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The Mediator
Jon C. Christiansen
Parsons Behle & Latimer
B.S. Engineering, J.D.
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Jon C. Christiansen
is a shareholder in the law firm of Parsons Behle &
Latimer and is the former chair of the firm’s
Technology and Intellectual Property Law Group. He is
an occasional part time adjunct professor of Computer
and Internet Law at the B.Y.U. School of Law and annually
teaches a “crash course” on software licensing
and computer system acquisitions to medical informatics
students at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Mr. Christiansen holds degrees in both engineering (B.S.,
U.C.L.A. 1978) and law (J.D., George Washington University
1982).
Mr. Christiansen has completed
mediation training from Lex Mundi
and has experience as both a mediator and as counsel
for clients in software, information technology, and
intellectual property mediations. His ADR services are
focused on mediation and neutral assessment.
Mr. Christiansen has over
20 years of experience in representing many of the Intermountain
region’s best known companies and organizations
in:
- Computer, Internet, multimedia, and
other information technology matters;
- Protection of intellectual property
including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade
secrets;
- Intellectual property and legal due
diligence in connection with acquisitions, venture
capital investments, and other transactions;
- Dispute resolution, including litigation,
arbitration, mediation and settlement, relating
to software, information technology, contract, intellectual
property and other disputes;
- Licensing, distribution, franchising,
OEM, VAR, technology exchange, strategic alliance
and other transactions;
- Confidentiality agreements, privacy
and similar issues; and
- Development, acquisition, protection
and commercialization of technologies, products
and software.
Mr. Christiansen’s
international experience includes technology and intellectual
property transactions involving projects or companies
in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia,
India, Iraq, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Russia,
South Africa, Mexico, Canada and many Western European
countries.
Mr. Christiansen is also one of the founders of EscrowTech
International, Inc., a company known for its technology
and software escrow services as well as intellectual
property audit trails and archives.
Mr. Christiansen is a
member of the Computer Law Association, Utah Life Sciences
Association, Utah Information Technology Association,
Utah Bar Association, American Intellectual Property
Law Association and the Science and Technology Section
of the American Bar Association. He is a former chair
of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section of the
Utah Bar.
Mr. Christiansen
is admitted to the Utah Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit and is registered to practice
before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He played
a significant role in the enactment of Utah’s
two most significant intellectual property statutes:
the “Uniform Trade Secrets Acts” and the
“Employment Inventions Act.” Mr. Christiansen
was recently selected by Utah Business Magazine
and his peers in the legal profession as one of
Utah’s “Legal Elite.”
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