Howard G. Zaharoff
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An AV-rated attorney with more than 25 years experience in intellectual property, technology and business law, Howard focuses his practice on representing providers of information and technology, including software companies, Internet and e-commerce businesses, life sciences ventures, publishers and authors.
He has substantial experience in domestic and international technology acquisition; development, distribution and licensing; joint ventures and strategic alliances; Internet contracts, including ASP, SLA, affiliation, co-branding and privacy agreements; nondisclosure, noncompetition and proprietary rights agreements; the protection and registration of copyrights, trademarks and domain names; trade secrets protection programs; creating and reviewing print and electronic publishing agreements; and the sale and licensing of intellectual property.
He is a former co-chair of the Boston Bar Association's Arts and Entertainment Law Committee, Computer and Internet Law Committee, and Intellectual Property Section. Howard lectures on technology and intellectual property topics for such audiences as the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, Massachusetts Networking and Communications Council, Massachusetts Interactive Technology Council, Technology Transfer Society, Copyright Society, National Writers Union, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the National Association of Corporate Directors. He also writes frequently on legal topics and his articles have appeared in The Computer Lawyer, Computerworld, The Boston Globe, Mass High Tech, Publishers Weekly, Folio:, The Writer and Writer's Digest.
Howard graduated magna cum laude from Lafayette College (1973), earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University (1975 and 1979), then graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School (1980).
