| EXPERIENCE: Catalin Cosovanu is an associate in the technology transactions practice of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto. He has represented clients ranging from start-ups to established companies in industries and sectors including software (both open source and closed source, and both business and end user, with traditional licensing as well as software-as-a-service models), hardware (including networking, sensors, semiconductors, and memory), content distribution and clearance, new media, and clean technology. Catalin has prepared, reviewed, and negotiated a wide range of transactions involving the design, development, manufacturing, distribution, and support of technology, business and consumer products, content, and services. In addition, he has counseled clients on intellectual property matters in connection with investments, financings, asset purchases and sales, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the firm in March 2006, Catalin was an attorney at Weil Gotshal & Manges in New York. His prior legal experience also includes an internship with New York Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
SELECT CLIENTS: - Amobee
- Arch Rock
- Corvil Networks
- Creative Commons
- Crossbow Technology
- Google
- Intevac
- LucasFilm
- NextWindow
- Nominum
- Offerpal Media
- Prysm
- RedSeal Systems
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Seagate Technology
- Stanford Fair Use Project
- Tanfield / Smith Electric Vehicles
- Universal Giving
- Yodlee
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EDUCATION: - J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 2004
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Recipient, Parker Certificate of Achievement in Foreign and Comparative Law; Intern, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (assistance to indigent artists on intellectual property and other matters) - J.S.M., Stanford Law School, 2001
- Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, Stanford University (on leave)
- M.A., Political Science, Stanford University, 1998
Recipient, Littlefield Fellowship in International Political Economy; Recipient, Institute for International Studies New Democracy Fellowship; Assistant Contributing Editor, Consortium for Research on Information Security and Policy - M.A., International Relations and European Studies, Central European University, 1997
- LL.B., Al. I. Cuza University, 1996
SELECT PUBLICATIONS: - Co-author with Clark Asay, Selwyn Goldberg, Sara Harrington, and Cathy Kirkman, "Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Issues Open Source Opinion," Innovation e-Review, New York State Science & Technology Law Center, November 2008
- Co-author with Suzanne Y. Bell, "Outsourcing in Central and Eastern Europe," in Keys to Outsourcing and Offshoring 2006 (Practising Law Institute, October 2006)
- "Open Source Software in Eastern Europe and Other Emerging Markets: The Moral Alternative to Piracy?" Journal of Internet Law, January 2006
- "Piracy, Price Discrimination, and Development: The Software Sector in Emerging Markets," 31 AIPLA Quarterly Journal 165, 2003. Also appeared in 5 Colum. Sci. & Tech Law Review 3, 2003, and in the syllabus for the Intellectual Property Law Seminar, LL.M. Program, Central European University, May 2005
- Co-author with Conrad G. Bahlke, "OTC Derivatives under Federal Securities and Commodities Laws" New York City Bar Association CLE, December 17, 2004
- "Software Piracy; Crime or Economic Factor?" eWeek (Romanian edition), August 28, 2001
- "The International Environment and the Romanian Path to Democratic Party Politics: On the Blessings of Geopolitics and Democratic Times," The Transformations 1989-1999: Triumph or Tragedy?, 2000
SELECT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: - Keynote Speaker, "Diligence & Deal Structuring," Investing in & Partnering with Romanian Technology Companies Conference, April 2007
- Lecturer, Intellectual Property Law (for LL.M. candidates), Central European University, May 2005
- Panelist, "Intellectual Property Law and the Software Sector in Emerging Markets," Intellectual Property and the Internet Panel, Law and Society Association Conference, 2001
- Panelist Chair, "Post-Socialist Lawyering in Eastern Europe," AAASS National Convention
ADMISSIONS: - State Bar of California
- State Bar of New York
- IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional
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