Peter J. Kinsella
- Denver
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Kinsella先生就知识产权、技术、许可及交易相关事宜为公司提供专业咨询。
Pete Kinsella 在国内外协议的架构设计与谈判方面拥有丰富经验，业务领域涵盖云计算与软件即服务（SaaS）、产品开发、软件开发、半导体制造、自动化系统、医疗设备及系统、技术转让、航空航天、外包、咨询服务及电信等。他还为数据共享、复杂采购安排、产品分销与销售、制造安排、市场营销与广告服务、内容创作与分发，以及各类专利、商标和版权许可等事项提供法律咨询。
作为一名注册专利律师，Pete 拥有电气与计算机工程本科学历，能够深入理解前沿技术问题（如人工智能、量子计算、物联网及数据使用相关问题），经常就这些前沿技术为客户提供法律咨询与公开演讲。他也经常处理和上市或私营公司并购相关的复杂技术，数据以及知识产权问题，其中参与多项交易金额高达数十亿美元的项目。
Pete 还具备广泛的国际业务经验，包括就知识产权控股公司、转让定价、出口管制以及国际制造与分销等问题为客户提供法律咨询。他对体育产业有深入了解，曾协助客户处理体育场冠名权、姓名肖像权协议、职业联赛赞助协议及转播权协议等相关事务。
Pete 曾深度参与多个备受关注的知识产权纠纷，涉及电信、半导体、计算机网络、汽车、清洁技术及健康科学等多个行业。其代表性工作包括为美国联邦巡回上诉法院（U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit）撰写上诉状，以及代表客户应对美国国际贸易委员会（U.S. International Trade Commission）的调查。
教育与证书
教育
- 明尼苏达大学, J.D., 1993
- 北达科他州立大学, 理学学士, 1990
律师和法庭资格
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美国科罗拉多州
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美国专利商标局
- 美国联邦巡回上诉法院
- 美国最高法院
相关工作经历
- 美国科罗拉多州丹佛，Faegre & Benson LLP, 合伙人
专业认可
入选汤森路透（Thomson Reuters）“杰出律师”榜单，2024
被《美国最佳律师》（Best Lawyers in America）评为“年度科技法律师”，2023、2025
入选《美国最佳律师》：信息技术法、知识产权诉讼、科技法领域，2007-2026
被《钱伯斯美国》评为知识产权领域“美国领先律师”，2005-2025
入选《5280丹佛高地杂志》（5280 Denver's Mile High Magazine）“丹佛顶级律师”，2021-2024
获评《IAM》"全球领袖"（IAM Global Leader），2020-2024
被《知识产权管理》（Managing IP）评为“知识产权之星”（IP Star），2013-2014、2016-2024
入选《IAM全球专利 1000 强》榜单，2012-2025
被《美国最佳律师》评为丹佛地区“年度律师：科技法”，2012、2015、2017、2019、2021
入选《Corporate Counsel Black Book》，2007-2008
入选《IAM Licensing 250》——"全球领先专利与技术许可律师"榜单
影响力
专业领导力
- 全美知识产权法律协会
- 美国律师协会，专利、商标与著作权分会
- 电气和电子工程协会
代理经验
Technology Transactions & Privacy
- Represented Artic Airship in connection with the purchase agreement for multiple aerostatic and aerodynamic hybrid airships.
- Represented pharmacy automation equipment maker in connection with the negotiation of a variety of sales and services agreements
- Represented enterprise IoT vendor in connection with the development and deployment of a custom IoT system at a large U.S. retailer
- Represented probiotics manufacturer in connection with the acquisition of various biological strains
- Represented probiotics manufacturer in connection with a research and development agreement for the development and licensing of new biological strains
- Developed model satellite launch service agreement for launch services provider
- Represented aircraft manufacturer in negotiations with a large worldwide commercial air carrier for the sale of a newly designed commercial aircraft
- Represented several start-up aircraft manufacturers in negotiations with their suppliers and service providers
- Represented Albertsons in negotiations for a strategic collaboration agreement with Takeoff Technologies for e-commerce micro-fulfillment software and hardware solutions
- Represented Albertsons in negotiations with Instacart to establish strategic e-commerce delivery solutions
- Representing the IT procurement organization of a large publicly traded online marketplace and content provider in connection with the negotiation of numerous software licenses and cloud services arrangements
- Assisted with the preparation and negotiation of various agreements related to providing cloud storage services including customer agreements, onboarding agreements, reseller agreements, service terms, privacy policy and acceptable use policy
- Represented cloud storage service provider in negotiations with numerous large enterprise businesses and educational institutions
- Represented electric utility provider in the negotiation of a cloud services agreement to provide real time outage information to customers
- Represented client in creating a payment network to route transactions on a per-item basis
- Represented large consumer packaged goods (CPG) company in negotiations to establish an electronic coupon joint venture
- Represented e-ticket hardware and software vendor in connection with ticketing services agreement for professional sports team
- Represented numerous large publicly traded companies in licensing negotiations for a variety of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software systems vendors
- Represented U.K. software company in negotiations of a software development agreement for international hotel reservation system
- Represented cross-channel marketing automation provider in service agreement negotiations with a wide variety of publishers and consumer product companies
- Assisted with the preparation of various consumer agreements and policies related to internet of things (IoT) devices
- Assisted various software and content companies with the outbound licensing and distribution of software and digital content
- Represented numerous clients in the online and mobile advertising ecosystem including providing strategic advice on the approach to commercial and customer relationships and in drafting and negotiating advertiser and publisher agreements, data sharing and data analytics agreements, strategic partnerships and various affiliate program agreements
- Represented large publicly traded companies in licensing negotiations with large desktop and server software provider
- Represented application provider for large CRM cloud ecosystem with licensing of the application for enterprise customers
- Represented numerous customers in negotiations with a wide variety of business cloud service providers
- Represented Fortune 500 equipment manufacturer in connection with software licenses and cloud services agreements for agricultural and construction automation and tracking equipment
