Intellectual Property and Technology Division

Erickson | Sederstrom's Intellectual Property and Technology Division represents national, regional, and local clients in all aspects of Intellectual Property and Technology law. Specifically, Erickson | Sederstrom has substantial experience with respect to:

  • Protection 
  • Technology Contracts 
  • Technology Company Merger and Acquisitions 
  • Capital Formation 
  • Technology Employee Relations
  • Electronic Transactions 
  • Web Site Management 
  • Internet Fraud 
  • Electronic Regulatory Compliance

 

 




Erickson | Sederstrom’s attorneys have substantial experience with respect to intellectual property protection, software and technology license, sale and distribution contracts, technology company acquisitions and sales, capital formation, technology employee relations, electronic transactions, web site management, Internet fraud and electronic regulatory compliance.


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Andrew Collins

Andrew represents corporate and individual clients regarding all aspects of their intellectual property needs, including consulting, implementation, registration, exploitation and protection of trademarks, copyrights, trade names, trade secrets, business plans and others.  Andrew has represented clients in civil litigation regarding claims of trade name infringement, and in United State Patent and Trademark Office proceedings regarding registration, protection and infringement of trademarks.


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Thomas J. Culhane

Tom Culhane graduated summa cum laude from Creighton University School of Law and is a senior partner with Erickson | Sederstrom’s litigation practice group.  He is admitted to practice in the state courts of both Nebraska and Iowa as well as the federal court in Nebraska and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.  Following graduation from Creighton and prior to joining the Erickson | Sederstrom team in 1975, he clerked for the Honorable Donald P. Lay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.  Mr. Culhane has a litigation practice with emphasis in recent years in commercial and technology litigation.  He has represented clients in a variety of intellectual property matters, including software licensing, trademark and trade name disputes.  Mr. Culhane also has experience in software contract and licensing litigation.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.


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Virgil K. Johnson

Virgil K. Johnson has practiced with Erickson | Sederstrom for over 40 years.  Mr. Johnson has extensive experience in corporate law.  His corporate law experience includes formation and representation of start-up and public technology companies with significant experience in financing the purchase and sale of technology businesses.  He has significant experience in the licensing, sale and distribution of computer software and hardware. 


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Adam R. White

Adam assists Erickson | Sederstrom’s corporate and health care clients in reviewing and negotiating technology related contracts such as license agreements, consulting agreements and various technology related service and non-disclosure agreements.  Adam is also experienced in assisting clients with the sale and transfer of technology related rights and assets.


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Nebraska Supreme Court Adopts Federal Test for Proving Secondary Meaning of Trademark or Trade Name
January 23, 2012
Local Hospice Forces Competitor backed by National Hospice Company to Respect Rights Acquired in Trade Name
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About Our Compliance Programs
June 14, 2010
Compliance programs are created to be self-policing efforts designed to preempt the need for law makers to enforce companies to follow federal guidelines. The legislative roots of today's compliance programs are embedded in federal legislation passed in 1984 that was aimed at reducing fraud and abuse of federal programs. Compliance is now a major topic of health care executives and starting in 1997, commercial laboratories, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services has created a series of new compliance programs with guidelines for health care providers. This year hospitals and home-health agencies and almost the entire health care sector is trying to find their way within the regulatory programs.
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