Science, Computers & Technology, Privacy, Intellectual Property

Trade Secret “Watch List”: Bill Would Establish Monitoring List Of Countries Engaging In Cybertheft, And Make U.S. Intelligence...

by Robert Isackson | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/10/2013

Here’s another sign of the rising urgency of trade secret theft as a national security issue: the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee wants the head of the nation’s intelligence bureaucracy to track countries that...more

The Real Lesson of Chinese Cyberhacking

by Michael Spillner | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/1/2013

There’s been a lot of news lately about the Chinese military allegedly launching cyber attacks to steal U.S. trade secrets. This has gotten people riled up, including the President of the United States, who issued a 5-point...more

FTC Offers FAQ Guide for Revised COPPA Rule

by Balough Law Offices, LLC on 4/29/2013

A 92-question and answer guide is available from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to help businesses and parents understand the new rule for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which go into effect July 1,...more

Information Security Implications for Business Agreements

by Robert Parr, Armand Zottola | Venable LLP on 4/18/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order (“Order”) that outlined a voluntary cybersecurity framework (“Framework”) designed to help protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, which is generally...more

IP/IT & Media Newsletter - Issue 1/2013

by Daja Apetz-Dreier, Thomas Fischl, Alexander Klett, Stephan Rippert, Kathrin Schlüter, Philipp Süss, Katharina Weimer | Reed Smith on 3/25/2013

In this issue: - Cookies, Clouds and Other Challenges – Retrospect and Prospect in Data Protection - Employee Data Protection – What’s Down the Road? - German Federal Supreme Court Decides Another...more

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part One) [Video]

by Robert Brownstone | Fenwick & West LLP on 3/19/2013

With data security breaches dominating the headlines and a rising number of employees taking advantage of BYOD, or bring your own device to work policies, businesses have found themselves vulnerable to targets by hackers,...more

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part Two) [Video]

by Fenwick & West LLP on 3/10/2013

?Are you looking to guard your company's “secret sauce?” Fenwick’s Robert Brownstone says companies should safeguard their data by limiting the number of employees with access to certain confidential information. Following up...more

Administration Launches Strategy on Mitigating Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets

by Lauren Papenhausen | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/1/2013

The strategy announced on February 20, 2013, should serve as both a wake-up call from the government and an offer of assistance. Given the losses that can arise from competitors’ purposeful theft of trade secrets, entities...more

Buying Competitor's Names As Keywords Does Not Violate Wisconsin's Privacy Law

by Balough Law Offices, LLC on 2/28/2013

A personal injury law firm can buy search terms using the names of a competing law firm’s partners without violating Wisconsin’s privacy laws because the use of the names is “non-visible,” an appellate court found. The...more

Obama Administration Trade Secret Report Raises Important IP, Business, and Securities Issues

by Matthew P. Allen, Kathleen Koppenhoefer, Michael Simoni | Miller Canfield on 2/28/2013

The Obama Administration’s recent “Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets” makes clear the importance for businesses to be aware of and understand the international threats to their intellectual property, the...more

News From Our Own Vermont Backyard: Proposed Legislation On Password Privacy And Ownership Of Inventions

by Matthew Borick | Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/25/2013

Last month the Vermont Legislature kicked off its 2013-2014 Legislative Session, and already a couple of bills have our attention here at the IP Stone....more

The Storm Has Arrived: Cybersecurity, Risks And Response

by Michael Volkov on 2/25/2013

Every day the headlines report another Fortune 500 company suffering a hacking incident. For companies, the hack itself creates substantial risks of economic devastation caused by the theft of valuable trade secrets. Add to...more

Cybersecurity: The Next Big Wave in Securities Litigation?

by King & Spalding on 2/24/2013

News broke this week about significant cybersecurity breaches at many U.S. corporations that raises the possibility of a new wave of SEC enforcement actions, class actions, and derivative lawsuits. A front page New York Times...more

FTC Says HTC Mobile Devices Have Serious Security Flaws

by Balough Law Offices, LLC on 2/23/2013

Mobile devices made by HTC America, Inc. contain serious security flaws, which allow the phones to send their own text messages, send personally identifiable information to third parties, and even activate the microphone to...more

APT Threat Report Shows Cybersecurity Risks Not Limited to Identity Theft

by Craig Hoffman | BakerHostetler on 2/22/2013

We often talk to companies who believe they are an unlikely target for hackers because they do not have financial account information, Social Security numbers, or medical information. However, personal information is not the...more

