Will We See You in Naples this Weekend?

The Computer and Technology Law and Intellectual Property Committees will meet jointly this Saturday, September 3, from 8:00 – 10:30 a.m. in the Plaza Ballroom during the 21st Annual Labor Day Retreat.

Please download / bring the following meeting materials:

Meeting Agenda

Annual Meeting Minutes, IP

Annual Meeting Minutes, CTLC

CTLC Hot List

Data Security CLE Outline

We do hope you will be there in person, but if you cannot make it, please dial in at:

1-888-376-5050
Participant PIN – 8670236698

Whether you are attending in person or by phone, please download the meeting materials in advance of the call.

Don’t Miss the Naples Meeting!

The IP Committee will meet at 9:30 am this Saturday, September 5th at the Business Law Section Retreat at the Ritz Carlton in Naples over Labor Day Weekend. If you can’t make the meeting, you can dial in as follows:

1-888-376-5050
Participant PIN – 3685320102

We do hope you will be there in person. Whether you are attending in person or by phone, please download the meeting materials in advance of the call:

Agenda for September 5, 2015 Meeting [.pdf]
Minutes from June 25, 2015 Meeting [.pdf]
House Bill 55 “An Act Relating to Trade Secrets”[.pdf]
House Bill 57 “An Act Relating to Public Records and Meetings” [.pdf]

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Upcoming Discussion at Naples Retreat

The following contribution is from committee member Robert Kain.  We will be discussing this at the upcoming committee meeting in Naples where input from the membership will be sought:

Ladies and Gentlemen:  There is a serious split in the Circuit Court decisions about the application of the CFAA and the meaning of “exceeds authorized access.”  With respect to employee-hackers, what is legal in Calif. And Virginia, is not legal in Miami and Dallas per a group of circuit court decisions.  The attached “Committee Draft Version” article seeks the Committee’s input on whether or not the CFAA should be amended.  Also, I seek critical comments on the document.

Please feel free to leave your comments here if you will not be able to make it to Naples.

Next IP Committee Meeting will be Sept. 1 at Naples Retreat

The next meeting of the IP Committee will take place at the Business Law Section retreat in Naples on Saturday, September 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Click here for the complete retreat schedule.

Our meeting will include a 55 minute CLE presentation by Carly Johnson and Daniel Benavides on Hot Intellectual Property Issues in Bankruptcy. We will have just over one hour for the business portion of the meeting.  Our agenda will include the IP Symposium, the Trademark Taskforce’s outreach to the Florida Department of State, and a report from the joint IP/Computer Law subcommittee on the proposed revisions to 542.355. If there are any other important items that members feel should be added to the agenda, please contact the Committee Chair, Leora Herrmann, at [email protected].  Click here to download the minutes from the IP Committee’s June 21, 2012 meeting.