FREDERICK L. "CHIP" COOPER III
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Chip Cooper's practice primarily involves representation of software, SaaS, and IT companies regarding intellectual property, licensing, marketing, and distribution transactions, privacy, and website legal compliance. Chip has extensive experience in drafting and negotiation of SaaS and hosted software agreements for the corporate market.
Chip also practices in the area of mergers and acquisitions involving software, SaaS, and IT companies.
Over 30 Years of Legal Practice Experience
- Of Counsel to Jones & Haley, 1997 - present
- Private Practice, 1990 - 97
- Chair, Computer Communications Group, Hurt Richardson Garner Todd & Cadenhead, 1985 - 90
- Adjunct Professor of Computer Law, Wake Forest University, 1986 - 2007
- Private Practice Decker, Cooper & Hallman
Education
- University of Georgia Graduate School of Business, 1970-71
- Wake Forest University, JD 1971
- Wake Forest University, BA 1968
Organizations
- State Bar of Georgia, Founder Computer Law Section 1985
- International Technology Law Association
- Omicron Delta Kappa leadership fraternity
- Sigma Chi social fraternity
- Business and Technology Alliance, President 1993
- Wake Forest Law Alumni Association, President 1990
Published Books
- Law And The Software Marketer - How To Develop A Legal Protection Game Plan(Prentice Hall)
- Software Distribution - How To Develop A Successful Marketing Plan(Soft Channel Press)
Entrepreneurial Venture Provides More Affordable Legal Services
- Founder and President, Digital Contracts, Inc., 1995
- DigiContracts.com is an online contract drafting service for software, SaaS, and IT companies.
- Chip designed the logic and algorithm, and drafted all of the clauses for the DigiContracts.com service.
- DigiContracts.com helps clients achieve significant savings in legal fees by empowering them to draft their own first drafts of agreements. Chip provides clients with legal advice, contract customization, and negotiation.
- Originally on the Web beginning in 1996 offering downloadable software, Chip converted to the SaaS model in 2001 - long before the SaaS model became a dominant trend.
Client References
- "Chip is a world-class expert in a broad range of issues. He has worked with us many times on software contracts, IP and other issues. He is always fair in his pricing, and is a highly ethical man of real integrity. I would recommend him without hesitation."
Alex Eckelberry, President, Sunbelt Software, Inc. (now GFI Software)
- "I've worked with many attorneys over 30+ years in the software and technology business and overall Chip is the best. He is expert in his knowledge of software contracts and my trusted counsel not only helping us close business, but also in ensuring we have the knowledge needed to manage and develop our company according to our needs and desires. Chip does this not by simply offering "data," but taking the time to know and to understand us. Therefore he offers us more than advice, it is wisdom. Chip is a key part of my advisory team and I look forward to working with him for many years (and if necessary many companies) into the future."
Keith Okano, President, Bridgeway Software, Inc.
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