Recap on Henry Beck
Mr. Beck's firm has an tremendous reputation in the field of Intellectual Law:
New Visual Entertainment, Inc. Appoints Dr. Henry Beck as Chairman of Newly Formed Advisory Board Eminent Technology Attorney Brings Nearly Two Decades of Experience Dealing With Financial, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, New Media and E-Commerce Transactions
SAN DIEGO, Dec 1, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- New Visual Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB:NVEI), a pioneer in the development of proprietary transmission technology focused on delivering the ultimate "last mile" solution, today
announced the formation of a Corporate Advisory Board and the appointment of Dr.Henry Beck as its Chairman. Members of the newly formed Advisory Board, more of whom will be named shortly, will be responsible for assisting New Visual's management team and its Board of Directors in evaluating commercial applications and mass market opportunities for its Cu@OCx broadband transmission
technology currently in development.
Ray Willenberg, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of New Visual, stated, "Over the last ten months, management has focused its efforts on the research and development of our proprietary technology enabling the bundling of voice,
video and data over traditional copper infrastructure. Now, we believe the time has come to begin taking pro-active steps towards the commercialization of the technology. The formation of an Advisory Board, to be comprised of industry-leading technology, financial and marketing professionals, is driven by our need to adopt a definitive plan of action to best leverage our technology in the marketplace and achieve maximum shareholder value. Dr. Beck is well-known and widely respected in the business and IT communities for his proficiency in negotiating high-profile partnerships, alliances and agreements. We are honored to have an industry veteran with his experience to advise New Visual through this exciting period in its evolution. We look forward to working with him and other members of the Advisory Board in the aggressive pursuit of our objectives."
About Henry Beck
Henry Beck holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University, and a law degree from U.C.L.A., where he was a member of the U.C.L.A. Law Review. He has represented numerous public and private companies, and one of America's leading research universities, in the intellectual property and commercial aspects of their computer and telecommunications-related activities. By way of example, he has represented (and/or currently represents) a major European financial services company in its acquisition of a large financial data company, a number of stock and commodity exchanges, a leading professional sports league, and one of America's largest car rental companies in information technology-related matters. Dr. Beck also has an active practice in representing emerging and growth companies in the information technology and Internet "spaces," including those developing technology for the capture and distribution of health care information and for the secure transmission of information over the Internet. Finally, he has served as counsel in numerous mergers and acquisitions of software and similar companies on behalf of a NYSE-listed company.
Currently, he serves as a member of the National Information Technology Group in the New York office of one of the nation's largest law firms, where he is responsible for the intellectual property, information technology, new media and e-commerce aspects of business transactions, including the initial capture and protection of clients' intellectual property assets, the public and private financing of their businesses, their merger, acquisition and strategic alliance activities, privacy and other regulatory matters and the branding, commercialization and licensing of their products and services.
Dr. Beck is widely published in law journals and periodicals and is a frequent lecturer in Continuing Legal Education settings. He also serves on the Board of Editors for the E-Commerce Law Report: Buying and Selling on the Internet.
About New Visual Entertainment, Inc.
New Visual is pioneering the development of a proprietary broadband transmission technology with the mission to utilize existing copper telecommunications infrastructure to deliver high data content to the home or office at VDSL
(52Mbps) data transfer rates. Through its New Wheel Technology, Inc. subsidiary, New Visual is developing this technology, which would allow the bundling of voice, video and data over existing copper telephone wires, eliminating the need for fiber optic cable to the home or office. Its initial development efforts are focusing on "Very High rate Digital Subscriber Line" (VDSL), and have demonstrated results exceeding industry standards. New Visual's common stock is traded on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol NVEI.
With the exception of historical information contained in this release, this release includes forward-looking statements made under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the following: product development difficulties; market
demand and acceptance of products; the impact of changing economic conditions; business conditions in the internet, computer, and telecommunications industries; reliance on third parties including potential suppliers, licensors and
licensees; the impact of competitors and their products; risks concerning future technology; and other factors detailed in this release and in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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Henry Beck joined the firm in 2000 and is a member of the firm's Information Technology National Practice Group.
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Beck's practice ranges from the initial capture and protection of clients' intellectual property assets to the public and private financing of their businesses, their mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances, the branding, commercialization and licensing of their products and services, and their privacy and other regulatory concerns.
Mr. Beck has represented entities ranging in size from entrepreneurs and emerging companies to multinational corporations in industries as diverse as commercial and investment banking, Internet privacy and security, software
development and database compilation and licensing, telecommunications, financial data distribution and professional sports.
He is a frequent contributor on information technology, e-commerce and intellectual property issues to such publications as The Computer Lawyer and Computer Law Strategist, and is a founding member of the Board of Editors of the E-Commerce Law Report. His work has also been cited in Business Week and other non-legal publications.
EDUCATION
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D. 1982); UCLA Law Review. Stanford University (Ph.D. 1973).
MEMBERSHIPS
Association of the Board of the City of New York, Information Technology Committee; American Bar Association; Computer Law Association.
REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS
Prior to joining Heller Ehrman
* Representation of Reed Elsevier/Cahners in a multi-million dollar transaction with Microsoft for use of a Cahners database on the Expedia Web site.
* Representation of the American Stock Exchange in a dispute with another exchange over the availability of intellectual property protection for new financial instruments.
