Wendy Zimbone

Wendy Zimbone, founding partner of Talem IP Law, specializes in IP licensing, IP strategy, and contract negotiations.  She drafts and negotiates license agreements, development agreements, research agreements, SaaS agreements, hosting agreements, manufacturing/supplier agreements, and other commercial contracts.  Her practice emphasizes the importance of intellectual property in overall business strategy and technology commercialization.  She has assisted many clients in getting their technology to the marketplace and maximizing the value in the IP they create.    

She joined Talem from the University of Florida, where she was the Assistant Director of Engineering and Software Licensing.  She managed approximately 400 intellectual property cases and was responsible for overseeing an extensive patent budget.  She negotiated dozens of license agreements each year along with many other IP related agreements.

Wendy is actively involved in NAMWOLF the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms which she chairs the IP CLE efforts, volunteers with both the Intellectual Property and Technology Transaction Committees, and actively speaks at conferences and on webinars. 

She also serves as a mentor for the Empowering Women in Technology Startups (EWITS) program and as a board member of the Littlewood Elementary School Parent Teacher Association.  She has two active young boys and loves being outdoors and going on family adventures.

• Florida
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• US Patent and Trademark Office

• University of New Hampshire School of Law, J.D. 2011
  – Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual Property Law Certificate
• University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, B.S. in Computer Science, 2003

• Computer Science and Software
• Medical Devices
• Healthcare IT
• Educational Technology
• Engineering Devices
• Consumer Products

• Contract and Licensing Agreements
• Supply Chain Agreements
• IP Strategy
• Technology Commercialization
• Standard Operating Procedures related to IP life cycle

• June 2019 – NAMWOLF Webinar – “Defining Technology: Why it matters in Agreements!”
• May 2019 – Technology Transfer Central Webinar – “Licensing Know-How: Capture the Full Value of Your Technologies and Foster Supportive Relationships with Licensees”
• November 2018 – American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Webinar – “The Cutting Edge,
  How to work with Start Up clients to get the best results!” CLE
• October 2018 – University of Texas System Office – “Anatomy of a Software License”
• September 2018 – NAMWOLF – “Did you say Mobile App” CLE
• Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)
  – May 2018 AUTM Software Course – “Anatomy of a Software License”
  – April 2018 AUTM Webinar – “IP Basics for Software Innovations”
  – February 2016 AUTM Annual Meeting – “Open Source Software Commercialization”

• Associations of University Technology Managers
• National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)