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310 The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Offensive & Defensive Uses

703 The Law of Europe: A Grand Tour. Ideal for corporate counsel providing legal advice relating to business activities impacting the European Union, this document draws examples from three key legal areas: Employment and Labor Law, Corporate Responsibility, and Data Privacy. Learn through practical examples as well as from interactive case studies and the in depth knowledge and expertise of the panel.

Trademark protection regulations can vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. If you aren't aware of the international protocols offering IP protection, plan to attend this informative session. Learn what can be protected internationally, options, and strategies for protecting trademarks, maintaining and enforcing your marks internationally, the value of certain trade conventions that govern protection, and how to establish an internal program to monitor international IP.

Are you prepared for the legal issues presented by the launch of your company's next hot product? If not, you'll want to listen in as we detail the steps you will need to take to ensure that your next product launch goes off without a hitch. Our product specialists will cover such legal topics as licensing, mining hidden IP rights, protecting new products including trademarks, patents, and trade dress, advertising rules, and FTC guidelines.

Every business, small or large, local or multi-national, must consider the implications of IP protection. Take this opportunity to examine the primary global framework for protecting different asset categories, and get perspectives and practical advice in avoiding the most common pitfalls for organizations doing businesses across borders, with a focus on how electronic media have significantly increased risks for organizations with IP interests.

Privilege, data protection and data retention are probably THE most important issues on the minds of corporate practitioners. In this fast paced exchange of information and ideas, we’ll share with you these hot topics and bring you up to speed to better counsel your client.

Annual Meeting 2006: Corporations face a wide variety of labor and employment laws. These vary significantly from state-to-state, often are contradictory, and sometimes are counter-intuitive. The sheer volume of statutes, regulations, and court decisions makes it very difficult for employers to understand the range of legal obligations that exist. The result is that your company may unwittingly be close to violating‚ or may already have violated‚ a law you did not even know about.

Ranging from key technology licenses central to a business model to operational IT licenses for office software, every company’s counsel must advise on inbound licensing. This nuts and bolts course will take the perspective of and focus on the legal issues involved in licensing including coordinating licensed rights from different vendors with the licensee’s business model, impact of standard provisions on the licensee’s operations, and must-have contract clauses for licensees.

With the Olympics being held in China in 2008, what better time to delve into the country’s IP regulatory system? With its global outreach increasing every day, every in-house practitioner should have some interest in China’s intellectual property policies and how they can impact your company. Our panel of IP experts versed in the inner workings of China’s IP system will explore IP Law in China and share best practices on ways to successfully manage your IP assets under Chinese policy.

Annual Meeting 2006: The scope and reach of the US Patriot Act is daunting and pervasive; it reaches across borders and oceans. Its net casts beyond the realm of counter-terrorism and catches and impacts legitimate commercial activities. Its effects are felt not only by foreign customers of US corporations but also by customers of subsidiaries and affiliates of those companies. Many Canadian companies, for example, are now reviewing their traditional relationships with subsidiaries of US companies.

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