Richard Allan Horning
Counsel
Richard Allan Horning is a member of SNR
Denton’s Corporate Practice and Venture Technology/Emerging Growth
Company Group.
Richard represents a wide spectrum of
technology clients, from the classic “garage-based” start-up to
Fortune 500 multi-nationals throughout Silicon Valley and around
globe.
Richard specializes in counseling high
technology companies in all stages of development on domestic and
international issues, including financing growth and development;
securing, protecting and licensing intellectual property rights;
supply and distribution relationships, including antitrust and
unfair competition considerations, and dispute resolution affecting
technology driven industries including international arbitration of
technology focused disputes.
Awards
- Richard was selected by his peers for
inclusion in the:
- International Who's Who of Internet and
E-Commerce Lawyers 2009 Northern California Intellectual Property
Super Lawyer, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
- Best of the Best 2008 – Guide To The World's
Leading Technology Media and Telecommunications Lawyers
- International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
De Facto, a magazine covering the Nordic legal community, labeled
him “Mr. Consigliere” in recognition of his work as a close adviser
to venture backed start-ups
Organizations
- Past President of the International
Technology Law Association Executive Committee of the Intellectual
Property Section of the State Bar of California (1998–2001)
- On the Advisory Boards of Center for
Intellectual Property at Chalmers University, BNA Electronic
Information and Policy Law Reporter, International Institute for
Innovation Journalism at Stanford University, Vinnova Stanford
Research Center of Innovation Journalism, MentoNet and the
Technology Innovation Network at Seoul National University
Publications
Richard has authored numerous articles on
Internet law and international arbitration, including:
- “Legal Recognition of Digital Signatures: A
Global Progress Report,” 20 Comm/Ent 101 (2000)
- “Contracting Over the Internet” in Electronic
Commerce in Practice: The World Business Agenda For Electronic
Commerce (ICC 1997)
- “The Enforceability of Contracts Negotiated
in Cyberspace,” 5 International Journal of Law and Information
Technology 109 (1997)
- “Has HAL Signed a Contract: The Statute of
Frauds in Cyberspace,” 12 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology
Law Journal 253 (1996)
- “The Use of New Means of Communication in Aid
of the Acceleration of International Arbitration” in Improving
International Arbitration: The Need For Speed and Trust (ICC
1998)
- “Interim Measures of Protection: Security for
Claims and Costs; And Commentary on the WIPO Emergency Relief Rules
(In Toto),” 9 American Review of International Arbitration 155
(1998)
- “Interim Relief in International Intellectual
Property Arbitration,” 2 New Matter (No. ½) 32 (1997)
- “Deferral of Enforcement of New York
Convention Awards for Prudential Reasons,” [1997] International
Arbitration Law Review No. 1 (1997)
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Richard Allan HorningCounsel
Education
School of Law, Duke University, 1969, J.D.
University of California, 1966, B.A.
Admitted to the Bar
California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court