(Atlanta, GA/February 25, 2009) Data Trace Publishing Company has just released Georgia Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions: Forms and Practice Manual, written by Baker Donelson attorneys Valerie P. Woodrick (King) and Kelly L. Frey. The book explores the most critical components of technology transactions and intellectual property law in Georgia. In addition, it covers many general principals that are relevant across all states, since federal statutes preempt state law in a substantial portion of the most common technology transactions.

"The manual is intended to be a primer for general practitioners who are being forced to deal with the technology issues resulting from the new digital communications environment," said Ms. Woodrick. "Unless attorneys have made these issues a primary practice area, chances are very good that they will need a resource like this at some point."

According to Mr. Frey, the book was written as a resource for both attorneys and information technology professionals. "Having been in-house counsel and a member of the senior management team for technology companies for half of my legal career, I wanted to make sure that there was a manual that would explain not only the legal issues involved in technology transactions, but also the practical business issues related to those transactions," said Mr. Frey. "Sometimes it's just a matter of the business client understanding the lawyer's concerns in a transaction and, more importantly, the lawyer understanding the practical business concerns of the client. This manual tries to bridge the gap in that understanding and create a viable resource that can be used on a day-to-day basis."

The Georgia edition of this practice manual is the third in the Data Trace technology law series, with prior state-specific editions now available for Tennessee and Maryland. "Our goal is to identify and fill in the gaps in reference resources for the legal industry, and this area of law is changing incredibly fast," said Data Trace Director of Marketing Kim Trott. "Ms. Woodrick and Mr. Frey are well known in this area, and we were pleased to secure their help in creating this series."

Ms. Woodrick, who concentrates her practice in the areas of business law, corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions and securities, has extensive experience drafting complex business agreements. She received her B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. She received her M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986. She received her J.D. from the Cardozo School of Law in 2000.

Mr. Frey, who concentrates his practice in the area of corporate and information technology law, has published across the breadth of technology topics, from law review articles on new legal issues presented by the evolution and adoption of technology to substantive technical articles on computer modeling. He provides legal support for large companies, and the vendors to such companies, in corporate and information technology transactions. He received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1973. He received his M.S. from the Graduate Medical School at Vanderbilt University in 1978. He received his J.D. from the University of Tennessee in 1982.

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