Intellectual Property Law

About

Posted on February 27, 2011
TechLawAdvisor.com was founded in August 2002 as an outlet to discuss the vast amounts of intellectual property meets technology mis-information on the internet. Blogger recognized TechLawAdvisor.com as a ‘Blog of Note’ in January 2003 and several other publications have had similar nice things to say...

Service Offerings

Posted on April 29, 2010
Tech Law Advisor is in the process of updating it Services page. In the meantime, I have prepared a PDF of our project offerings for your perusal.

iPad for Lawyers

Posted on April 26, 2010
Been playing with the iPad for a few hours to see how well it will work as a presentation tool – not happy with the comments that I have read in the Keynote app ratings. Have to commend Tablet Legal and Legal iPad on their iPad in the Legal Profession coverage...

Spring Break

Posted on April 12, 2010
Lots of lessons learned during spring break with my kids over the past 2 weeks. Expect new posts soon. One of them was how an amazing story of invention and friendship can move young hearts and inspire young minds: 5 stars for How to Train Your Dragon.

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Email Usage Guidelines

Posted on March 31, 2010
Is it enough to just have a document retention policy or should you have a specific email retention policy as well. Should you also develop email usage guidelines to accompany the ERP or any IT Security Policy that may cover proper use of email systems? Are you an international company? Do you understand the implications [...

Service Offerings

Posted on March 29, 2010
Tech Law Advisor is in the process of updating it Services page and I have prepared a PDF of our projects for your perusal. http://blog.techlawadvisor.com/services/

Community on the title of Doctor

Posted on March 26, 2010
Community is currently my second favorite show on television and I find the writing sharp and witty. Reminds me of my study groups while in Law school actually, which is probably why I like it so much. Anyway, in the law profession there’s a continuing conversation about titles and what you can call yourself, especially [...

Information Security

Posted on March 21, 2010
Most companies know that they need to preserve records and even electronic records including email in the event of a potential claim or issue. However, these same companies fail to consider what other types of electronically stored information may be encompassed within the terms of a litigation hold...

Records Management Best Practices

Posted on March 18, 2010
Just Skimming through a 2010 records management benchmarking report and finding that there has not been much change in the percentage of companies that have taken the initiative to get formal records management policies in place. One of the core solutions that I provide is helping your organization to achieve RM best practices through the implementation [...

Discovery Success

Posted on March 18, 2010
Success in implementing a company wide records retention policy and program is predicated upon the parts working as a whole i.e. achieving buy-in at every level of the organization from the CEO to the employee. Part of the role I play as consultant, is as mediator between IT, Legal and Records Management...

Aviator?s Guide to the Cloud

Posted on March 17, 2010
A colleague of mine presented at the NJ Tech Council Cloud Computing Seminar last month. For those of you who did not brave traveling during the snowstorm, he has kindly posted his Aviator’s Guide to the Cloud [pdf] on his bio page.

Email File Plans

Posted on March 17, 2010
A properly executed Email File Plan can help meet specific organizational goals including: Compliance : Effectively meet general business and legal recordkeeping requirements Litigation Readiness: Ease the Burden on E-Discovery preparedness; enable effective litigation hold and discovery processes Security: Secure email by centralizing storage and maintaining overall access to employee email Operational Efficiency and Employee Productivity: Simplicity, ease of [...

Legal Tech New York

Posted on January 27, 2010
a reminder that non-vendor bloggers are eligible for a free full conference pass to LTNY When you register for an Exhibits Only Pass you can attend LEGALTECH at NO CHARGE!!   www.legaltechshow.com This Complimentary pass provides access to our exhibit floors and entitles you to attend each of the morning keynote presentations, daily SuperSessions, Emerging Technology Sessions, and General [...

2009 E-Discovery Trends

Posted on January 24, 2010
Almost half of the e-discovery opinions concerned sanctions, and sanctions were awarded in 70% of those cases, including 10 cases with terminating sanctions and five cases sanctioning counsel. http://www.gibsondunn.com/Publications/Pages/2009YearEndElectronicDiscoveryUpdate...

Hello 2010

Posted on January 24, 2010
Over the course of the last 5 years since this site has been on hiatus I have worked for organizations that  have had extremely restrictive social media policies. Free of those policies and back on my feet, I am hoping to resume blogging on topics of interest.

iPod Touch + WiFi + Sip + Fring = Mobile Phone

Posted on March 24, 2009
Details to follow

New Online Tools

Posted on March 04, 2009

Google?s OpenEdge Could Dramatically Reduce Google?s Impact on the Internet?s CoreThe Technology Liberation Front

Posted on December 18, 2008
On the Google Public Policy Blog, Richard Whitt?s response to the recent Wall Street Journal article (of now considerable infamy) fails to mention one of the primary benefits of Google?s OpenEdge caching program.  Whitt only mentions the following benefits: By bringing YouTube videos and other content physically closer to end users, site operators can improve page load times for videos and Web pages...

