The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
2020 will bring some key changes for California employers, including AB 5, the new independent contractor law; mandatory sexual harassment prevention/EEO training for all employees (not just “supervisors”)’ and changes to the FLSA’s salary basis test. Join Jennifer Shaw, a well-respected employment law expert, as she summarizes of the most important legislative and judicial developments. Bring your questions!
This presentation will explore freedom to operate issues in light of both the changing technological landscape and recent Supreme Court decisions. We will explore both intellectual property and contractual issues raised when an invention is developed by multiple companies or uses technology from another industry. We will also discuss best practices for conducting freedom to operate searches, obtaining freedom to operate opinions, and avoiding willful patent infringement.
The New Frontier: Design Patent Protection in the United States
Viewed by some as a way to mark a product as “patented” or “patent pending,” proper obtained properly can be extremely valuable. Design patents can protect unique artistic designs, industrial design efforts, brand identifiers, and even color.
Join us for a discussion on trends and practical tips related to acquiring and enforcing design patents as part of an overall IP protection strategy. Topics will include:
• Drafting design patents with scope and international considerations • Evaluating the scope provided for pioneering designs • Addressing judicially-created functionality doctrine • Protecting for use of colors in designs • Using design patents and its relation to trademark rights • Employing effective design patent enforcement strategies
This presentation will explore freedom to operate issues in light of both the changing technological landscape and recent Supreme Court decisions. We will explore both intellectual property and contractual issues raised when an invention is developed by multiple companies or uses technology from another industry. We will also discuss best practices for conducting freedom to operate searches, obtaining freedom to operate opinions, and avoiding willful patent infringement.
The New Frontier: Design Patent Protection in the United States
Viewed by some as a way to mark a product as “patented” or “patent pending,” proper obtained properly can be extremely valuable. Design patents can protect unique artistic designs, industrial design efforts, brand identifiers, and even color.
Join us for a discussion on trends and practical tips related to acquiring and enforcing design patents as part of an overall IP protection strategy. Topics will include:
• Drafting design patents with scope and international considerations • Evaluating the scope provided for pioneering designs • Addressing judicially-created functionality doctrine • Protecting for use of colors in designs • Using design patents and its relation to trademark rights • Employing effective design patent enforcement strategies
Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5) was recently signed into law by Governor Newsom. The law codifies Dynamex’s “ABC test” and extends its application beyond wage order claims to the California Labor Code, generally. While the potential impact to companies in the gig economy are making the headlines, the law may impact any company that uses independent contractors. Join attorneys from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner as we discuss:
Background of AB-5
How the law is applied
Who does this cover and who is exempt?
Potential unintended consequences
What is a company to do?
Our presentation will be followed by a reception on the rooftop of the Hotel Erwin.
8:30-9 Registration at the Stadium's Home Plate Club.
9-10 - CLE Session 1 - "Arbitration provisions in contracts: Should you have them in your contracts and if so what should the terms be?" presented by JAMS at the Stadium's Home Plate Club.
10-11 - CLE Session 2 - "How to prepare for and handle litigation matters?" presented by Dentons US LLP at the Stadium's Home Plate Club.
11-Noon - CLE Session 3 - "Insurance basics: How to choose the right coverage for your company and how to handle claims." presented by Sacro & Walker LLP at the Stadium's Home Plate Club.
Noon-1 - Lunch and "Lessons from the Military: Developing Leadership Skills for In-House Counsel." presented by Newmeyer Dillion at Saint Archer Brewing Co. at the Stadium.
From algorithms that vet candidates for employment to developing self-driving cars, US businesses are incorporating AI and machine learning into their operations and products at an astonishing rate. But AIs are only as good as their programming, and human programmers may include their biases – racial, gender-based and others – into them. What are businesses to do?
Learn from our panel of experts about the state of technology in business today; the diversity-based risks companies incorporating AI into their products; and how our society is developing solutions – legal, business and policy-based – to tackle these risks.
Plus, join us in honoring our “Profiles in Diversity” honoree of the year, Kimberly Chainey, the General Counsel of Panasonic Avionics. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres on us!
Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Ian Ballon will reprise his popular "year in review" program focusing on the latest intellectual property, privacy, cyber-security, and online contract formation case law, based on the 2020 updates to his treatise (E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise With Forms 2d Edition (Thomson Reuters West 2008 & 2018 Cum. Supp., www.ianballon.net)). Attendees will receive copies of extensive excerpts from his treatise.
This year, Ian will address:
Data protection and AI - the evolving legal landscape
California's Consumer Privacy Act - the new frontier for litigation and what it may mean for your company
DMCA law: Reconciling divergent Second and Ninth Circuit opinions on scope and red flag awareness
How new anti-SLAPP standards, CDA case and fake news are changing the legal landscape
Antitrust and platform liability in the era of Techlash
Trade secret protection for platforms
The impact of the Music Modernization Act on the DMCA and CDA
CDA law - do the 2018 FOSTA/SESTA amendments to the CDA make any difference for your business (and if so, what you should do about it)?
Important new Terms of Use, Mobile and online contract formation and arbitration law case law
Data privacy and cybersecurity class action suits and new state laws
Trademark infringement suits based on the use of social media hashtags
Speaker: Ian Ballon, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig