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Preserving Patent Rights to Company Technology
In the United States, patents are issued to the inventors and control of the prosecution of patent applications is presumed to be with the inventors. However, ownership of those patents...Read more
Michael Ram
Senior Counsel, Koppel, Patrick, Heybl & Philpott, USA
Brian Fitzpatrick
Associate, Koppel, Patrick, Heybl & Philpott, USA
MNCs and the GC - Why it Really Means 'Global Counsel'
In this article, the term GC, traditionally used to refer to General Counsel or the lead legal counsel for a corporation, will be substituted for the more appropriate world-wide sobriquet...Read more
Mark Van De Voorde
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, Victaulic, USA
Misunderstanding of Confucianism as an Obstacle to Copyright Enforcement in China
Copyright in international scope is deemed to be closely related to specific local culture. Echoed with this theory, many people also begin to analysis the current piracy problem in China...Read more
Xiaolu (Lulu) Choi
Assistant Corporate Counsel, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., USA
Career Transitions: From Law Firm to In-House and, Possibly, Back Again
Many law firm lawyers hope, at some point in their legal careers, to move in-house with a corporate law department. Often they seek to eliminate the pressure to develop business,...Read more
Valerie Fontaine
Partner, Seltzer Fontaine Beckwith, USA
Collaborative Privacy and Security Programs and the Symbiosis They Can Create
The value of business and human information has increased exponentially, and those who steal and defraud have become more creative and savvy. In our electronic world, machines conduct transactions without...Read more
Marilyn Hanzal
Associate General Counsel, The University of Chicago Medical Center, USA
A Case for Legal Due Diligence in Humanitarian Engagements
Many developing countries have “aspirational” laws, either carry-overs from years of European colonial rule or modeled after European laws (for example, British common law in Anglophone Africa). Rather than having...Read more
Jeffrey Erickson
Clinical Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Keys to the Successful Acquisition of a Foreign Company
Your CEO comes to you and says the company is considering acquiring a company in Europe. What do you do? First of all, you need to determine why your...Read more
Ronald Prague
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Synchronoss Technologies Inc., USA
Data Analytics: The Future of Legal
During the 2002 season of Major League Baseball (MLB), the Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees both won an astounding 103 games, a feat only topped three times by any...Read more
Jeremiah Chan
Legal Director, Google Inc., USA
eDiscovery for In House Counsel
eDiscovery is on the rise. In 2015, we’ve seen an uptick in data breaches and cybersecurity threats. With the Internet of Things and the information flooding in the cloud and...Read more
Joseph Bambara
Attorney at Law, WithersworldWide/UCNY, USA
Experience: A Patent Infringement Litigation in China
The intellectual property rights (IPR) protection of China has become a worldwide hot topic. China, as a manufacturing giant, will inevitably become a country with a large number of intellectual...Read more
Jeffrey Thurnau
Assistant General Counsel for IP, Gates Corporation, USA