McCrackenFrank

James M. Kunick

Partner

James Kunick has over 14 years of experience representing multi-national clients in a wide variety of technology and corporate transactions, including software, patent and trademark licenses, IT and business processing outsourcing transactions, consulting, strategic alliance and teaming agreements, reseller, distribution and sales representative agreements, confidentiality, employment and subcontracting agreements, governance, co-branding and hosting agreements, assignments, stock option and stock and asset purchase agreements, and providing pre-litigation counseling to clients.

Jim served as Counsel for the Information Technology Practice Group of a large Chicago law firm’s office in Frankfurt, Germany. During his tenure in Germany, he drafted and negotiated IT outsourcing agreements on behalf of the members of an international airline alliance for development and usage of common technology platform, global network services agreements on behalf of the alliance and advised the alliance and member airlines regarding data security/Internet policies and website legal terms.

He also drafted and negotiated license, sales, distribution and employment/subcontracting agreements for an international manufacturer of Compliance Packaging technology, development agreements between a German aircraft parts manufacturer and U.S. defense contractors, marketing, license and distribution agreements for a German software encryption vendor and related reseller and end user licenses; stock option and stock purchase agreement for the German aircraft parts manufacturer client’s acquisition of US component parts supplier.

Certified Licensing Professional, Licensing Executives Society
International Technology Law Association

Andersen Consulting (n/k/a Accenture Consulting), Chicago
Senior Analyst, 1986-1990

Publications
“Issues to Consider When Licensing US Software in Germany”, Computer Law Review International, Issue 1, February 2007.

Presentations
“Europeanization of US Software Licenses,” European Conference, International Technology Law Association, Prague, November 2007.

“A Practical Approach to Open Source Software Licensing,” Gemeinsame Fachgruppentagung, Fachgruppe Media/Telecom/IP, Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen Vereinigung, Frankfurt, May 2006.

“Contentious Issues in Outsourcing Contracts,” Second International Asian Conference, International Technology Law Association, Bangalore, February 2006.

<“Learning from Market Standards for Outsourcing Agreements in the U.S.—What Concessions Should Your Service Provider be Ready to Make?,” European Banking and Insurance Fair (EBIF), Frankfurt, November 2005.

“A Practical Approach to Open Source Software Licensing,” European Conference, International Technology Law Association, Stockholm, October 2005.

“Landing with your Wheels Intact: Maintaining Control of Your Valuable IP in an Outsourcing Deal,” Gemeinsame Fachgruppentagung, Fachgruppe Media/Telecom/IP, Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen Vereinigung, Frankfurt, April 2005.

“Takeoff and Landing: Strategies for Engagement and Disengagement,” First International Asian Conference, International Technology Law Association, Bangalore, February 2005.

“Contract with the Reader,” Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) 2004 Annual Conference, Chicago, March 2004.

Other Activities

Fluent in German (Mittelstufe level); passed the Zertifikat Deutsch Prüfung at the Goethe Institute in Frankfurt, Germany