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Released on: Jun. 14, 2013

Taken from the briefing Bowman v. Monsanto: Supreme Court Reinforces the Limits of the “Patent Exhaustion” Defense recorded May, 2013.On May 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court released its unanimous decision in Bowman v. Monsanto Co. and reinforced the limits of the “patent exhaustion” doctrine. In its decision, the Supreme Court held that the patent exhaustion doctrine did not shield Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman’s unauthorized planting of Monsanto ...

Released on: Jun. 25, 2013

Taken from the briefing CLS Bank Int'l v. Alice Corp.: Federal Circuit Splits on Patent Eligibility of Computer-Implemented Inventions recorded June, 2013.On May 10, the Federal Circuit handed down a much-anticipated en banc ruling regarding the patent eligibility of computer-implemented inventions under 35 U.S.C. § 101.  In a per curiam opinion that is perhaps the most important § 101 jurisprudence since the Supreme Court's Bilski v. Kappos ...

From the program: Advanced Copyright Law Annual Review 2013

Released on: May. 3, 2013

Copyright law has become an increasingly complex area in the face of new technologies and new ways of doing business. To help you keep up-to-date and provide the sophisticated, pragmatic legal advice your clients expect, PLI has brought together a group of leading experts on copyright law. The speakers at this advanced seminar will address critical issues in copyright law, drawing on their extensive experience and judgment.Current issues will be examined ...

From the program: Advanced Licensing Agreements 2013

Released on: Apr. 4, 2013

Licensing transactions are more complex than ever. The constantly evolving legal, regulatory and technical landscape drives the need to stay current in all of these key areas. Whether utilized to develop technology, expand or create market opportunities, or generate returns from existing assets, managing complex licensing transactions requires a broad and varied toolkit. Additionally, whether licensing patents, copyrights, trade secrets or trademarks, ...

From the program: Advanced Trademark Law Annual Review 2013

Released on: May. 2, 2013

Up-to-date knowledge of current trends and case law involving trademarks is essential for corporate and law firm attorneys who specialize in, or often find themselves involved in, this critical area of intellectual property. The 2013 Advanced Trademark Law Annual Review brings together an outstanding faculty of practitioners and industry experts who will provide up-to-date developments in trademark law and practice. This seminar is also noted for ...

From the program: Information Technology Law Institute 2013: Privacy and Cybersecurity, Mobile Advertising, Digital Distribution, Social Media and the Third Industrial Revolution

Released on: May. 30, 2013

Virtually every American business has turned to technology to improve efficiency and deliver new, Internet-based services or information.  The fastest growing companies in our troubled economy are the technology innovators.  Every lawyer in this rapidly changing economy must understand the legal issues raised by technology.  However, when technological changes outpace the law, lawyers are forced to apply decades old laws to ideas and ...

Recorded on: Jun. 30, 2010

LEONARD T. NUARA: OK, folks. Welcome back. For those of you that are coming back. For those that are at home, put the phone down, put the paper down. Time to pay attention again. We're going to talk about contracting for cloud computing services. I'm going to moderate a discussion with Todd Machtmes and Mark Radcliffe. We have some slides. There were some slides that were posted last night so you should be able to find the slides. Those here in the ...

From the program: Technology and Entertainment Convergence 2013: Hot Business and Legal Issues in "Technotainment"

Released on: Oct. 2, 2013

This year’s program includes today’s major legal and business issues in the convergence of entertainment and technology. The program brings together a faculty of experienced in-house lawyers, law firm attorneys and senior business executives on the cutting-edge of this burgeoning practice.The expert faculty will address recent litigation and key cases involving convergence issues, such as the myriad of issues raised by new platforms and new technologies, ...

Recorded on: Apr. 24, 2013

RICHARD DANNAY: OK. Welcome back. I hope everyone had a good lunch. We have a great panel for this afternoon. Unfortunately, the moderator's voice is barely in play, but I'm going to introduce all three of our speakers as I did in the morning. And then Simon will begin. To my right and our first speaker in the afternoon is Simon Frankel, who is a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Covington & Burling and chair of his firm's intellectual ...

Recorded on: Jan. 23, 2013

Taken from the briefing Art of the Deal 2.0 - Web 2.0 Issues in Technology Acquisitions recorded January, 2013. Web 2.0 has introduced a new breed of assets to the 21st century.  M&A lawyers who once sold plant and equipment, then trademarks, copyrights, and patents, now need to be expert in the acquisition of these elusive assets.  Yet practice in this area has yet to adapt to Friends, Channels, and App Ratings.  This ...

Recorded on: Feb. 6, 2013

AMY TAUB: Hello. My name is Amy Taub and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, "Art of the Deal, Web 2.0 Issues in Technology Acquisitions." Before I begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the course handbook ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2013

JOHN DELANEY: OK, we're back. A couple of housekeeping matters. As I mentioned at the beginning, we look forward to your feedback. Let us know what you like. Let us know about other topics that we can cover next year. We hope to have you back next year. So if you have thoughts about other issues you're seeing in your own practice that we haven't been able to touch upon in a day long conference, we'd love to hear about it. So please fill out the evaluation ...

