David Mirchin

Practice Areas

Information Technology / Licensing

Media, E-Commerce and Internet

Life Sciences

Israel National Technology and Innovation Authority and Governmental Benefit Programs

Open Source

Pharma

Privacy and Data Protection Law

Hi-Tech/Start ups

Medical Devices and Biotechnology

Cyber Security

Trademarks

Career

David Mirchin is a partner in Meitar’s Technology Group. David is a leading expert on data protection and privacy issues, as well as on software, open source issues, licensing, trademarks and intellectual property transactions. He represents technology companies, including software developers, SaaS companies, information aggregators and life sciences companies, and advises on establishing privacy compliance programs, as well as on internet, copyright, trademark and intellectual property issues in M&A and other transactions. Prior to moving to Israel, David served as Vice President and General Counsel of SilverPlatter Information, an electronic publisher of bibliographic reference databases for the academic, medical and corporate markets, from 1993 to 2001. SilverPlatter’s main offices were in Boston, London and Amsterdam. Previously, he was a corporate attorney for 6 years in the Boston offices of McDermott, Will & Emery, and Mintz Levin, and prior to that worked as a foreign corporate lawyer in the Tokyo, Japan firm of Konaka, Toyama and Hosoya.

David has spoken widely in the United States, Europe and Israel on data protection, software, licensing and internet issues, including testifying before the Federal Trade Commission on its High-Tech Warranty Project and the U.S. Copyright Office on revisions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, as well as participating in the White House Meeting on Database Protection. He currently teaches a course in “Advanced Licensing” at Tel Aviv University Law School, “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Law” at Bocconi Law School (Milan) and previously taught Internet and E-Commerce Law at the Interdisciplinary Law Center in Herzliya and at Boston College Law School. He has written three books on copyright law and licensing issues, and believes that his mother is the only person who has ever read them.

Languages Spoken

Hebrew

English

Education