| Fourth Annual High Technology Law Conference
Licensing in a Network Environment
Sponsored with the Boston Patent Law Association
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, March 10, 2000
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
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Licensing in a Network Environment focuses on the legal, business, and strategic issues in the drafting and negotiation of software licensing agreements. You will gain a clear understanding of how critical terms are negotiated through a mock software licensing negotiation. The mock negotiation will illustrate how experienced lawyers negotiate key terms such as scope, payment options, warranties, disclaimers, proprietary rights, breach, assignment and remedies. You also learn about the latest on the European perspective in licensing software. Topics include a review of key cases and statutory developments such as the recent approval of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) on licensing. Participants receive the latest on licensing in cyberspace, e-commerce developments, online contracts and comprehensive course materials.
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Jeffery Atik
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Suffolk University Law School, Boston |
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Thomas A. Turano
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K & L Gates LLP, Boston, MA |
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David E. Brook
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Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C., Lexington |
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Melinda J. Brown
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VP & Gen. Counsel, Lotus Development Corporation, Cambridge |
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H. Ward Classen
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Assistant General Counsel, Computer Sciences Corporation, Laurel, MD |
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Barry Gaiman
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Patent Agent, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge |
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Mark A. Hofer
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Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Boston |
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Wayne M. Kennard
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Hale and Dorr, LLP, Boston, MA |
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Mary E. Landergan
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Adjunct Professor, Suffolk University Law School, Boston |
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Maggie A. Lange
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Perkins, Smith & Cohen, LLP, Boston |
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Hans Henrik Lidgard
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Lund University Department of Law, Lund, Sweden |
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Professor Stephen M. McJohn
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Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA |
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David M. Mirchin
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VP and Gen. Counsel, SilverPlatter Information, Inc., Norwood |
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Lawrence R. Robins
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Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, Boston |
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David Wolf
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Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, Boston |
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Alexandra Wudyka
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Genetics Institute, Cambridge |
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Cyrus E. Daftary
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Boston, MA |
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Karen Copenhaver, Esq.
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Choate Hall & Stewart LLP |
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Professor Michael L. Rustad, Chair
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Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Professor of Law, Co-Director, Intellectual Property Law Concentration Suffolk University Law School |
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~ Our Featured Luncheon Speaker ~
Hans Henrik Lidgard is acting professor, Civil Law at the University of Lund, Sweden specializing in Innovation Market related problems. He has been a practicing attorney in Advokatfirman Vinge and subsequently worked with legal and strategic matters on a European level within the Pharmacia & UpJohn organization. His legal writing is focused on European competition law and intellectual property rights. Dr. Lidgard also serves as arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings and he is also on the board of high tech development companies.
| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
Welcome & Introductions |
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| 9:10 |
General Licensing Issues |
Basic overview of licenses including identification and description of major terms, preferred approaches and pitfalls to be avoided.
Mark A. Hofer, Esq. Unique Aspects of License Clauses Relating to Biotechnology
Definition of licensed property; Coverage for downstream products; Grant clause; Sublicense rights; Licensed field; Diligence requirements; Royalty base; Milestone payments; Expenses for and control of patent prosecution; Responsibility for enforcement
David E. Brook, Esq.
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| 10:35 |
E-Commerce License Negotiation |
| Demonstration of negotiation for design, development and hosting of web site. Focus on issues of: Content ownership & authorship; Development of new code or modification of code owned by developer; Size of dedicated storage space; Number of dedicated web servers; Support levels, back-up systems and maintenance
H. Ward Classen, Esq., Moderator, Barry Gaiman, Mary E. Landergan, Esq., David Wolf, Esq. and Alexandra Wudyka
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| 12:00 |
Luncheon Address |
Professor Hans Henrik Lidgard
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| 1:30 |
Software Licensing Issues |
| Critical analysis of standard form license agreements; Key negotiating points in developing contracts; Critical terms: nondisclosure agreements; Appropriate warranties for development contracts, mass market contracts, etc.; Software acceptance criteria; Payment options; Breach, cancellation and termination; Recent export controls and international issues; Interaction between patent, copyright and software licensing agreements; Licensing in an online environment; Mass market agreements: webwrap, shrinkwrap, UCITA and its impact on drafting and negotiation of software contracts; Licensing and open source software
Professor Michael L. Rustad, Moderator, Melinda J. Brown, Esq., Wayne M. Kennard, Esq., Professor Stephen M. McJohn & David M. Mirchin, Esq.
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| 3:20 |
Network Licensing Issues |
| Web page access licensing: framing; linking; Web page content licensing: multiple licenses for content; ownership of content; Web page trademark use and domain name issues; Hosting and web design agreements
Thomas A. Turano, Esq., Moderator, Karen Faulds Copenhaver, Esq., Cyrus Daftary, Esq., Maggie A. Lange, Esq. and Lawrence R. Robins, Esq.
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| Date: |
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Friday, March 10, 2000 |
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$199; $181 for attorneys admitted since 1997 and members of the Boston Patent Law Association. Tuition includes course book, continental breakfast & luncheon.
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| Walk-Ins: |
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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| Refunds: |
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Any cancellations received 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15.00 charge. If you cannot attend, you can send a substitute, otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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| Location: |
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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| Credit: |
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Credit Approved for CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT & NY.
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Special
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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