* Representation of a NYSE company in the acquisition of more than a half dozen software companies. Representation of a major sports league in all aspects of its creation of an integrated Internet portal for its teams.
* Representation of iPrivacy, an e-commerce company founded by two senior professors at Columbia University and a former Citicorp executive, in the commercial and intellectual property aspects of its activities.
* Representation of a consortium of primary dealers and brokers in U.S. Treasury securities in the establishment, development, marketing and dissemination of a real-time price reporting system.
* Representation of numerous start-up and other companies in the capture of patent rights in software systems and business processes.
* Representation of a consortium of Swiss banks in their acquisition of the Standard & Poor's Stock Quotation System.
* Representation of Avis Group in the intellectual property and technology aspects of an $800 million transaction with Bank Paribas concerning Avis' B2B logistics system.
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September 15, 2000
Heller Ehrman Positions NY Office To Compete For Larger Share Of Silicon Alley Business With Addition Of Top IT/E-Commerce Attorney
NEW YORK, NY, September 15, 2000 - New York attorney Henry Beck, formerly a partner and head of the Information Technology and E-commerce practice at Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, has joined Heller Ehrman's National Information
Technology Practice Group, bringing with him substantial licensing and intellectual property experience, as well as knowledge and alliance building ability in the information technology, e-commerce and new media sectors.
Henry's practice focuses on intellectual property protection and licensing, the transfer of intellectual property assets, and the formation of joint ventures and alliances in the worlds of information technology, e-commerce and "new media." His clients include large and mature companies such as Avis Rent-A-Car and Major League Baseball; emerging companies, including iPrivacy LLC, EmployeeMatters.com and iWings LLC; and start-ups, including General Informatics Corporation, Medi-Data Systems LLC and Hans Global. Henry also does occasional licensing and IP work for Deutsche Bank, Banco Bradesco SA(the largest privately held bank in Brazil), J. Crew and Estée Lauder.
Henry brings immediate credibility to Heller Ehrman's Silicon Alley practice, based on a combination of many years of experience in information technology, representation of active, high-visibility companies, his
commitment to publishing in the industry press and his numerous industry speaking engagements" says Richard Martin, Heller Ehrman's New York managing shareholder.
Henry, who has served as a consultant on software protection to the National Academy of Sciences and whose work has been discussed in Business Week and other non-legal publications, is himself the author of numerous legal
analyses, including a recently published article on complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Henry is a member of the Board of Editors of the E-Commerce Law Report, and is contributing to and acting as
editor-in-chief of a forthcoming volume one-commerce and privacy in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
"Henry represents a great step forward in the building of New York's IT/e-commerce capacity and the resources of our National Information Technology Practice Group," said Steve Davis, co-chair of Heller Ehrman's National Information Technology Practice Group. "He is also one of the few lawyers with hands-on experience in 'Financial Technologies,' bringing significant opportunities to our clients in that area."
Law is a second career for Henry, who earned a Ph.D. from Stanford in 1973 and then taught at the University of California at Irvine for a number of years before graduating from U.C.L.A. Law School in 1982.
He is a long-time member of the Information Technology Law Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (of whose Privacy SubCommittee he is chairman); the American Bar Association, Sections on Patent Trademark & Copyright, Business Law, and Science & Technology; and,
the Computer Law Association. One of the fastest-growing national law firms, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP is a 480-plus attorney firm with offices in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York,
Washington, D.C., Seattle, Portland, Anchorage, Hong Kong, and Singapore. A full-service firm, Heller Ehrman provides specialized legal services to leading companies in hi-tech, life sciences and financial industries,
including many of today's cutting-edge start-ups and dotcoms. Heller Ehrman's National Practice Groups include Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Environmental, Financial Services, Insurance Coverage, Labor and Employment,
Product Liability, Real Estate, Corporate Securities/Mergers and Acquisitions/Securities Litigation, Energy, Information Technology, Intellectual Property Litigation, Life Sciences, Patents/Trademarks/Licensing, Professional Liability and Tax. The firm has an affiliation with the European law firm of Carnelutti, with offices in Milan, Rome, Paris, Naples and Padua.
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Heller Ehrman provides lawyers experienced in filing and prosecuting trademark, copyright and patent applications, domestically and in foreign countries; in licensing technology and intellectual property; in arranging
financing, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, sales, and acquisitions for companies with significant intellectual property assets; and litigating, in federal and state courts, patent, trade secret, copyright and trademark cases and unfair competition cases and issues.
Representative engagements have included Sibia Neurosciences, for domestic and international patent matters; RSA Data Security, in litigation involving patent and license rights; Qualcomm Inc. in patent and licensing litigation; Texas Instruments, in patent and antitrust litigation relating to PC patents and microprocessor patents; Atmel Corporation, in several patent litigations involving semiconductor structures, processes and circuit designs; Computer Associates, in several software licensing disputes; Origin Medsystems, Inc., in trade secret and patent litigation relating to laproscopic instrumentation technology; Informix Corporation, in a trade secret case involving database server and middleware software; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
Ltd., for patent licensing and joint ventures; Raychem Corporation, in patent litigation involving gels under compression technology; Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., in litigation relating to PCR technology; TRE Corporation, for
patent and trade secrets litigation. Other intellectual property clients include Advanced Biointegrated Technologies, ALZA Corporation; Guidant Corporation; Identix, Inc.; and Visa International. |