New York to Tax Music and Creativity on the InternetThe Technology Liberation Front

Posted on December 17, 2008
pGov. Paterson unveiled the New York a href="http://publications.budget.state.ny.us/eBudget0910/ExecutiveBudget.html"budget/a yesterday, and among the 137 proposed new and increased taxes is a new tax on digital products.  An a href="http://www.nypost...

Yahoo! Data-Retention Policy vs. The New Justice DepartmentThe Technology Liberation Front

Posted on December 17, 2008
pa href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/12/yahoo_changes_data-retention_p.html?nav=rss_blog"emimg src="http://www.dabbledoo.com/ee/images/uploads/gadgetell/yahoo_logo.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="175"The Washington Post/em reports today/a that Yahoo! has changed its data retention policy to anonymize user behavior information after 3 months, rather than its previous, much lengthier retention window of 13 months...

Google's OpenEdge Could Dramatically Reduce Google's Impact on the Internet's CoreThe Technology Liberation Front

Posted on December 17, 2008
On the Google Public Policy Blog, Richard Whitt?s response to the recent Wall Street Journal article (of now considerable infamy) fails to mention one of the primary benefits of Google?s OpenEdge caching program. Whitt only mentions the following benefits: By bringing YouTube videos and other content physically closer to end users, site operators can improve page load times for videos and Web pages...

New York to Tax Music and Creativity on the InternetThe Technology Liberation Front

Posted on December 17, 2008
Gov. Paterson unveiled the New York budget yesterday, and among the 137 proposed new and increased taxes is a new tax on digital products.  An article in today?s New York Post quotes NetChoice opposing the Governor?s effort to tax music and creativity distributed through the Internet...

Yahoo! Data-Retention Policy vs. The New Justice DepartmentThe Technology Liberation Front

Posted on December 17, 2008
The Washington Post reports today that Yahoo! has changed its data retention policy to anonymize user behavior information after 3 months, rather than its previous, much lengthier retention window of 13 months. This move by Yahoo! is likely in response to both consumer demand for greater privacy protection and pressure from government regulators both in the US and in the EU...

TWiL 19: Getting In Trouble On The Internetsthis WEEK in LAW

Posted on December 16, 2008
Hosts: Denise Howell, Colette Vogele, Ernest Svenson, J. Craig Williams, and Scott Wolfe Obama's BlackBerry issues, blogging vs. advertising, the MySpace suicide case, and more. Talking points: http://delicious.com/thisweekinlaw/19. Audible pick: We Are Smarter Than Me: How to Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business, Unabridged, By Barry Libert and Jon Spector, Narrated by Stow Lovejoy...

What Does Obama's Attorney General Pick Mean For The Adult Movie Industry?The Reverse Cowgirl

Posted on December 11, 2008
In a nutshell, the answer's not clear yet. While the 80's pitted a conservative administration against the adult movie industry in a battle over obscenity, Clinton's liberal reign of the 90's ushered the porn business into a period of unprecedented, explosive growth...

Craigslist Founder: Tech Czar Must 'Crack The Whip'Tech Daily Dose

Posted on December 11, 2008
[Cross-posted from NationalJournal.com's Lost in Transition Blog] Craig Newmark, the founder of classifieds giant craigslist, has some advice for President-elect Barack Obama as he searches for a chief technology officer: Find someone who can foster public-private sector partnerships and "crack the whip" to bring about necessary reforms in tech policy...

Daily FeedPublic Law No: 110-403

Posted on December 10, 2008

MPAA Urges Obama to Embrace Internet FilteringWired: Threat Level

Posted on December 10, 2008
The Motion Picture Association of America is urging the incoming Obama administration to adapt internet filtering technology to block illicit file sharing of motion pictures and television shows. The Hollywood studio lobbying organization, in a position paper posted on Obama's transition website -- change...

Hollywood's Anti-Piracy Priorities For ObamaTech Daily Dose

Posted on December 09, 2008
Increasing efforts to fight illegal movie theater videotaping as well as Internet and optical disc piracy are key points in a one-pager submitted to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team this week by the Motion Picture Association of America...

Copyright Stakeholder Reflects On Obama MeetingTech Daily Dose

Posted on December 09, 2008
The Copyright Alliance's seven-member board of directors met with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team last week to discuss strategies for protecting intellectual property. The alliance is backed by NBC Universal, the Professional Photographers of America, Time Warner, Viacom and other stakeholders in the content community...

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