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Ruben Pagán provides transactional support to e-commerce, logistics, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, wireless, robotics, and other technology clients, including developing and negotiating domestic and international inbound and outbound contracts, online and click-through agreements, and policies governing the use, licensing, leasing, purchasing, and sale of products, components, services, software, and data.
Ruben also advises clients on the impact of existing and developing laws and regulations on clients' programs and transactions and whether and how clients can develop technologies and services to anticipate changing laws and regulations.Before joining DWT, Ruben supported Amazon's North American Fulfillment Center procurement team.
Practice Highlights
Developed global logistics services agreement
Developed modular transportation services agreement used to secure international air, ocean, rail, and ground carriage, warehousing, and customs brokerage services to facilitate global contracts for multi-national client.
Negotiated purchase agreement for satellite launch vehicles
Supported RFP for satellite launch vehicle procurement effort, including reviewing and updating RFP materials, analyzing and advising on responses, and leading concurrent negotiations with competing manufacturers. Enabled client to select a manufacturer, award business, and complete negotiations on an aggressive timeline.
Advised client on strategy for integrating third party services with client's large language model platform
Reviewed proposed architecture for enabling customers' use of third party services from client's large language model platform. Reviewed third party licensors' license agreements and developed and negotiated necessary amendments. Advised client on related changes to terms of service for client's platform. Advised client on public relations and other potential concerns associated with integrations.
Transportation & Logistics
Transportation agreements
Negotiated transportation agreements and amendments with various types of asset-based carriers for e-commerce client to adopt new rates for existing arrangements, memorialized cost-sharing commitments for the implementation of new arrangements, and remediated gaps in legacy agreements.
Freight forwarding agreements
Developed simplified master agreement for international multimodal (air, ocean, rail, and truck) freight forwarding services for e-commerce client by synthesizing several mode-specific and region-specific form agreements and providing recommendations for changes to limitation of liability and lien waiver terms.
Freight forwarding RFPs
Reviewed and identified ambiguities and inaccuracies in freight forwarding RFP documents and advised business stakeholders on updates to such documents to help accurately describe desired third-party services and avoid inadvertently assuming unintended obligations to RFP participants. Developed summaries of RFP participant responses to proposed freight forwarding agreement to assist business stakeholders with comprehensively evaluating RFP participant bids.
Warehousing agreements
Developed bailment and inventory management agreement for seasonal outsourced overflow inventory storage. Supported annual negotiations with expanding group of third-party logistics service providers. Developed playbook and fallbacks guide to streamline negotiation process.
Licensing requirements
Advised client on federal and state licensing requirements to provide air, ocean, and truck freight forwarding services from the U.S. as a non-vessel operating common carrier.Advised client on federal and state licensing requirements to provide air, ocean, and truck freight forwarding services from the U.S. as a non-vessel operating common carrier.
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Semiconductor license agreements
Negotiated patent license agreements required to enable client's manufacture of prototype semiconductors and defeatured production versions for satellites and ground station equipment.
Prototype testing agreements
Helped private industry client negotiate agreements with national testing labs. Advised client on testing labs' FOIA obligations and how to limit risk of confidential information being disclosure.
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Cloud Computing/Connected Devices
IoT reseller agreement
Harmonized terms between outbound reseller agreement and inbound subscription agreement to enable telecommunications client’s customer to bundle and resell client’s wireless services with the customer’s custom internet of things platform, and client to resell customer’s IoT services.
Wearables subscription agreement
Developed lightweight device sale and SaaS platform license agreement for Belgian startup looking to market security solution to US-based clients in the technology sector.
Strategic collaboration agreements
Assisted cloud computing company in identifying and thinking through exclusivity, data and revenue sharing, intellectual property ownership, cross-licensing, and other joint development issues presented by proposed collaborations with connected car and connected lighting companies.
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Other Representative Experience
Legal department optimization
Researched, advocated for, and ultimately launched streamlined process for securing hotel and event space without extensive legal review, measurably decreasing drain on legal resources and time to contract. Also developed process for using a single master statement of work to cover long term, repeatable service engagements at multiple facilities, enabling business team to pursue efficiency discounts from suppliers.
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Robotics
Prototyping agreements
Negotiated various prototyping agreements with engineering firms and parts manufacturers to ensure that client—a manufacturer of autonomous drive units, robotic arms, and other warehouse automation systems—obtained and protected all resulting intellectual property rights.
Purchase and sales agreements for self-driving car parts
Advised car parts manufacturer with a long-term supply agreement with aspiring manufacturer of self-driving cars on strategy for mitigating previously assumed product warranty risks through warranty, indemnity, title transfer, and inventory management terms in purchase agreement with component supplier and amendment to sales agreement with manufacturer.
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Admitted to Practice
- Washington, 2008
Education
- J.D., University of Iowa College of Law, 2008
- Journal of Corporation Law
- B.A., Philosophy, B.S., Psychology, University of Washington, 2004
Memberships & Affiliations
- Chair, DWT Technology, Communications, Privacy, and Security DEI Committee, 2022-present
- Fellow, HNBA Intellectual Property Law Institute (law student mentorship program), 2016-present
- Volunteer Attorney, Citizenship Clinic – Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (confidential pre-screening of citizenship applications and development of emergency deportation preparedness plans)
- Volunteer Attorney, Housing Justice Project (eviction defense legal clinic), 2013-2017
- Volunteer Attorney, Kids in Need of Defense (representation of unaccompanied minors in immigration court), 2018-2020
- Volunteer Attorney, Wayfind (microenterprise and nonprofit legal clinic), 2014-present
Professional Recognition
- Named one of the "Best Lawyers in America" by Best Lawyers in Technology Law, 2024-present
Background
- Contracts Manager, 2012-2014; Legal Assistant, Retail and Operations, 2008-2012 – Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle
- International Constitutional Law Research Assistant, University of Iowa, College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 2006-2007
- Legal Intern, Hon. Lamar McCorkle, 133rd Civil District Court, Harris County, Texas, 2006
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Publications
08.17.23
News
2024 Edition of Best Lawyers Recognizes More Than 175 Davis Wright Tremaine Attorneys for Excellence Read More 06.09.23
Publication
Moderator, "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence," HNBA Intellectual Property Law Institute
06.08.21
Presentations
Co-presenter, "Patents vs. Trade Secrets," HNBA Intellectual Property Law Institute
Publications
2017
News
"Firmwide Response to Trump Administration Executive Order," Davis Wright Tremaine Pro Bono Report Read More Presentation
10.11.17
Presentations
Brand Protection & Advertising
Co-presenter, "2017 IP Licensing Update," Davis Wright Tremaine Seminar, Seattle Read More Presentation
10.19.16
Presentations
Brand Protection & Advertising
Co-presenter, "2016 IP Licensing Update" Davis Wright Tremaine Seminar, Seattle Read More 2008
Publications
"Defending the 'Acceptable Business Reason' Requirement of the Equal Pay Act: A Response to the Challenges of Wernsing v. Department of Human Services," 33 J. Corp. L. 4
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