Charles Gideon Korrell is a California attorney and strategic advisor whose practice focuses on technology licensing, commercial transactions, intellectual property strategy, and the legal and business issues affecting innovative companies.
A significant part of Gideon's practice has involved structuring and negotiating technology licensing agreements and other complex commercial relationships involving technology and intellectual property. His experience includes technology licenses, strategic collaborations, co-development and commercialization agreements, commercial contracts, procurement and supply-chain transactions, intellectual property strategy, and corporate development. His work frequently involves matters in which legal, technical, and commercial considerations must be addressed together.
Before becoming an attorney, Korrell trained and worked as an electrical and computer engineer. His technical background informs his approach to technology transactions and allows him to work closely with engineering, business, and legal teams on matters involving complex technologies.
Gideon is the founder and editor of the Technology & Information Law Blog, where he analyzes legal developments affecting technology, intellectual property, innovation, and competition, with particular attention to decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and their practical implications for technology businesses.
Gideon is admitted to practice law in California and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).
