Publications

• Author & Presenter, Structuring & Negotiating Technology Licensing Agreements (West Publishing & Reedlogic, October 4, 2008).
• "Angel Groupings Emerge for Series A Financings," Mass High Tech (November 15, 2004).
• "Massachusetts' New Business Corporation Act - New Chapter 156D Compared with Old Chapter 156B," The Independent Counsel (Spring 2004).
• Licensing of Copyrights, Trademarks and Domain Names in E-Commerce, a chapter in Internet Law for the Business Lawyer (American Bar Association, 2001).
• Mr. Agin edited The Best in E-commerce Law (Bowne, 2001), a compilation of the best legal articles written during prior years.
• Contributing Author, Internet Law for the Business Lawyer (ABA, 2001).
• Bankruptcy and Secured Lending in Cyberspace, 3rd Edition (West Group 2005).
• Author, A Chapter 7 Trustee's Guide to Properly Preserving Patents, NABTTalk, Pg 32 (the Journal of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Spring 2010).
• Author, Domain Names as Collateral: Are We All Just Kidding Ourselves?, Business Law Today, Pg 22-26 (ABA, September/October 2008).
• Author, The Essential Concept, The First Truth, and the Fourth Circuit's Interpretation of Section 365(c)(1) in In Re Sunterra Corporation, 2005 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 361 (West 2005).
• See also our Real Estate LawTrove (© 2002-2004).
• Author, A Framework for Understanding Electronic Information Transactions, 15 Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology 277 (2005) (with Scott N. Kumis).
• Author, Handling Customer Data in Bankruptcy Mergers and Acquisitions: Coping with the Consumer Privacy Ombudsman Provisions of BAPCPA, ABI Journal, Vol. XXIV, No. 6 (July/August, 2005).
• Workouts and Bankruptcy in the E-Commerce Economy, Emerging Issues in Workouts & Bankruptcies 2004: What You Need to Know Now! (PLI, January 2004).
• Here Today and Gone Tomorrow: Section 365(n) and the Unfortunate Intellectual Property Licensee, Andrews Bankruptcy Litigation Reporter (August 27, 2004).
• See also our Trademark & Domain Name LawTrove (© 1999-2004).
• "Non-Compete Agreements," A Presentation before the Financial Executives Networking Group (2003).
• Moderator, "Further Development of the Internet-Based, E-Commerce, Business Process Utility for Insurance Claims," a Panel Presentation at the Insurance Technology Symposium, Strategic Research Institute, Scottsdale, AZ (February 3, 2003).
• Moderator, "The Bayh-Dole Act & the State of University Technology Transfer in 2003," a Panel Presentation at the 4th Annual Conference, Princeton Entrepreneurs' Network, Campus of Princeton University (May 29, 2003).
• Faculty, "Selling a Business in Massachusetts - Structuring the Deal," a Lecture at the Sterling Education Seminars, Sheraton Boston Hotel (November 21, 2003).
• Moderator, "Preparing Your Company to be Acquired or for an Initial Public Offering," a Panel Presentation with Kevin Rhodes, CFO of Edgewater Technologies, and Louis P. LeGuyader, PhD, Princeton University, at the High Tech Group, Massachusetts Society of CPAs, Newton Marriott Hotel (October 7, 2003).
• "Technology Transfer from University to Start-Up," a presentation before the Financial Executives Networking Group (May 1, 2003).
• The Nonassumable Technology License, 2003 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 305 (West, 2003) and The Licensing Journal, pg 8 (September 2003).
• Speaker, "Web Linking Agreements: Quasi-Licenses in Interactive Media and E-Commerce," at the Internet and and E-Commerce Conference, Center for International Legal Studies, Kitzbuehel, Austria (January 13, 2003).
• Mr. Agin was a contributing author to Emerging Issues in Workouts & Bankruptcies 2003 (Practising Law Institute 2003).
• "Enemy By E-Mail," Business Law Today (American Bar Association, May/June 2002).
• The Internet Bankruptcy: What Happens When the Bell Tolls for the eCommerce Industry? 1 J. High Tech. L. 1 (2002) (download article)
• Contributor, Intellectual Property Lawcast, Vol. VII, No. 5 (Vox Jurix, 2001).
