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The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court in a Nutshell Image

The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court in a Nutshell

Stanislas Roux-Vaillard

On Dec. 11, 2012, European Union Ministers in charge of competitiveness issues endorsed a legal package to create a Unitary Patent, which provides uniform legal protection in 25 European countries. On the same day, the Members of the European Parliament approved the European Union patent package including a Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court.

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Factors in Assessing Statutory Damages for Digital Copyright Infringement Image

Factors in Assessing Statutory Damages for Digital Copyright Infringement

Stan Soocher

A recent federal district court award of $6.6 million in statutory damages to music publishers for the unlicensed use of song lyrics by the website LiveUniverse and its operator was hailed as the first of its type for owners of song lyrics, and thus a significant milestone for content owners in the digital era.

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Guide to Privacy Law Compliance

Lothar Determann

When you set out to design and implement a data privacy compliance program for an e-commerce company or other organization, you face a number of threshold decisions and preparatory tasks, including putting a person or team in charge of data privacy law compliance.

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FTC Updates COPPA

Catherine Dunn

The FTC has made revisions that update the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) for the era of mobile technology, social media and online data collection ' creating new liability for the operators of websites and services that are directed to children under the age of 13.

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Video Privacy Law and Online Services

Richard Raysman & Peter Brown

The Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), passed by Congress in 1988, has reemerged as consumer video rentals have migrated from brick-and-mortar video stores to online subscription services, or sites that allow digital streaming of TV shows and movies over the Internet.

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Open-Source Risk Management Tools

Diana Marina Cooper

This article discusses various risk management tools that in-house counsel can rely on to perform effective open-source due diligence in software acquisitions.

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The Murky World of Online Privacy

David J. Shaw

This article examines the compliance issues raised by California's Online Privacy Protection Act, and the FTC's recent changes to the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and what companies must do to ensure they are not in violation.

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Allen & Allen Leverages Aderant Integrated Case and Financial Management Image

Allen & Allen Leverages Aderant Integrated Case and Financial Management

Tracy Puritz

The primary reason we chose Aderant Total Office was because of integration and that very few of the vendors the firm considered could provide both case and financial management software.

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Five Social Media Platforms from Which Any Law Firm Can Benefit

Roe Frazer

Leveraging social media is the least expensive way to expand your business and brand your name. Business to consumer (B-to-C) companies long ago embraced the social Web as a way to connect with existing customers and attract new customers. These same methods and available outlets will work for law firms, too. And, you don't have to spend a lot of money with an outside ad agency or marketing firm to get the results you want.

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From Banker Box to Jury Box: How to Get Your Exhibits Ready for Trial Presentation Image

From Banker Box to Jury Box: How to Get Your Exhibits Ready for Trial Presentation

Michael Skrzypek

Back in the analog days, a parade of lawyers and paralegals would march into the courtroom right before a trial started, carrying dozens of bankers' boxes filled with documents and other evidence. Now, a trial presentation technician walks into the courtroom carrying just a laptop, but one loaded with a trial exhibit database that contains the equivalent of hundreds of bankers' boxes of material.

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