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Getting Your Staff to Use Trademarks Properly and Effectively
Once a trademark registration is obtained from the United States (US) Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), it is important to continue to properly use the trademark and provide notice that...Read more
Liz Bui
Vice President and Intellectual Property Counsel, ViaCyte Inc, USA
April Wurster
Patent Attorney, ViaCyte Inc, USA
Gabrielle Holley
Shareholder and Patent Attorney, Holley and Menker, USA
'BYOD' and Big Data - The New Challenges for Data Forensics
The Big Data and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movements have had a major impact in the post-PC era. Big Data has been referred to as 'The next frontier...Read more
Jeanette Fitzgerald
General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, Epsilon, USA
The Secret to Great Enterprise Risk Management? Read Yertle the Turtle.jpg&w=256&q=75)
Most companies now have fairly extensive enterprise risk management programs. Public companies even have to discuss in their disclosure documents how their programs work. But they obviously aren’t working all...Read more
Mark Ohringer
Global General Counsel, Jones Lang LaSalle, USA
Implementing Compliance Programs in a Consensus Culture
Growth of “Mandatory” Compliance Requirements
Since the publication of the US Federal Sentencing Guidelines in 1991, there has been a growing belief that compliance programs for public companies are “mandatory.” ...Read more
David Birk
Managing Director, Black Belt Compliance, LLC, USA
The Sword Vs. The Shield: How to Transform your In-House Legal Department into a Profit Center
The Sword vs. the Shield concept, or philosophy, was presented to me in my first year of law school by my contract law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, in...Read more
Jared Palmer
General Counsel and Director of Security, Afn, Llc, USA
Best Practices in Management of Outside Counsel
The changing dynamic between inside and outside legal counsel has resulted in a dramatic change in the nature of legal practice. Inside legal counsel is subjected to financial and time...Read more
Eugene Defelice
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Barnes & Noble, Inc., USA
Exploring Policy Alternatives to Excluding State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) From Millennium Challenge Corporation Funded Contracts in Africa
Under the Millennium Challenge Act (MCA) the United States government (U.S.) provides eligible countries , with bilateral assistance to fund poverty alleviation programs and developmental projects through the Millennium...Read more
Kingsley Osei
Lead Project Counsel, State University of New York, USA
Dealing with Legal Grey Areas (and Selective Enforcement) in China
China’s laws are increasingly well-developed and in many areas comparable to those of Western countries. But in practice, there remain large gaps between what the laws say and how they...Read more
Brian Belanger
V.P. & Senior Corporate Counsel, Asia Pacific Region, Husqvarna AB Group of Companies, USA
Innovation Starts with Legal: How In House Lawyers can serve a Company beyond a Traditional Legal Role
Have you ever had a project that involved business issues, challenged the status quo and pushed your legal skills to the limit? You are not alone. In fact, there are...Read more
Nishat Ruiter
General Counsel, TED Conferences, USA
Charles Blackburn
VP Managing Assistant GC, CA Technologies, USA
A Test for the 'test' of Distinctiveness - The Saga Continues...
A primary consideration prior to registering a mark for or on behalf of a client is whether it is “distinctive” as opposed to merely “descriptive”. In recent times, examiners in...Read more
Sarah Hinchliffe
Barrister and Solicitor (HCA, Vic), The College of William and Mary, USA