The European Unified Patent Court (UPC) – which centralizes patent litigation throughout most of the EU – is on track to go live in late 2016 or early 2017. The new UPC is expected to rival and potentially surpass US courts as the preferred venue for major patent disputes, as US companies will be able to obtain an EU-wide injunction via a single litigation, instead of having to litigate in each jurisdiction. This will drastically reduce costs and improve enforcement, but it won’t be easy. The new system and the changes in procedure and process are complex. Companies must assess multiple factors to decide in advance whether to participate or opt-out. This panel comprised of lawyers dually qualified in the US and UK will focus on how the UPC will impact IP filing and enforcement strategies of US companies, and answer questions such as: What strategic planning should US companies be doing now to prepare for the UPC?; What are the best practices to protect US companies’ patent portfolios in Europe?; What are the commercial advantages of opting-in or out of the UPC?; How will early UPC participants shape the new court system?; How do US companies decide whether to opt-in or opt-out?; How do US companies approach product clearance and FTO in Europe, particularly as applied in licensing and acquisitions?; What are the options for mitigating significant competitor patent risk before it is exacerbated by the UPC?
Trade secrets, customer data, financial records and other confidential information increasingly is under attack. But while most companies focus their security efforts on external threats (i.e. hackers), their greatest security risks may lie within their own company. Employees have access to confidential information, and may understand how to avoid internal security measures. This session will reveal the best practices to protect your company from internal thieves.
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Your customers and fans can be your biggest assets when it comes to championing your brand or products, or they can be your harshest critics, infringe on your IP rights and damage your brand. How do you take advantage of positive content they create and share without putting your company at risk? How do you protect yourself from the negative content? This panel will address the liability concerns around the use of user-generated content, including IP protection and infringement, Federal Trade Commission guidelines, rights of publicity and defamation. It will provide insights into safe harbors of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Communications Decency Act, and ways to obtain consent. It will also address factors to consider based on the terms and conditions of the most popular social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).
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This session will feature a discussion of the best practices and recent developments in IP licensing with a focus on software and trademark licenses. The session will review “magic grant language,” legal defaults and some key international jurisdictional differences. The discussion will review sample clauses to use, identify potential pitfalls licenses can contain and provide practical advice to avoid unintended consequences and safeguard clients from risk.
This presentation speaks about agreements and issues when working with third parties.
• Commitment
• Liability
• Performance Requirements
• IP Terms
• Confidentiality
• Other Related Issues
This presentation speaks about licensing in, ownership, open source, EULA’s and other issues related to the development, use, distribution and licensing out of software.