McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

In addition, he advises clients on open source software licenses, including policies, compliance, and remediation. Nickou also counsels clients on intellectual property, open source and commercial contract issues that arise in the context mergers and acquisitions, including transition services agreements.

Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Nickou gained experience as an intellectual property attorney primarily focused on patent and trade secrets litigation. While in law school, Nickou worked for a major research university evaluating new research and technology disclosures for potential commercialization, intellectual property protection, and licensing.

While in law school, Nickou was an articles editor for the University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy.

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• Represented startup technology company in negotiating agreements for development and publishing of a mobile golf game
• Represented numerous clients in negotiating cloud services agreements with the likes of Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP
• Represented private equity-backed education company in licensing educational content and materials from a major state research university for worldwide distribution to college students through local universities

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