Darlene Dozier brings over 12 years of practical legal and business experience in the technology and Internet sector. Darlene's practical knowledge was gained from managing the day-to-day legal affairs of three venture-backed companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her cross functional work with all departments, including marketing, content, technology, security, human resources, and management, provided a first hand understanding of the various issues and challenges faced by departments within emerging companies. With both in house counsel and extensive private practice experience, Darlene appreciates the importance of balancing legal issues with business demands and technical constraints.

Darlene's integrated legal counseling approach addresses legal, business and strategic matters so clients can realistically anticipate, prioritize, and resolve their company's legal issues and disputes. In this attorney client relationship, there is a shared comfort level knowing that everyone speaks the same language.

Darlene Dozier's practice focuses on transactional and intellectual property law. This includes the drafting and negotiating of a range of general corporate, web based, and license agreements, as well as copyright and trademark registration and infringement issues and disputes. Darlene represents clients on matters involving day-to-day ongoing commercial legal issues, and "as needed" matters that may include state, federal, and international laws, such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, COPPA, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, CAN-SPAM, and various export laws.

Darlene also advises companies on the increasingly important privacy and compliance matters, including confidentiality agreements, data security processes, and online personal privacy. Her experience includes creating company privacy programs, and creating, implementing, and managing a national legal compliance and co-audit program with a leading Fortune 500 company. As a former literary agent with a California-based agency, Darlene also continues to work with writers, chefs, professors, scientists, and other licensors and licensees on new and old media matters, including various publishing, content, and merchandising agreements and disputes. She is admitted to practice law in California, Virginia and Colorado.

Darlene brings a practical understanding of the interplay between business, the Internet, entertainment, media, technology, and law, providing the advice that allows her clients to quickly negotiate their company through the ever-changing legal issues. She provides personal representation, and when desired, calls upon the expertise from various disciplines, including technology experts; patent, employment, and tax attorneys; and litigators throughout the country, in order to provide clients with responsive high quality legal representation at a reasonable cost. Clients have access to those who fully appreciate entrepreneurial values and visions. So you can focus on what you do best…building your company, while protecting your assets.

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