Gene Rhough
Contracts | Corporate | M&A | Intellectual Property | Dispute Resolution
California
CA, DC, Patent Bar, Privacy Certification
"Helpful, and informative. Was a pleasure discussing planโs forward in securing a patent."
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โข ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ โ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ณ (5.0)
โข ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ, & ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ต๐ฏ ๐ซ๐พ๐๐บ๐ โ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ฅ500 ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐บ๐๐พ๐ (๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด... ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด);
โข ๐จ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ* โ ๐๐พ๐ ๐พ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ "๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐" ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ฆ๐ข;
โข ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐ฆ๐ข โ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐บ๐ , ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ve ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐; ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ผ๐
โข ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ถ, ๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐พ โ ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐บ๐ ๐ ๐พ๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฆ; ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ 100% ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ #1 (๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐๐๐: ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต, ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค.)
Y๐๐'๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐. ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: 100% ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ.
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"Gene is fantastic. He makes a commitment to clients that he will charge X amount of billable hours on a job and then puts in the work required to satisfy the client. Unlike any other lawyer I've ever worked with, he charged me LESS money than he could have and didn't stop until the job was done. I will be using Gene again and again. I couldn't be more pleased with the experience."
"Gene is an amazing human being! I had the pleasure to work with him on a document that needed a deep understanding of a tricky investor relationship. With his guidance, I was confident I was making the best choice to address the issue."
"Gene performed a excellent job drafting terms for my company, great communication and fast delivery."
"We were confronted with a big book of onerous information security commitments at a very late stage in the sales process for b2b SaaS services. Gene made it a point to understand Google's real issues and to use that to substantially simplify and surgically revise a problematic barrier to something we could both live with, close the deal and move on to a partnership."
"Gene negotiated complex, global content rights with Korea's largest entertainment company while we were a small scrappy startup. He got us what we needed, on time, on budget, and maintained an excellent business relationship throughout some tough negotiations. I would definitely use Gene again for deals where I needed a confident advocate by my side."
Work History
Legal Laboratories
Attorney
Mar 2016 - Present
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Sony
VP, Global Digital Business, Business & Legal Affairs
Apr 2014 - Mar 2016
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News Corp.
GC & SVP Business Development
Mar 2010 - Mar 2014
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Time Warner / Viacom
VP, Global Digital & New Media
Jan 2008 - Feb 2010
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