John focuses on IP, licensing, and commercial transactions, with particular expertise in software, SaaS, digital media, semiconductor, AI and automation, and open licensing.
He has extensive expertise in the semiconductor industry, advising chip companies and IP vendors on all aspects of their technology licensing operations, from development to core licensing to manufacture and supply.
John regularly represents companies in connection with the operation of digital media services, and in transactions related to the development and distribution of a wide variety of media content.
John’s practice includes comprehensive coverage related to the use and distribution of open source software, including advising on the implementation of ingestion and contribution policies, audit and remediation in connection with corporate transactions, and the establishment and ongoing management of open source software projects.
John McGaraghan is a partner in the technology transactions practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Palo Alto office. His practice focuses on intellectual property counseling and licensing, and the drafting and negotiation of strategic commercial contracts. John has deep experience in assisting companies with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and financing matters, and other complex business transactions involving technology and intellectual property that build and protect enterprise value.
John represents public and private companies through all stages of growth in the software, SaaS, media and content, big data, semiconductor, AI and automation, advertising, and hardware industries.
John is a subject-matter specialist in the area of open source software licensing, advising a variety of companies, including open source software vendors, on issues associated with open source software that arise in day-to-day operations (both with respect to ingestion and use, as well as contribution to and distribution of open source software), as well as in the context of acquisitions and other corporate-level transactions. He is certified as a Black Duck Legal Professional.
Before attending law school, John worked as a software developer and as a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer, and performer.
John McGaraghan is a partner in the technology transactions practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Palo Alto office. His practice focuses on intellectual property counseling and licensing, and the drafting and negotiation of strategic commercial contracts. John has deep experience in assisting companies with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and financing matters, and other complex business transactions involving technology and intellectual property that build and protect enterprise value.
John represents public and private companies through all stages of growth in the software, SaaS, media and content, big data, semiconductor, AI and automation, advertising, and hardware industries.
John is a subject-matter specialist in the area of open source software licensing, advising a variety of companies, including open source software vendors, on issues associated with open source software that arise in day-to-day operations (both with respect to ingestion and use, as well as contribution to and distribution of open source software), as well as in the context of acquisitions and other corporate-level transactions. He is certified as a Black Duck Legal Professional.
Before attending law school, John worked as a software developer and as a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer, and performer.