White House Issues Strategy Warning Of Dangers To U.S. Companies From Hackers

by Pedro Pavon | Carlton Fields on 2/22/2013

The White House warned yesterday that hackers and “hacktivist” groups have the intent and capability to target U.S. companies and steal confidential data. A new executive strategy explains that the threat of corporate...more

Around the Virtual World - February 4-15, 2013

by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 2/18/2013

A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. In This Issue: - Path Inc. to Settle Charges Over Collecting Kids' Data - Feds Urge App Makers, Mobile Operating...more

Recent Cases Address Employer Efforts to Protect Confidential Information

by Cherie Blackburn | Nexsen Pruet, PLLC on 2/15/2013

Originally published in SC Bar's Employment and Labor Law Newsletter: Winter 2013 on February 15, 2013 In recent months, both the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over federal cases in North and...more

FTC Urges Mobile Apps to Disclose to Consumers What Data Apps Collect

by Balough Law Offices, LLC on 2/3/2013

Mobile apps should disclose in easy-to-understand language what data they collect and how the data is used, and they should consider a do-not-track mechanism, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommended in a staff report...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

by Amanda Bakale, Tiffany Cheung, Jacob Michael Kaufman, J. Alexander Lawrence, Christine E. Lyon, Julie O'Neill, Matthew R Galeotti, Jesse Soslow | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 2/1/2013

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we explore the challenges that arise when employers and employees battle over work-related social media accounts; we...more

Geolocational Privacy Law Evolved Slowly in 2012

by Balough Law Offices, LLC on 1/30/2013

The law of geolocational privacy continued to evolve in 2012 even though the Supreme Court sidestepped the issue in a potential landmark case. Despite the lack of clarity from the Supreme Court, there will be more...more

Do Laws Address Cyber-Threats to Today's Computerized Cars?

by Balough Law Offices, LLC on 1/27/2013

Today’s cars are computers on wheels, open to hackers who can infect cars with malware and take control of a car’s speed, braking, and other vital systems. Whether today’s laws are applicable to these cyber-threats was the...more

Congress Fixes Loophole in the Economic Espionage Act (EEA)

by DeVore & DeMarco LLP on 1/24/2013

On December 28, 2012, President Obama signed the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012 (“the Act”) into law. The Act makes clear that the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) applies to trade secrets related to products...more

Telecommunications in the 113th Congress

by David Leiter, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Rachel Sanford | Mintz Levin - Communications on 1/16/2013

The 112th Congress saw a lot of activity focused on new and changing technologies, but few legislative breakthroughs. Early in the year, there was significant activity around intellectual property and online piracy issues,...more

Jurisdiction for an International Computer Fraud Lawsuit?

by Shawn Tuma on 1/12/2013

The proper jurisdiction for suing someone for engaging in computer fraud from a foreign country, directed at a company in the United States, is the place where the wrongfully accessed computer server is located if the...more

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Science, Computers & Technology › Privacy › Intellectual Property

Trade Secret “Watch List”: Bill Would Establish Monitoring List Of Countries Engaging In Cybertheft, And Make U.S. Intelligence...

The Real Lesson of Chinese Cyberhacking

FTC Offers FAQ Guide for Revised COPPA Rule

Information Security Implications for Business Agreements

IP/IT & Media Newsletter - Issue 1/2013

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part One) [Video]

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part Two) [Video]

Administration Launches Strategy on Mitigating Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets

Buying Competitor's Names As Keywords Does Not Violate Wisconsin's Privacy Law

Obama Administration Trade Secret Report Raises Important IP, Business, and Securities Issues

News From Our Own Vermont Backyard: Proposed Legislation On Password Privacy And Ownership Of Inventions

The Storm Has Arrived: Cybersecurity, Risks And Response

Cybersecurity: The Next Big Wave in Securities Litigation?

FTC Says HTC Mobile Devices Have Serious Security Flaws

APT Threat Report Shows Cybersecurity Risks Not Limited to Identity Theft

White House Issues Strategy Warning Of Dangers To U.S. Companies From Hackers

Around the Virtual World - February 4-15, 2013

Recent Cases Address Employer Efforts to Protect Confidential Information

FTC Urges Mobile Apps to Disclose to Consumers What Data Apps Collect

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

Geolocational Privacy Law Evolved Slowly in 2012

Do Laws Address Cyber-Threats to Today's Computerized Cars?

Congress Fixes Loophole in the Economic Espionage Act (EEA)

Telecommunications in the 113th Congress

Jurisdiction for an International Computer Fraud Lawsuit?

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part One) [Video]

Safeguards against Data Security Breaches (Part Two) [Video]

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