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John Montague is a venture capital and technology attorney who represents founders, investors, and high-growth frontier-tech companies building at the edge of software, hardware, and digital asset innovation. Through Montague Law, John structures complex financings, token architectures, governance systems, cross-border entities, and commercialization strategies for startups working in artificial intelligence, robotics, neuromorphic computing, and blockchain-based ecosystems.
John’s practice sits at the intersection of advanced engineering and sophisticated dealmaking. He advises AI-native, robotics-hardware, and Web3 companies on investor alignment, protocol governance, token-rights frameworks, IP protection, regulatory strategy, and scalable corporate structures. Because he is actively involved in developing AI-assisted robotics systems and neuromorphic control architectures, John brings a uniquely technical perspective to legal strategy—bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and compliant execution.
Previously, John practiced at Troutman Pepper, Locke, where he focused on venture capital, private equity, and complex transactional matters. He has more than a decade of experience guiding transformative financings, digital-asset structures, technology commercialization, and growth-stage corporate development.
John is based in Amelia Island, Florida, and represents clients across the United States and internationally.
At Montague Law, we have over a decade of experience providing regulatory and securities compliance to high-growth companies. Whether you are startup, a Web3 company or protocol, or have assets you are looking to protect, let the experienced attorneys at Montague Law guide you in your ventures.
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This Technology Assignment Agreement is designed to transfer all pre-incorporation intellectual property from a founder to the startup at or near the time of formation. It ensures the company—not the individual founders—owns the technology, code, designs, and know-how underlying the business. In exchange, the founder typically receives equity, and agrees to cooperate with future filings, recordations, and enforcement. Properly executed, this agreement creates clean IP ownership that investors and acquirers expect from day one.
Here’s a tighter version:
> One of the easiest ways to derail a startup deal is discovering the company doesn’t actually own its own technology. Founders often build the core IP before incorporating, leaving it owned by individuals instead of the company. Investors won’t fund that, and acquirers won’t touch it. A technology assignment agreement fixes this by transferring all pre-incorporation IP to the company—clean, simple, and essential.
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