Stuart Beraha has broad experience in technology, content, branding, and other intellectual property development, licensing, and partnering transactions. His work includes the structuring and negotiation of joint venture and strategic alliance transactions and related agreements; technology, software, and content assignments and licenses; e-commerce, search, and other Internet-related transactions; development, joint development, consulting, and outsourcing agreements; patent assignments and licenses; and trademark licenses and related branding agreements, as well as the intellectual property components of merger and acquisition transactions, other transactions relating to the transfer of technology, and other types of intellectual property.
Examples of Mr. Beraha's recent transactions include representing Fujitsu in its global strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, in which the two companies combined their world-wide UNIX server businesses; representing Toshiba in its flash memory alliance with M-Systems (including as to R&D agreements, semiconductor manufacture and supply agreements, and patent and technology license agreements); representing Hitachi in its acquisition of IBM's global hard disk drive business; representing Yamaha in its strategic alliance with Nexo S.A. for the development, manufacturing and distribution of professional audio equipments; representing Toshiba in its acquisition of certain of Micron's semiconductor patents and license under all of Lexar Media's patents; representing SBI in the license and supply arrangements for SBI Biotech's development and commercialization of cancer treatment vaccines in Japan based on ODC's technology, as part of SBI Biotech's alliance with ODC; representing NTT Holdings in its joint venture with NTT ME and Internap Network Services to provide high-speed Internet connectivity services in Japan; representing ACCA Networks in its strategic alliance with NTT Communications and Covad Communications to provide ADSL services in Japan; representing ITOCHU in its restructuring of the Excite Japan joint venture and acquisition of ownership in Japan of related Excite technology and trademarks; and representing Sega in its first two licenses of massively multiplayer online games for the Chinese market.
Mr. Beraha is a member of Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association. Mr. Beraha received his B.A. degree in English and Philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa and with High Distinction, from the University of Michigan.