• The Leahy-Hatch Amendment: A Defined Framework for Addressing Customer Data Concerns in Bankruptcy Cases, Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (April 2001).
• The New Regime for Treatment of Customer Data in Bankruptcy Cases, Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice (May/June 2001) (download article)
• "Web Linking Agreements: Quasi-Licenses in Interactive Media," The Cyberspace Lawyer (March 2001).
• Bankruptcy: Collecting Rent from a Bankrupt Tenant, The Boston Law Tribune (November 26, 2001).
• Bankruptcy: Making 93A Judgments Stick, The Boston Law Tribune (May 14, 2001).
• New Issues in E-commerce Bankruptcies, Bankruptcy Law Conference 2000 (MCLE 2000).
• Drafting the Intellectual Property License: Bankruptcy Considerations, Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, Vol. 9, No. 6 (September/October 2000) (download article)
• What is a Domain Name Anyway? Impact of Network Solutions and Umbro Rulings, E-commerce Law & Strategy, Vol. 17, No. 2 (June 2000) (download article)
• The Intangible Side of Equipment Leasing: Third Party Claims Against Stored Data, Equipment Leasing, Vol. 19, No. 3 (March 2000) (download article)
• Reconciling Commercial Law and Information Technology: An Essay on Bankruptcy Practice During the Next Business Cycle, Journal of Internet Law, Vol. 4, No. 4 (October 2000) (download article)
• Domain Names: Obtaining and Perfecting a Security Interest, The RMA Journal (September 2000) (download article)
• Restart.com: Identifying, Securing and Maximizing the Liquidation Value of Cyber-Assets in Bankruptcy Proceedings, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Winter 2000).
• Selling Bankruptcy Estate Assets on the Internet, Bankruptcy Strategist, Vol. 17, No. 7 (May 2000) (download article)
• Coping with Personal Jurisdiction in Cyberspace: ABA Subcommittee on Internet Law Liability Report #3; 53 Quarterly Report of The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (Spring 1999). (download article)
• Ninth Circuit Created Hidden Danger for Chapter 11 Plan Proponents. CLLA Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section Newsletter, Vol. 14, Issue 2 (August 1999) (download article)
• "The Web Linking Agreement & E-Commerce," Independent Counsel (Spring 1999).
• Ninth Circuit Decisions Hold a Creditor Can Never Have a Perfected Security Interest in an Unregistered Copyright, CLLA Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 (August, 1998).
• "A Program to Protect Your Company's Confidential Information," Independent Counsel (Winter 1998).
• "Plan Early and Often for Eventual Sale or Acquisition," Mass High Tech (November 2-8, 1998).
• New Approaches to Calculating Postpetition Interest in Chapter 13 Cases, Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (June, 1996).
• "The Internet and E-Commerce: a New Arena for Legal Conflict," Independent Counsel (Winter 1996).
• Companies Must Spell Out Employee E-mail Policies, Mass. High Tech, (November 18, 1996) (download article)
• Worth Reading: Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, 2nd Edition, turnarounds & workouts, Vol. 9, No. 15, 1995 (book review).
• "Employment: A Company Policy on Internet Sex, Independent Counsel," (Spring/Summer 1995).
• "Exercise of Stock Options," Independent Counsel, (Fall 1994).
• "Software Contracts: When is a Hard Bargain Duress?," Independent Counsel (Winter 1994).
• Continuing to do Business with a Bankrupt Customer, The Hanover Report (Jan./Feb. 1994) p. 28.
• "Real Estate: Reduce Your Maintenance Charges," Independent Counsel (Winter 1994).
• "Qualified vs. Non-Qualified Stock Options," Independent Counsel (Spring/Summer 1994).
• How Lenders Can Maximize the Accrual of Postpetition, Preconfirmation Interest in Bankruptcy Proceedings; A Review of the Law in Light of the United States Supreme Court's Decision in Rake v. Wade, 13 Boston University Annual Review of Banking Law 325 (1994).
• "Personnel: Massachusetts' 'Tin Parachute' Law Voided ," Independent Counsel (Winter 1994).
• Protecting Pension Plans and Individual Retirement Accounts in Bankruptcy, Boston Bar Journal (July/Aug., 1991).