Professional Experience
Heather Buchta, as chair of the Firm’s Electronic Supply Chain Sub-Team for the Technology Law Team, has a primarily transactional practice, covering the areas of e-commerce, software and technology, with an additional focus on copyright and trademark prosecution. More specifically, her work focuses on software agreements (ASP, SaaS, downloadable and custom development), IT outsourcing, internet terms and conditions, internet privacy policies, electronic contracting, technology development agreements, copyright licenses, copyright applications, trademark licenses and trademark prosecution. Her experience includes dealing with:
- Negotiating and drafting complex click-wrap agreements.
- Negotiating and drafting cloud computing and IT license and development agreements.
- Negotiating and drafting software and technology support and maintenance agreements.
- Analyzing intellectual property ownership issues.
- Drafting privacy policies for B2B and B2C websites.
- Copyright issues related to software and automated databases.
- Internet domain name and infringement issues.
- Trademark searching, clearance, and portfolio management.
- Ex parte and inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education and Honors
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (J.D., 2001)
Dean’s List. Order of Barristers, Washington University. Midwest Region First Place Team. National Best Brief Winner. Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition.
- Kansas State University (B.A., cum laude, 1998)
Departmental honors in French, History and Political Science.
Bar Admissions
Arizona,
2001
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2001
Professional Recognition
Selected for inclusion in the 2012 Southwest Super Lawyers
® list (Intellectual Property).
Professional and Civic Activities
Clinical Externship as Clerk for Judge Rodney Sippel, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri – St. Louis, Missouri; Associates Board, American Red Cross; Board Member, Board of Directors, Raising Special Kids; Member, Arizona Women Lawyers Association; Member, Maricopa County Bar Association; Member, American Bar Association; Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association.
International Trademark Association (INTA), Committee Member, Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition, 2007-2009. Board of Directors, Raising Special Kids, 2003-2009. Treasurer, Executive Committee, Raising Special Kids, 2008. 2008 Athena Young Professional Award Nominee. 2007 AZ Finest Couple, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Clinical Externship as Clerk for Judge Rodney Sippel, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri – St. Louis, Missouri.