Practices:

• Prepaid Cards
• Outsourcing
• Section 337 Litigation
• E-Commerce , Licensing, and IP Transactions
• International distribution
• Standards Setting
• Technology Law and Intellectual Property

Linda Odom focuses her practice on prepaid card programs, licensing, software development, data processing outsourcing, intellectual property and e-commerce matters and related litigation.  Her clients include prepaid card program managers, financial institutions, hospitals, trade associations, manufacturers, and small to mid-size technology companies. Ms. Odom also represents clients in intellectual property infringement cases brought under Section 337 of the Tariff Act at the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Representative practice areas include:

• Prepaid Cards – represents members of the prepaid card industry in drafting and negotiating technology agreements in support of prepaid card programs and advises clients on related regulatory compliance issues.
• Outsourcing – advises financial institutions, hospitals, trade associations and others in the bid-seeking, negotiation, restructuring and termination of data processing and IT services outsourcing agreements.
• Section 337 litigation – represents clients in Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission, which investigations typically involve allegations of patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation or other unfair competition.
• E-commerce –represents web-based service providers.  Also advises traditional companies on the acquisition or licensing of web-based services, web site development agreements, privacy policies, user agreements, and web site legal disclaimers.
• Software Licensing and Technology Acquisitions – drafts and negotiates software license agreements and settlement agreements with licensing components for a variety of clients across numerous industries including pharmaceutical, timber, banking, and manufacturing industries.  Assists client with buying and selling technology. 
• M&A IP Due Diligence – conducts intellectual property due diligence in connection with mergers and acquisitions. 
• International distribution – assists companies in the computer software, telecommunications hardware, personal products, and other manufacturing industries in establishing and maintaining international distribution networks.
• Standards Setting – advises technical standards setting organizations on their intellectual property policies.
• Biotech – negotiates licensing, consulting and development agreements for biotech companies.
• Technology agreement review programs – assists clients in developing or improving in- house programs for the review and negotiation of technology agreements.
• Intellectual property audits – conducts limited and comprehensive intellectual property audits for manufacturing and service-based companies. 

Prior to becoming associated with the firm, Ms. Odom was an Investigative Attorney in the Office of Unfair Import Investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission.  As an Investigative Attorney, Ms. Odom participated in trials at the U.S. International Trade Commission under section 337 of the Tariff Act.  Ms. Odom's Section 337 cases typically involved allegations of patent, trademark or copyright infringement by domestic companies against foreign manufacturers.  Prior to joining the International Trade Commission, Ms. Odom was in private practice in Memphis, Tennessee.

Bar and Court Admissions

District of Columbia, 1990

Georgia, 1993

Tennessee, 1987

Virginia, 2009

United States Supreme Court

United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuits

Education

Georgetown University, LL.M., with distinction, 1990

University of Memphis, J.D., 1987

University of the Pacific-Salzburg, Austria, Diploma in Advanced International Legal Studies, 1987

Rhodes College, B.A., 1984

Publications

• "Fact v. Fiction: A Survey of the Distinction's Impact on Copyright Infringement Claims," 18 M.S.U.L. REV. 99, 18 MPSSULR 99, Westlaw, 1987. (First Place - Nathan Burkan Memorial ASCAP Writing Competition - Humphreys School of Law)
• "Civil Rights: Statutes of Limitations for Section 1983 Actions, A Definitive Answer in Wilson v. Garcia?," 17M.S.U.L. REV. 127, 1986. (Cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in 487 U.S. 131, 1988)

Professional Affiliations

• ITC Trial Lawyers Association (Secretary, 2009- present, Executive Committee Member, 2004-06, 2008-present)
• Editor, ITC Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, ALJ Orders section 2004-present
• Barrister, Bleckley American Inn of Court, 1994-95