David A. Wormser
David A. Wormser is a commercial and intellectual property partner in the Washington office of Pepper Hamilton LLP. He is a member of Pepper’s Executive Committee and serves as the partner in charge of the firm’s Washington office.
Mr. Wormser works with intellectual property-intensive businesses to obtain maximum value for their products, services, technologies and, often, their companies, and with the purchasers of high-tech goods and services (and the technology itself) to ensure that they obtain the value for which they are paying.
Mr. Wormser routinely:- represents technology owners and acquirers in negotiating licenses for patents, copyrights and trademarks; product development agreements; and corporate partnering and technology joint venture arrangements
- represents buyers and sellers of high-tech goods and services in negotiating purchase and sale agreements, service agreements, software licenses, outsourcing arrangements, domestic and international marketing and distribution agreements, e-commerce agreements, Web hosting agreements and content agreements
- counsels companies on the perfection and protection of their copyrights, patents and patentable inventions, and other intellectual property rights
- represents purchasers and sellers of high-tech companies
- counsels companies on the full range of issues affecting e-commerce operations.
By way of example, Mr. Wormser has represented:- an online automotive parts distributor in negotiating distribution arrangements with major parts retailers
- a major glass manufacturer in negotiating a long-term agreement with a chemical company to develop jointly new glass coatings
- a major manufacturer of dictation, transcription and document workflow systems in negotiations to procure technologies key to the company’s strategic plans, and in negotiating the technology-intensive portions of deals spinning off business no longer compatible with the company’s strategic plans
- a cable multiple system operator (MSO) in its acquisition of mission-critical back-office equipment and software, network and customer premises equipment and related professional services, and in its procurement of video and Internet content
- a software vendor in expanding its markets to include various foreign countries
- a wireless technology company in licensing its patent portfolio to major cellular handset and infrastructure equipment manufacturers
- a consumer products company in its acquisition of an ERP system.
Mr. Wormser joined Pepper after serving as assistant general counsel to the Association of Data Processing Service Organizations (since renamed the Information Technology Association of America). Mr. Wormser is a past member of the Steering Committee for the District of Columbia Bar Computer Law Section, and past president of the District of Columbia Computer Law Forum.
Education
B.S. 1977 Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
J.D. 1980 Ohio State University College of Law
Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in District of Columbia (not admitted in Virginia)
