Brian Selden's practice focuses on disputes or commercial transactions where technology, information, knowledge, or other intangible assets are a significant factor. For more than 20 years clients have turned to Brian for his ability to find business solutions to complex problems involving software, health care delivery, supply chain disruptions, audits, antitrust, and competition. Brian maintains an active docket in California state and federal courts and before arbitral panels, including disputes between competitors or related to existing business models and the litigation of the partnership and alliance rights of sophisticated technology, industrial, and health care concerns, as well as emerging companies. He serves as Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Silicon Valley Office.
Brian's representations typically sit at the forefront of the evolving technology and commercial marketplaces. He guided SAP on commercial and intellectual property risks associated with three of the five largest hosted-services transactions in history, Concur ($8.3 billion), Ariba ($4.3 billion), and SuccessFactors ($3.4 billion), and he has been heavily involved in the consolidation of the semiconductor industry, including the $14.8 billion sale of Linear Technology to Analog Devices. Brian has advised dozens of clients on software license audits and compliance. He also negotiates and drafts agreements involving the transfer, use, and sharing of intellectual property; offers guidance on research and development (R&D), licensing, strategic alliance, joint venture, and privacy risks; and helps clients manage open source software portfolios.
Brian is a regular speaker on subjects including information security, legal ethics, and electronic discovery.
Experiencia
- January 21, 2015
Practical and Ethical Considerations in Negotiating Protective Order Access for In-House Counsel, Jones Day University - September 21, 2004
The Lawyer's Creed (Professionalism), Nationwide Insurance Seminar
- University of Michigan (J.D. magna cum laude 1995; Order of the Coif); Princeton University (B.A. cum laude 1992)
- California and Ohio
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph P. Kinneary, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio (1995-1997)