From the program: Social Media 2013: Addressing Corporate Risks

Released on: Feb. 20, 2013

Did you know that Facebook now has one billion active users? (By contrast, the entire population of the United States is 310 million people.) Or that Facebook accounts for over ten percent of all U.S. web traffic? And that over 250 million photographs are posted to Facebook each day? Or that Twitter users are expected to send over 91 billion tweets during 2012? And that over four billion videos are viewed per day on YouTube? Facebook, Twitter, ...

Recorded on: Nov. 4, 2011

SPEAKER 1: Multi-country Sourcing. I turn it over to Mike and Ross. ROSS E. McKEAN: Well, thank you everyone. I'll make a start for this session. And in terms of what we're trying to cover at the part two, we're going to do a deeper dive into what non-US laws that can derail sourcing, process and deadlines. And there are lots of laws that can derail sourcing, process, and deadlines. So I'm going to pick two which tend to be the more problematic, ...

Recorded on: Nov. 4, 2011

JOHN F. DELANEY: OK. Welcome to day two of the PLI Outsourcing Conference. And we're going to kick it off this morning with a presentation on avoiding missteps in multi-country outsourcing. And we're very fortunate to have two of the leading experts in this area to speak to us on this subject. It's going to be a co-presentation. Sitting immediately to Bill's right is Michael Mensik. Michael is one of the co-chairs of this program. He's also a partner ...

Recorded on: Nov. 8, 2010

JOHN DELANEY: We're having a few minor technical difficulties with the PowerPoints, but I'm going to do the introductions. And I think we'll have everything fixed shortly. So the next topic. Welcome back. I hope everyone had a nice lunch session. We're back. We're going to talk about bankruptcy issues in connection with outsourcing. Even if you're not reading the papers, we're in the middle of a huge global recession. And hopefully, we're paying ...

Recorded on: Feb. 14, 2013

SPEAKER 1: Welcome back everyone from the break. This is our final session of the day. Last but certainly not least, we've saved some of the best for the last. I'll be very brief, and we'll just get rolling. But I'm going to introduce Sharon Sandeen, professor Sandeen again. She was with us very early this morning and gave us the trade secret crash course. And she's going to talk with a wonderful panel about best practices at home and abroad regarding ...

Recorded on: Feb. 15, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Trade Secrets 2013: What Every IP Attorney Should Know Recorded February, 2013 in San Francisco Best Practices at Home and Abroad Panel [01:02:31] Tips for licensing trade secrets Disclosing trade secrets to vendors and contractors Managing the risks of cloud computing Foreign protection: how to protect trade secrets abroad Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements: where are the landmines?  ...

Recorded on: Nov. 12, 2012

PETER BROWN: Hello, everyone. I hope you had a brisk walk outside. It's still pretty cold out there. It's early winter weather in New York. This afternoon, we're going to hit some of the meat of the topics. And also fortunately, none of these programs have been modified because our speakers had difficulty attending. So we're going to be covering big data, cloud computing, and computer hacking, three very important topics. And really, I think, some ...

From the program: Think Like a Lawyer, Talk Like a Geek 2012: Get Fluent in Technology

Released on: Nov. 19, 2012

For many lawyers, addressing legal issues arising from a client’s use of technology or negotiating contracts for technology services, like mobile apps, have become a routine part of daily practice.  Lawyers, who often have no technical training, are required by court rules to report on their client’s technology infrastructure so that a judge may address electronic discovery issues.  The rapidly changing world of technology requires ...

Recorded on: Oct. 9, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Intellectual Property Law Institute 2013 Recorded October, 2013 in San FranciscoBreakouts: Copyright/Licensing [01:31:28] Copyright Update Recent cases TPP/Legislative update Orphan works and small copyright claims Copyright terminations Sampling and mashups The U.S. Supreme Court and Kirtsaeng: The Future of Copyright Price Discrimination in Global and Domestic Markets The First Sale Doctrine and its role ...

Recorded on: Oct. 13, 2011

BRIAN WINTERFELDT: Great. Thank you so much. Thank you both for having us here today. I think social media is becoming more and more relevant to all of our organizations. And what we're going to be talking about today is how to use social media to build your brand and think about important issues like social media policies and enforcement in the social media space. But before we get started, I'd like to introduce our great panel that we put together ...

Recorded on: Apr. 24, 2013

PETER JASZI: In fact, I actually am going to give a presentation today that will at least initially be a little more upbeat than the title suggests, the title being, Can Fair Use Be Fixed, implying, I think, that it needs to be fixed. And I actually would like to throw into doubt or open up for argument the question about whether any fix is required or, indeed, whether any fix is likely to do more good than harm. So let me start by going in at the ...

Recorded on: Apr. 24, 2013

LATEEF MTIMA: OK. This is like that Bette Davis line, "Fasten your seat belts, this is going to be a bumpy ride," not only because this is DMCA, but, literally, talk about up-to-the-minute developments. Some of the latest key decisions on the DMCA have been happening over the last couple of weeks. And in fact, we had a decision just yesterday. So last night I'm tinkering getting this stuff in. OK. So I'm going to talk about the DMCA. And ...

Recorded on: Jan. 9, 2012

RICHARD RAYSMAN: --she has a problem, as well. So we have three segments of the program today. And the first segment is going to be the causes of license disputes. So Chris is speaking. We actually have another speaker on her way, and I'll introduce her when she gets here. But the first segment is going to be from Chris Palestro, and I will let him take the podium. CHRISTOPHER PALESTRO: So good morning, and thank you for joining the discussion today. ...