Katheryn A. Andresen

Kate Andresen is a partner with the firm and a member of the firm's Information Technology and eCommerce Practice Group. In her 15 years of practice, she has represented both start-up technology companies, as well as Fortune 50 corporate clients. In addition to assisting her clients with their technology licensing and other transactional needs, Kate has focused her practice on representation of regulated entities subject to Federal privacy regulations such as HIPAA and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

Kate's practice is focused on:

• Information Technology Law
• eCommerce Law
• Intellectual Property
• General Corporate

Kate was a systems engineer, designing and coding software applications, prior to law school. Her technology background allows her to understand her clients' technology at a level of detail that provides depth in her assessment of both the business and legal considerations for the technology license.

Her practice provides the following types of services to clients:

• Licensing
  • Complex Licenses, including SOWs and support services
  • Client-hosted, ASP and Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements
  • Database Development/Hosting
  • Software Development
  • Joint Development (shared IP)
  • Source Code Escrows
  • Hardware Purchase/Lease
  • Open Source
• Internet Agreements
  • Website Development
  • Terms of use; browse-wrap and click-wrap
  • Privacy Policies (both regulated entities and unregulated entities)
  • Internet Service Provider
  • Hosting, including cloud computing
• Technology Agreements
  • Co-branded products/services
  • Professional Services
  • Outsourcing
  • Disaster Recovery/Technology Support
  • Data Privacy and Data Security
  • eCommerce Services
  • Service Level Agreements (SLA's) for systems maintenance
  • B2B and B2C eCommerce/Services
• Intellectual Property, including registrations/applications, assessments and/or assignments
  • Copyright
  • Trademark
  • Trade Secret
  • Patentability Assessment only-will refer for prosecution
• General Corporate
  • Incorporations/Organizations of entity
  • Corporate books
  • Due Diligence Assessment
  • Commercial Lease Assessment
  • Asset Purchase Agreements

Kate is admitted to practice in the State and Federal courts of Minnesota, and the 8th Circuit. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, with a Master's degree in International Relations from Boston University and graduate studies in International Law from McGeorge School of Law (studies in Salzburg, Austria). She has been a long-time member of the Minnesota State Bar and its Computer & Technology Law Section and is a former chair of that section. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Science & Technology Section, as well as the Information Technology Law Association (an international professional association of lawyers practicing technology around the world.)

She is a frequent author and lecturer, both nationally and internationally, on technology law subjects. She is the author and editor of The Law and Business of Computer Software published by Thomson West Publishing in 2007 with annual updates since. Kate is a former linguist (including Serbo-Croatian, German, French and Spanish) and worked in military intelligence for seven years both in the military and as a civilian. She is a registered Minnesota Public Notary. Her publications include:

Books:

The Law and Business of Computer Software, 2nd Ed. Editor/Author (West Services, Inc.) Oct 2007, updated Jun 2008, Apr 2009, May 2010, March 2011 (pending)
Chapter-Privacy Torts, Minnesota Business Torts Deskbook (Minnesota CLE) Mar 2008, updated Feb 2009, Spring 2011 (pending)
 
Lecture Articles:

E-Discovery ITLA*, Barcelona, Spain, Nov 2008
New E-Discovery Rules National Business Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nov 2007
Limiting Risks in IT Contracts ITLA*, Prague, Czech Republic, Nov 2006
The Pitfalls of Indemnification Clauses Panel for ABA's Business Law Section's Spring Meeting, Nashville, TN, Mar 2005; reprised for MSBA** Business Law Section, May 2005
Offshore vs. Domestic Outsourcing Lecture for NetSuds business seminar in Minnesota, Nov 2004
To Outsource or Not To Outsource, CLI*** in Minneapolis, Sep 2004
Personal Jurisdiction in the Internet Minnesota Institute of Legal Education in Minnesota, Jun 2004
Legal Developments in Online Contracts ITLA* in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Feb 2004
The Golden Age of Electronic Documents ITLA* in Paris, France, Nov 2002.
ASP Warranties and Liabilities CLI***, October 2002
ASP Liabilities in License Agreements Minnesota Institute of Legal Education in Minnesota, August 2002.
Business and Legal Considerations in Negotiating Application Service Provider Agreements Co-Chair CLI*** in Minnesota, Apr 2002.
ASP Providers-Their Roles as Intermediaries ITLA* in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 2001.
Technology Agreements-Litigation Issues Anoka County Law Clerks, October 2001.
Warranties & Liabilities in Internet Agreements MSBA** Annual Convention, Jun 2001.
The A to Z's of Hosting Agreements MSBA** Computer Law Section, May 2001.
ASP Agreements MSBA** Internet Law Group, April 2001.
"US and EU Regulations for the Technical Millennium," Computer Law News, Winter 2001, Vol. 17, No. 2.
"Sword and Shield The Digital Millennium Copyright Act," CLI*** in Minneapolis, Oct 2000. Re-published in The Hennepin Lawyer, Dec 2000.
"UCITA And Other US Laws In An International (EU) Perspective," PLI in San Francisco, May 2000. Re published in the Journal of Internet Law by Gray Cary, Jul 2000.
 
*     ITLA-Information Technology Law Association, f/k/a Computer Law Association
**   MSBA-Minnesota State Bar Association
*** CLI-Minnesota State Bar Association's Computer & Technology Law Section Institute