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International Comparative Legal Guide to Technology Sourcing 2024

By Global Legal Group

This resource provides jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to technology sourcing laws and regulations around the world.

This guide covers issues relating to procurement processes, dispute resolution procedures, intellectual property rights, data protection and employment law.

Articles

A Corporate Counsel Guide to Post-Grant Proceedings at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)

By Justin L. Krieger, Managing Partner, Denver Office, John C. Alemanni, Mr. Morlock, and David Reed, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

In this ACC Guide, an overview of recent developments in post-grant proceedings before the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board are explained. With relatively new administrative proceedings developed for challenging competitor grants, in-house counsel will need to familiarize themselves with this knowledge to prepare for hearings.

Articles

Executing Your Records Retention Policy and Schedule

By Contoural, Inc.

Learn strategies for in-house counsel and the legal department to plan and support the effective implementation of a records retention policy and schedule for the business. This in-depth guide presents key challenges regarding the execution of a records retention schedule, a comparison of different methods, strategies to get started, and tips on employee behavior change management and training, legacy paper and electronic disposition, addressing offsite records, and upgrading a records program to information governance.

Program Materials

It's a Copyright, It's a Trade Secret, It's a Patent: Protections That Can Be Used to Cover Your Products and Services

By Audra Dial, Thomas Feix, Margo Lynn Hablutzel, Joseph Mangan

This presentation will cover recent cases and give in-house counsel practical tips for deciding which scheme of protection to use regarding subject matter eligibility for patents, copyrights and trade secrets. Cases will include recent US Supreme Court decisions on patent- eligible subject matter and the Federal Circuit case deciding scope of copyrightability in Oracle v. Google, among others.

Advocacy Filings

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner

By Joshua L. Dratel - Law Offices of Joshua L. Dratel, P.C.; Robert N. Weiner - Arnold & Porter LLP; Eric L. Dobberteen - Arnold & Porter LLP; Christopher S. Rhee - Arnold & Porter LLP; G. Warren Bleeker - Arnold & Porter LLP; Melanie Hanson Sartoris - Arnold & Porter LLP; and Courtney Stuart-Alban - Arnold & Porter LLP

This brief focuses on issues that create additional personal liabilities for in-house counsel and defense counsel in general; the zealous representation, level of communication and overall relationship
of in-house counsel and their clients; and Document retention policies and the resulting liabilities for those who administer them.

Articles

The Acid Test for Your Compliance Program

By Joseph C. Hutchison

A strong and effective compliance program can be crucial to persuading the prosecutor that your company does not deserve prosecution. If your program is like most programs, the prosecutor is likely to treat it skeptically. Most compliance programs are designed to help prevent an attack, not to help defend the company when authorities raid the company. This article will show you how to strengthen your compliance program against that day.