Thomas F. Villeneuve

Partner at Gunderson Dettmer

Tom is a nationally recognized authority and leading practitioner in the areas of corporate partnering, strategic alliances, joint development and technology/IP strategy, protection, licensing and commercialization, both domestic and international. He has extensive experience and expertise in representing start-up businesses, emerging growth companies and multinational corporations in these areas. Mr. Villeneuve has represented clients in major corporate partnering and/or licensing arrangements opposite, among others: ABC, ADP, Alcoa, amazon.com, American Airlines, American Home Products, Amgen, Ampex, AMEX, AOL, Apple, ARM, AT&T, Bard, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Borland, BMG, Bunge, Cadence, CalTech, CBIS, CBS, Chugai, Ciba Geigy, Cingular, Cisco, Claris, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Compaq, Crowdstar; Cybercash, Daikin, Debiopharm, Dell; Digital Garage, Disney, Dow, DEC, EA, EDS, Encore Computer, Eunet; Facebook; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Fujitsu, GE, Glaxo, Google, GSK, Harris, Hitachi, HNC, HP, Hynix, IBM, IDT, Intel, Interactive Imagination, Kanematsu, LG, LSI, Lucent, Mark Twain Bank, Mars, Marubeni, MasterCard, Microsoft, MIPS, MIT, Mitsui Toatsu, Monsanto, Motorola, National Semiconductor, NBA, NBC, NEC, Netscape; Neverhood, Nextel, NFL, Nintendo, Nokia, Nortel, Novell, NTT, NYNEX, Omni, Oracle, Orange, Ortho, Palm, Pfizer, Philips, Presage, Prime, Proctor & Gamble, Qualcomm, Qwest, Reuters, RIM, RSA, S3, SAP, Salk Institute, Samsung, SBC, Searle, Seiko, Shinko, SmithKline Beecham, Sony, St. Jude Medical, Stanford University, Sun Microsystems, Sweden Post, Tandem, Teradata, TI, Time Warner Cable, TRW, TSMC, UAL, UMC, University of California (various campuses and administered national labs), University of Illinois, University of Texas, University of Washington, Wonderware, Varian, Verity, Verizon, Visa, Vodafone, Xerox, Yahoo, Zapata, among many others.

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