- Patent is Important, but Copyright is ‘Easy’ In the technology and creative sectors, copyright is king. Whoever owns the copyright owns the software, the website, the film the music, the image.
- Why Software Piracy Persists in Latin America In 1989 when I was an in-house lawyer at a Business Software Alliance member company (Ashton-Tate), and BSA director, I spearheaded the establishment of more than 20 antipiracy programs for the BSA in Latin America and the Pacific Rim.
- Data Breach Notification: “Uh oh! The personal data in our database has been hacked” There is so much in the news about cyber-security. Much of the focus is on cyber war as a new and inevitable weapon, Stuxnet and the vulnerability of our national infrastructure.
- Demystifying the Nondisclosure Agreement One of the shortest and simplest legal agreements is the nondisclosure agreement, sometimes called “confidentiality agreement.”
- Understanding Copyright ‘Fair Use’ “Fair use” of copyrighted works is one of the least understood concepts in American jurisprudence.