2024-2025 Global AI Trends Guide
Chris Natkanski
Partner Intellectual Property
Chris also advises clients regarding the creation, acquisition, management, and commercialization of technology and intellectual property assets, and provides IP-related support in the context of M&A and company formations, financings, and day-to-day commercial inquiries.
Chris spent two years during his career in-house at a leading Boston university’s technology development office, advising on technology out-licensing and corporate sponsored research relationships and acting as a resource for general intellectual property-related inquiries for the university. He is also a patent attorney registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with experience prosecuting patent applications in areas of software, business methods, and mechanical inventions.
A CAD software company in structuring and negotiating a core in-bound technology license, customer agreements and marketing agreements.*
An early stage fintech company on negotiating multi-year engagements with domestic and international bank customers.*
A satellite communication company on a key in-bound technology license and supply agreement, as well as long-term product sales transaction.*
An A.I. neurodiagnostic software solution provider in negotiating material inbound software and data licenses.*
A New England hospital in negotiating large-scale EHR transactions, as well as other technology vendor relationships.*
A large manufacturer of buses in transactions for the development and purchase of autonomous vehicle and other technologies and products.*
A global automobile manufacturer in transactions relating to development and in-licensing of consumer engagement and interactivity technologies and solutions.*
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTLA), in a collaboration with SparingVision to develop gene therapies using Intellia’s proprietary CRISPR/Cas9 platform.*
Lenbrook Industries on its license with Sonos (Nasdaq: SONO), settling patent litigation relating to Lenbrook’s premium home audio products and platform.*
EpiCypher Inc. on its cross-license with Active Motif, Inc., ending patent litigation involving targeted transposition/CUT&Tag technology for epigenomics.*
A leading digital therapeutic company on several in-license transactions for key technology, and an out-license to a pharmaceutical company.*
An early-stage digital therapeutic company on an evaluation and research transaction with an international pharmaceutical company.*
Onshape Inc., provider of a SaaS product development platform, on its US$470m sale to PTC (NASDAQ:PTC).*
Celonis SE on its acquisition of Lenses.io, a pioneer in the fast-growing streaming data industry.*
Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR) on its acquisition of stadium app provider VenueNext.*
Bottomline Technologies (Nasdaq: EPAY) on its acquisition of TreasuryXpress, a cloud-based enterprise treasury management software company.*
Recorded Future, a security intelligence company, on its sale of a controlling interest in the company valued at more than US$780m to Insight Partners.
Indigo Ag, Inc. on its acquisition of TellusLabs, a satellite imagery and machine learning company.*
Dell Technologies on its US$145.8m sale of Mozy, Inc., a cloud backup solutions company, to Carbonite, Inc. (Nasdaq: CARB).*
Dell EMC on the US$1.62bn sale of EMC’s enterprise content division to Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX; TSX: OTC).*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.