Ralph F. Manning

Ralph F. Manning, a shareholder with the firm, is the Co-Chair of the Technology/Intellectual Property Practice Group and a United States Patent Attorney. Ralph’s practice is concentrated in corporate counseling and transactions, and in that capacity he has served the firm’s technology-based clients in a variety of areas.

Ralph has represented numerous technology and other businesses, large and small, in drafting and negotiating software and technology licenses, web hosting agreements, software installation agreements, click and shrink wrap agreements and assignments of intellectual property rights. He has assisted many emerging technology companies in their early stages, helping to arrange funding from private capital markets and venture capital firms. He also assists clients to choose the most advantageous corporate or business form, preparing shareholder agreements, protecting intellectual property through patents, trademarks, copyrights and other forms and drafting buy-sell agreements.

Ralph has participated in many merger and acquisition transactions and has experience representing either the acquired or the acquiring party.

Ralph is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. He received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, his M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

Prior to joining Tucker Arensberg, Ralph was a partner at another Pittsburgh law firm and previously served as general counsel and an officer of Allied-Signal, Inc., Echlin Inc. and Eltra Corporation.

Ralph was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2005 and 2008 in the Intellectual Property Law category. He was also named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2006 in the Business/Corporate Law Category.

 

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