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Technology Issues in the Workplace: Software Patentability; Social Media; Cyber Privacy; plus Personal Devices
Contains material from May 2015
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Session 2: Social Media: They Grow Up So Fast - Social media has gone from a brand new technology to an integral part of our lives in a handful of years. The initial wave of legal questions is now being replaced by more mature issues and understandings of the technology. Hear some of the most recent developments in social media and the law.
Session 3: Cyber Privacy - An update of privacy concerns including new state and federal privacy regulations and requirements and dealing with privacy concerns in a cyber world. Practical drafting tips and dos and don’ts for privacy policies and practices are covered.
Session 4: Personal Devices: Enhancing Employee Productivity or Inviting Problems? - With increasing frequency, employees use their own smart phones, tablets, and computers to work on company business and remotely access customer and company information. While this allows employees to work from any location and outside of normal work hours, it also raises a variety of potential problems such as protecting company proprietary information, preserving privileges, paying overtime under the FLSA, and dealing with departing employees who may have copied or accessed sensitive information during or after their employment ends. Explore the many legal issues that arise out of this technological change and suggestions for possible mechanisms to protect companies as they seek to keep pace with these changes.
Includes: Audio Paper Slides
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R. David Donoghue, Anthony Fuga
Session 1
—28 mins
Patent Law Sea Changes: Software Patentability and the Exhaustion Doctrine (May 2015)
In the last year, patent law has seen a critical change to software patentability and an important clarification to the patent exhaustion doctrine, each of which likely impacts the value of your company’s patent portfolio. Take a practical look at the ramifications of the new limitations on software patentability, as well as the boundaries of the patent exhaustion doctrine, and explore strategies for using each doctrine to your company’s benefit.
Originally presented: Apr 2015 Corporate Counsel Institute
R. David Donoghue,
Holland & Knight - Chicago, IL
Anthony Fuga,
Holland & Knight - Chicago, IL
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Ryan M. Garcia
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Session 2
—62 mins
Social Media: They Grow Up So Fast (May 2015)
Social media has gone from a brand new technology to an integral part of our lives in a handful of years. The initial wave of legal questions is now being replaced by more mature issues and understandings of the technology. Hear some of the most recent developments in social media and the law.
Originally presented: Apr 2015 Corporate Counsel Institute
Ryan M. Garcia,
Dell - Austin, TX
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Stephen E. Stein
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Session 3
—30 mins
Cyber Privacy (May 2015)
An update of privacy concerns including new state and federal privacy regulations and requirements and dealing with privacy concerns in a cyber world. Practical drafting tips and dos and don’ts for privacy policies and practices are covered.
Originally presented: Apr 2015 Corporate Counsel Institute
Stephen E. Stein,
Thompson & Knight LLP - Dallas, TX
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Gary D. Eisenstat
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Session 4
—33 mins
Personal Devices: Enhancing Employee Productivity or Inviting Problems? (May 2015)
With increasing frequency, employees use their own smart phones, tablets, and computers to work on company business and remotely access customer and company information. While this allows employees to work from any location and outside of normal work hours, it also raises a variety of potential problems such as protecting company proprietary information, preserving privileges, paying overtime under the FLSA, and dealing with departing employees who may have copied or accessed sensitive information during or after their employment ends. Explore the many legal issues that arise out of this technological change and suggestions for possible mechanisms to protect companies as they seek to keep pace with these changes.
Originally presented: Apr 2015 Corporate Counsel Institute
Gary D. Eisenstat,
Figari & Davenport, L.L.P. - Dallas, TX