Bio

Jeffrey Mann focuses his practice at the intersection of intellectual property, technology, data privacy, and security. Jeff excels in advising clients in all facets of intellectual property, privacy, and complex tech transactions. He constructs complex agreements for deals involving technology in the mechanical, electrical, and life sciences fields. He is also experienced with patent matters across the mechanical, electrical, computer science, and technology sectors. Jeff is exceptionally experienced in drafting and negotiating cloud provider agreements, software license and maintenance agreements, outsourcing agreements, development agreements, trademark license agreements, intellectual property security agreements, and distribution agreements for various companies. Aligned with his experience, Jeff is providing guidance to clients who are building and utilizing artificial intelligence products. In addition to drafting and negotiating agreements, Jeff has been involved in preparing policies and guidelines related to the use of Generative AI. He is also involved in the prosecution of patent applications before the Patent and Trademark Office and helps clients protect their core business technologies through the building, structuring and managing of multinational patent portfolios to optimize their market position and protect them from infringement by competitors. Jeff represents a wide variety of industry-leading businesses and inventors, devising comprehensive strategies for capturing, evaluating, patenting, leveraging, and protecting their innovations worldwide. Clients frequently call on Jeff to advise on and conduct due diligence related to the intellectual property, information technology, and privacy aspects of corporate, financial restructuring, real estate, structured finance, and insurance transactions. They further rely on him for guidance on issues related to websites, including domain name resolutions and the use of open-source software, as well as trademark, counterfeiting, and copyright-related matters. An International Association of Privacy Professionals designated Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Jeff also advises clients on data privacy, cybersecurity, and technology matters, including data licensing, cloud services, and outsourcing issues. He has particular areas of focus on financial products and systems and the advertising sector.