Vladimir Khodosh, P.C.
Overview
Vladimir Khodosh is a partner whose practice is focused on technology transactions. Vladimir has handled a variety of international licensing, product development, and business outsourcing transactions. Vladimir has counseled clients in many intellectual property and information technology aspects of corporate transactions, including in the merger, acquisition, and bankruptcy contexts. Vladimir, a registered patent attorney, relies significantly on his software development experience, and his experience counseling clients on protecting patent, copyright, and trade secret aspects of business method, software, and Internet-based intellectual property assets, in representing clients in transactions.
Vladimir has been recognized for his work by The Legal 500 U.S.
Experience
Representative Matters
Counsel to financial services technology company in connection with licensing securities trading software and systems to banks and other lending institutions, and outsourcing software hosting operations. Experiences included drafting and negotiating license, hosting, and related services agreements.
Counsel to outsourcing service provider in successful competitive bid for multi-year, multi-tower engagement in the utilities industry. Experiences included strategizing on developing a detailed response to the utility company's request for proposals, performing a competitive analysis on key legal terms to counsel client on the range of market norms, and drafting and negotiating the master services agreement and related ancillary agreements.
Counsel to consumer products company in connection with its receipt of ASP, IT, and BPO services. Experiences included drafting and negotiating master services agreements and statements of work.
Counsel to pharmaceutical company in international API and drug product license, manufacture, distribution, and marketing deal. Experiences included drafting and negotiating master license and sublicense agreements, and patent and FDA exclusivity analysis.
Counsel to several private equity clients in bids to acquire credit card processing companies. Experiences included conducting and advising the clients on intellectual property, information technology, and credit card industry compliance due diligence, contract drafting, and negotiations.
Counsel to global mobile device manufacturer and distributor in forming, and acting as a founding member of, a strategic foundation to own and license a mobile device software platform for use by major device manufacturers throughout the world. Experiences included creation and negotiation of governance and licensing documents specially tailored to address complex issues surrounding patent, open source software, and cross-licensing issues.
Counsel to consumer and public safety device manufacturer in international licensing and services relationships throughout the world. Experiences included performing detailed analysis of foreign licensing issues, coordinating foreign counsel review of licensing and consumer protection provisions, and advising client on intellectual property and business risks associated with international product roll-outs under U.S. and foreign law.
Counsel to large automotive parts manufacturer in a series of carve-out transactions involving complex intellectual property cross-licensing and right to use issues in the bankruptcy context.
Counsel to private equity client in connection with bid to acquire leading Internet-based search engine provider, advising on all aspects of Internet-specific and general intellectual property issues.
Counsel to consumer product device manufacturer in the development of a comprehensive policy for open source software compliance. Experiences included performing detailed analysis of prevailing licenses governing the use and distribution of open source software at the platform and application levels, advising on various risk scenarios, and assisting the client with implementing internal controls and approval processes.
Prior Experience
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Thought Leadership
Publications
"Transformational Sourcing," course materials for the PLI Outsourcing 2011: Structuring, Negotiation and Governance Seminar Series.
"Protecting Your Digital Assets: How to Protect Your Database Investment," Smart Business Chicago, June 2005.
Seminars
Guest Lecturer, “Intellectual Property in Corporate Transactions,” presented to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law - San Francisco Immersion Program, Private Equity Transactions Class, February 2021.
Speaker, “Complex Issues in Managing Software Eco-systems,” presented at the All Hands Conference, Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel, Santa Clara, California, November 2019.
Speaker, “Notable Legal Developments in Open Source,” presented at the Black Duck Flight 2017 Conference, November 2017.
Speaker and Organizer, “OSS in M&A Transactions” and “Crying Wolf or Is Open Source Risk Real: Some Recent Trends and Cases” presented at the Kirkland & Ellis Open Source Law Seminar in Chicago, June 2017.
Speaker, “Negotiating and Contracting for Outsourcing,” presented at the Certified Outsourcing Professionals Master Class for the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals in Denver, September 2013.
Panelist, “Selling and Marketing on the Internet,” presented at Business-Law Conference entitled: “Legal Challenges in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Ownership” hosted by the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, February 8, 2012.
Speaker, “Diligencing OSS Use and Navigating OSS in M&A,” presented at the Kirkland & Ellis Open Source Law Seminar in Palo Alto, January 2012.
Speaker, “Copyright Damages for Open Source Violations: A Practical Framework,” presented at the Kirkland & Ellis Open Source Law Seminar in Palo Alto, January 2012.
Speaker, “Transformational Sourcing,” presented at PLI Outsourcing 2011: Structuring, Negotiation and Governance in Chicago, September 20, 2011.
Speaker, “Monetary Damages for Open Source Violations: A Practical Framework,” presented at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), San Francisco, May 2011.
Speaker, “License Conflict and Risk Management: Inside Company Operations,” presented at the Kirkland & Ellis Open Source Seminar, April 2009.
Speaker, “The Edge on Negotiating Software Contracts with Association Software Vendors,” presented at the Interim Meeting of the American Society of Medical Association Counsel, November 2006.
Memberships & Affiliations
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2019, California
- 2002, Illinois
- Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Courts
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Education
- University of Illinois College of LawJ.D.cum laude2001I.P. Moot Court Editor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.A., Political Science1998