Heather J. Meeker
Heather Meeker advises technology clients on intellectual property matters. Her practice focuses on counseling in the following areas:
- Technology transactions, including licenses, channel sales agreements, development agreements, university technology transfer, and consumer contracting
- Open source software licensing, including IP strategy, compliance, transactions, and disputes Technology and IP issues in mergers and acquisitions
- Copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, and other IP matters
Heather has achieved national and international recognition for her leadership in the field of intellectual property law. Drawing on her technical knowledge and experience, she approaches matters with a practical and business focus. Heather handles technology transactions and intellectual property-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions for companies in all technology sectors and for non-technology companies doing technology deals, with an emphasis on IT and software.
Prior to joining O’Melveny, Heather practiced at an AmLaw 20 firm, where she served as chair of the firm’s IP/IT Licensing and Transactions Group, as well as the co-managing shareholder of its Silicon Valley office.
- Daily Journal "Top 30 California IP Lawyer," 2005
- Silicon Valley Business Journal, "Women of Distinction," 2006 and 2007
- James T. Caleshu Award, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, 2007
- Euromoney Institutional Investor's Expert Guides, "Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law," 2012
- Super Lawyers magazine, Northern California Super Lawyers, 2005-2013
- IAM Magazine "The IAM Patent 1000," Licensing, 2012-2013
- "IAM Licensing 250: The World's Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Practitioners," 2010
- Chambers USA Guide, 2008-2013
- Daily Journal, "25 Top IP Portfolio Managers (Licensing) in California," 2010, 2013
- The Recorder "Women Leaders in Technology Law," 2013
- The Legal 500 United States, 2013
- Managing IP Magazine's World IP Handbook and Survey, "IP Stars-Top 250 Women in IP," 2013
- Daily Journal "Top 100 Women Lawyers in California," 2013
Menlo Park, California 94025
