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CMO Series EP100 - Celebrating 100 episodes and exploring the future of professional services marketing
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 10
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JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Enhancing Trade Secret Protection in Remote Work Environments
Investigative Power: Utilizing Self Service Solutions for Internal Investigations?
Podcast: Unpacking FDA's Final Clinical Decision Support Guidance - Diagnosing Health Care
Software Escrow: An enterprise resiliency tool every legal department should have in their toolbox (with Don Dennis Jr.)
ASG LegalTech CEO Soumya Nettimi Talks Covid, Racial Injustice and The Future of Legal Payments: On Record PR
E8: Interview with Cookiebot CEO on Technical Solutions to GDPR Readiness
New Revenue Recognition Standard-Part III, Shaking Up the Software Industry?
Unfair and Unbalanced-Episode 19
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 286-Use of Technology in Supply Chain Risk Management
Compiling Successful IP Solutions for Software Developers
Drafting Software Patents In A Post-Alice World
Polsinelli Podcasts - Hear How the SCOTUS Ruling May Impact Patent-Eligible Subject Matter for Software
IP|Trend: New Era in Protection of Software by Intellectual Property Law?
What are the Implications of Alice v. CLS?
What Does the Supreme Court Ruling in Alice v. CLS Mean to a Software Entrepreneur?
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 11 with Eddie Cogan
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Melissa Duffy and Trevor Coval contributed their thought leadership to the American Conference Institute’s 14th Annual Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Export Controls Conference, held in San Francisco on May 14-16. Melissa...more
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Startups face unique challenges that can impact their success and sustainability. Obstacles such as financial constraints (inadequate funding or limited cash flow) and resource constraints often result in small teams having...more
In any merger or acquisition, the due diligence stage is one of the most critical steps. It allows the acquiring company to identify dealbreakers, assess risks, make informed decisions, negotiate effectively, ensure...more
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With roughly 12,000 names now associated with the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN”), layered sanctions on activities with Russia, and growing sanctions on China activities, U.S. sanctions have...more
We have already seen one MASS SOFTWARE PIRACY case filed this year by Siemens, and now on the heels of that lawsuit (also filed in Texas) there is another lawsuit filed by Ansys, Inc. filed by the Law Offices of John F. Lumen...more
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When participating in an M&A process involving a video game company, whether you are on the sell-side or the buy-side, there are certain key terms that are included in industry standard commercial agreements that the parties...more
The number of different open source licenses is growing and the variation in their terms and complexity is increasing. A number of licenses that appear to be, or are commonly referred to as “open source” do not actually meet...more
Are you about to sign a service agreement with a third-party service provider under which it will access and use technology of your company? Have you checked your applicable third-party contracts to see if you need any...more
As we have previously blogged, use of third-party digital hiring platforms to select job applicants using video interviews can present an array of potential legal issues. A recent Complaint filed with the Federal Trade...more
One of the hardest areas of M&A due diligence is the target company’s technology. The buyer has to understand the current “technology stack” of the target, which can include a wide range of technologies including hardware,...more
USPTO Issues CBD Trademark Guidelines in Light of the 2018 Farm Bill: Key Takeaways - On May 2, 2019, the USPTO released its new guidelines on how it will examine federal trademark applications for CBD products in light of...more
Two months ago, I participated in a fascinating panel at Dorsey’s 30th Annual Corporate Counsel Symposium in Minneapolis, entitled “The Times, They Are A-Changin’: AI Goes to Court.” We examined how artificial intelligence...more