Lawyer Bio : Theodore F. Claypoole

As a Senior Partner of the Firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group, Ted leads the firm’s Privacy and Data Management Team, as well as data breach incident response teams in the public and private sectors. Ted addressed information security risk management, and cross-border data transfer issue, including those involving the European Union and the Data Protection Safe Harbor.  He also negotiates and prepares business process outsourcing, distribution, branding, software development, hosted application and electronic commerce agreements for all types of companies.

His practice includes media and advertising issues, especially online, mobile platforms and on social networks. He solves legal problems in payment systems and financial data processing. Advising clients on complex intellectual property development and licensing programs, he builds strategic technology and marketing alliances.

His work for current firm clients includes major financial institutions, colleges and universities, manufacturers and distributors, hardware and microchip manufacturers, software companies, hospitals and health systems, governments and government contractors. Ted prepares and negotiates deals on transaction services, supply chain development, marketing and distribution ventures, and network infrastructure. His experience as primary technology counsel for Bank of America provides clients with a deep understanding of issues facing financial services.
While practicing at Bank of America (and NationsBank prior to the merger) Ted was charged with protecting the organization's intellectual property, including legal management of over 1500 trademarks and one of the largest brand transitions in business history. He prepared patent and trade secret programs to change the culture of intellectual property protection in the Bank. Ted helped build Bank of America's Internet presence by negotiating with its major vendors and he worked closely with the Bank's online services and electronic commerce divisions, assisting policymaking on privacy, information security, identity theft, and Internet account aggregation.

At CompuServe, Ted negotiated Internet and supplier contracts with international governments and businesses from China to Argentina to Hungary to South Africa. He worked with major vendors like Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and Cisco, content providers like Time-Warner, Bloomberg, and Reuters, and commerce partners like AOL, Worldcom and AT&T. Ted is the host of WombleTech, a quarterly lunch event featuring presentations on cutting-edge technology issues, and has co-authored the book Protecting Your Internet Identity: Are You Naked Online? with Theresa Payton. (Order now on Amazon)