States," Euromoney Institute, Mexico City (1992) "New Developments in Corporate Compliance" (1992)
"Software Licensing: Comparison of Model Acts v. Model Agreements," American Bar Association Annual Meeting (1992)
"Acquiring Troubled Companies," Advanced Corporate and Securities Law Institute (1991, 1992, 1993) "Guaranty and Suretyship," 20th Annual Institute on the Uniform Commercial Code (1986)
Teaching
Visiting Professor of Law, Beijing Normal University Law School (2011-2013)
Intellectual Property and Information Law Program, Licensing Law, Teaching: Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center (1999, 2000, 2001)
American Constitutional Law Course, University of Houston, Political Science Department (1994, 1995) Adjunct Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, Business Planning (1989 and 1990)
AFFILIATIONS Member
Houston Bar Association Life Fellow
Electronic Commerce Sub-Committee Business Law Section
American Bar Association Section on Business Law
Section on Intellectual Property Law Forum Committee on Franchising Licensing Executives Society
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Past President - University of Houston Law Foundation
Board Member - Board of Directors of the University of Houston Law Foundation Advisory Board Member - Honors College of the University of Houston
Fellow - Texas Bar Foundation, Houston Bar Foundation IN THE NEWS
Jeff was quoted in "Is Amazon Handmade Overreaching on Artisan Terms of Use?," EcommerceBytes (October 2015) Jeff was featured in "E and P Companies Can Overcome Ultra Deepwater Challenges if They are Persistent,"
published in USA OIL AND GAS MONITOR and reprinted with permission (March 2015)
Jeff was quoted in "Treatment of Intellectual Property in M&A," Financier Worldwide (February 2010)
NEWS
Andrews Kurth Highly Ranked in IAM Patent 1000 2016 (June 6, 2016)
Andrews Kurth Receives High Marks from 2016 Chambers & Partners USA Guide (May 27, 2016) Andrews Kurth Recognized in 2016 IP Stars Handbook by Managing Intellectual Property (May 25, 2016) Andrews Kurth Files Amicus Brief in Shukh v. Seagate Technology, LLC (December 10, 2015)
37 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named in Texas Super Lawyers 2015 (September 8, 2015) Andrews Kurth Elects 2015-2016 Policy Committee (August 25, 2015)
57 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America 2016 (August 17, 2015) Andrews Kurth Partners with UH Law Center for the IPIL Spring Lecture (May 29, 2015)
Andrews Kurth Receives High Marks from 2015 Chambers & Partners USA Guide (May 19, 2015) 38 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named in Texas Super Lawyers 2014 (September 5, 2014)
Andrews Kurth Elects 2014-2015 Policy Committee (August 25, 2014)
59 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America 2015 (August 18, 2014)
Andrews Kurth Represents NRG Energy in $1 Billion Carbon Capture Joint Venture with JX Nippon Oil & Gas (July 15, 2014)
The 2014 Legal 500 Guide Ranks Andrews Kurth in 13 Practice Areas (June 27, 2014)
Andrews Kurth Receives High Marks from 2014 Chambers & Partners USA Guide (May 23, 2014) Andrews Kurth and Murgitroyd & Company to Host Intellectual Property Seminar (January 24, 2014) 41 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named in Texas Super Lawyers 2013 (September 9, 2013)
61 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America 2014 (August 15, 2013) Andrews Kurth Elects 2013-2014 Policy Committee (August 15, 2013)
The 2013 Legal 500 Guide Ranks Andrews Kurth in 13 Practice Areas (June 4, 2013)
Andrews Kurth Receives High Marks from 2013 Chambers & Partners USA Guide (May 24, 2013) Jeff Dodd Named 2013 Lawyer of the Year (September 20, 2012)
35 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named in Texas Super Lawyers 2012 (September 10, 2012) 62 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America 2013 (August 23, 2012) Andrews Kurth Elects 2012-2013 Policy Committee (August 15, 2012)
Jeff Dodd, Gary Bush and Ping Wang Named Among the World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (June 28, 2012) Andrews Kurth Receives High Marks from 2012 Chambers & Partners USA Guide (June 15, 2012)
Two Andrews Kurth Partners Named 2012 BTI Client Service All-Stars (February 7, 2012) 54 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America 2012 (September 22, 2011) 35 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named in Texas Super Lawyers 2011 (September 12, 2011) Andrews Kurth Announces 2011-2012 Policy Committee Election (August 2, 2011)
Andrews Kurth Recognized Twice for Deal of the Year in M&A Atlas Awards (March 22, 2011) Andrews Kurth Represents GM in "Deal of the Year" (March 15, 2011)
49 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America 2011 (August 16, 2010) Andrews Kurth Announces 2010-2011 Policy Committee Election (August 10, 2010) Andrews Kurth Announces 2009-2010 Policy Committee Election (August 31, 2009) 46 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America 2010 (August 10, 2009) Andrews Kurth Announces 2008-2009 Policy Committee Election (August 28, 2008) Andrews Kurth Receives High Rankings in Chambers USA Guide (June 25, 2007) Andrews Kurth Announces 2007-2008 Policy Committee Election (August 16, 2007) Andrews Kurth Adds to its 2005 Chambers USA Ranking (June 16, 2005)
