Guard-IT
Expands International Escrow
Services to Toronto
AUSTIN, TEXAS (September 12,
2002) – Austin, Texas-based
Guard-IT Corporation, a leading
innovator in software escrow and
verification services, has
announced a formal expansion into
international software and
intellectual property escrow
services by and through its newly
registered agent in Toronto,
Ontario.
“Our expansion will not only
accommodate Canada’s vibrant
IT sector, but also appeal to
other international clients who
would prefer to escrow their
source code or other materials in
Canada,” said Jim Ford,
Guard-IT’s founder and CEO.
Guard-IT has retained the law
firm of Gowling Lafleur
Henderson, LLP to support its
international escrow
transactions. Gowlings
intellectual property attorney
Brad Limpert is liaison to
Guard-IT.
"Gowlings is pleased to be
supporting Guard-IT as it moves
into the Canadian and
international marketplaces,”
Limpert said. “Guard-IT has
demonstrated that it provides
excellent value and attentiveness
to customer needs. The senior
management of Guard-IT is
providing great leadership in
this critical aspect of the IT
marketplace."
Guard-IT will offer through its
website customizable templates
for escrow agreements to be
administered specifically under
Canadian jurisdiction. For its
international clients, Guard-IT
will maintain secured vault
deposits of software source code,
data, intellectual property and
other escrow materials in
Toronto.
Guard-IT secures software source
code, proprietary data and
intellectual property by
implementing and administering
third-party escrow agreements for
technology developers and their
licensees. Guard-IT also provides
independent testing and
verification services for escrow
materials and other technology
products.
About Gowling Lafleur
Henderson, LLP
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (www.gowlings.com)
is one of the largest and most
diversified law firms in Canada.
With offices in seven Canadian
centers and in Moscow, it
provides a full complement of
legal services to national and
international clients. In
addition to its pre-eminence in
corporate and business law,
Gowlings is recognized for its
expertise in intellectual
property, information technology,
energy and infrastructure,
international trade, advertising
and media, professional liability
and the environment. Gowlings is
also one of Canada’s leading
providers of government relations
and regulatory affairs at both
federal and provincial levels of
government.
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