- Represented clean tech company in connection with development, and installation agreements for large industrial equipment in connection the reconfiguration and operation of a large brewery waste water disposal facility
- Assisted client in negotiating display technology development agreements with major German automotive parts manufacturer
- Represented numerous health care provider organizations in connection with the acquisition of software and other technology based medical services
- Represented health care technology providers with supply and services agreements with health care providers organizations
- Represented Fortune 100 equipment manufacturer in licensing negotiations for large industrial control equipment and related support, maintenance and license agreements
- Represented Fortune 100 telecommunications company in negotiations for the purchase of telecommunications equipment and software from a wide variety of providers
Patent Licensing and Patent Transactions
- Negotiated patent license agreements to resolve pre-litigation demands made by IBM on behalf of several companies in a variety of industries, including cloud services, gaming development, and retail
- Represented clients in negotiations with MPEG-LA and patent licensing issues arising from MPEG-LA patent license agreements
- Represented numerous clients in patent license agreement negotiations that resolved ongoing patent litigation matters
- Represented various companies in patent acquisition and sale matters, including the sale and licensing of patents to various patent pools and non-practicing entities
- Represented various clients in connection with patent litigation funding agreements
- Represented numerous companies in patent licensing negotiations with a variety of universities
Manufacturing, Distribution, and Supply Agreements
- Represented pet food company in connection with co-packing agreement
- Represented agricultural company in negotiations for chemical supply agreement
- Represented component manufacturer in negotiations for a parts supply agreement with semiconductor equipment manufacturer
- Represented gasket company in negotiation with supply and licensing agreement with Saudi Arabian manufacturing company
- Represented agricultural company in negotiations for seed supply and growing agreements
- Represented equipment manufacturer in connection with international distribution agreements for oil field equipment
- Represented cosmetic manufacturer in connection with numerous distribution agreements
- Represented international consumer clothing manufacturer with product distribution agreements
Intellectual Property and Technology Support for M&A Transactions
- Represented Trimble in connection with its formation of a multi-billion dollar precision agriculture joint venture with AGCO.
- Represented Pacira BioSciences in its acquisition of Flexion Therapeutics.
- Represented Crocs, Inc. in $2.5 Billion acquisition of HEYDUDE.
- Represented Bulk Reef Supply, a national leader in wholesale and retail aquarium supplies and portfolio company of Bertram Capital, in the acquisition of Marine Depot.
- Acquisition of certain assets of Blue Panda Communications, LP, including its CoreInteract platform, a cloud-based digital customer engagement solution for Microsoft Teams. We represented Altigen Communications in the transaction.
- Represented AdvisorEngine in its sale to Franklin Templeton. AdvisorEngine is a digital wealth platform and provider of technology and consulting services to more than 1,200 financial advisory firms in the United States that manage over $600 billion in assets.
- Represented nLIGHT, Inc. in its acquisition of Nutronics, Inc.
- Represented Wondery in its sale to Amazon.
- Represented Trimble Navigation in its acquisition of Novariant Inc.'s Terralite business.
- Represented TriQuint Semiconductor in its merger of equals with RF Micro Devices, Inc.
- Represented Accel-KKR in its proposed acquisition of Navis, a provider of operational technologies and services, from Cargotec Corporation.
- Represented Enpro in connection with its acquisition of Alluxa, a manufacturer of optical filters and thin-film precision coatings.
- Represented Accel-KKR in its carve-out acquisition of the Shipper TMS portion of the Supply Chain Optimization software business portfolio owned by Wabtec Corporation.
- Represented Accel-KKR in its investment in PINC, the leader in Digital Yard Solutions™ solutions, and subsequent acquisition of RailcarRx, a provider of a comprehensive suite of rail industry software solutions and services.
Trademark Licensing, Sports, and Entertainment Agreements
- Represented sponsor in connection with the negotiation of a multiyear NFL League sponsorship agreement
- Represented Meredith Corporation with its licensing of the Better Homes and Gardens brand to Realogy Group to operate the Better Homes and Gardens real estate franchise
- Represented Liberty Media in the negotiation of several ancillary agreements (including broadcasting and stadium naming rights agreements) related to the acquisition of the Atlanta Braves
- Represented US WEST, Inc. in the negotiation of its sponsorship and services agreements with the United States Olympic Committee and Salt Lake Organizing Committee
- Represented US WEST, Inc. in connection with its sponsorship of several professional sports teams and venues
- Represented several professional sports teams in negotiations concerning broadcast and IT services and equipment agreements
- Negotiated numerous sponsorship and facility agreements on behalf of a variety of sponsors with teams in all of the major sports leagues and music venues
- Represented professional sports team in negotiations with ticket processing provider
