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Computer & High Tech Symposium Brochure
Computer & High Tech Symposium Brochure
Schedule
Registration 8:30 a.m.
Panel One: The Evolution of Media Licensing 9:15 a.m. TJ Angioletti, Karen Kramer, John Park, Riley Russell. Moderator: Allen Hammond
Panel Two: Transforming Lives with Tech 10:15 a.m. Gina McCauley, Michael McGeary, Elizabeth Sweeny, Steve Wright. Moderator: Marina Hsieh
Break
Panel Three: Picking on Privacy 11:20 a.m. Chris Conley, Jennifer M. Urban, Yana Welinder, Raffaele Zallone. Moderator: Dorothy Glancy
Panel Four: The Mobile Patent Wars 1:20 p.m. Giovanna Barreiro, Thomas Cotter, Darren Donnelly, Tim Sparapani. Moderator: James Yoon
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Panel Topics
The Mobile Patent Wars
In 2012, the court system saw an influx in patent litigation related to mobile devices: from potentially anticompetitive standard-essential patent infringement claims, to design patents taking center stage in the litigation arena as consumer choices become more design and ergonomically focused. And as litigation ensues, companies are continuing the mobile patent arms race by acquiring patent portfolios at high price tags for future enforcement purposes. In light of acquisition and litigation, the biggest question that still remains is how these companies will show and calculate damages in order to recover a monetary award from the court.
Karen Kramer
Karen M. Kramer has been practicing law for 17 years in the media and technology sectors. Her career has focused on the needs of startups and established businesses bringing information, entertainment, advertising, news, video, and other content to consumers or businesses. Most recently, as founding attorney at Zing Legal, she provides in-house style advice to media and technology companies on a variety of media, content, and mobile issues. Her clients include TiVo Inc., Yahoo (mobile), and Nest (Internet controlled smart thermostat). She has served legal, executive roles at The Washington Post and TiVo Inc. While in in private practice at Baker & Hostetler, she worked with numerous Internet, startup, and media companies while serving as co-chair of the intellectual property group and a member of the firm's premiere First Amendment team. She graduated from Stanford Law School with Distinction.
John Park
Mr. Park's practice at Morgan Lewis focuses on corporate and securities laws, including private placements (including both debt and equity offerings), public securities offerings, recapitalizations and mergers and acquisitions. He also advises clients on inbound, outbound, and cross-border business transactions in the United States and Asia, with a particular emphasis on strategic investments, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions for major international investors and European, American and multinational companies. He has structured, negotiated, drafted, and implemented a wide range of international and U.S. business transactions, drawing upon his dealings with business formation, intellectual property protection, technology licensing, and environmental, corporate governance, executive compensation, labor and employment, and international tax law. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Park was with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in Palo Alto. Mr. Park received his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1997. He earned his M.P.P. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1993, and his B.A. from Williams College in 1991.
Riley Russell
Russell brings more than 14 years of direct experience working in the games and interactive entertainment industry. As head of third party relations and developer support, Russell is responsible for cultivating relationships and maintaining and growing content alliances with developers and publishers, as well as managing licensee relations and overall strategic product planning in support of all PlayStation platforms in North America, including the upcoming, much-anticipated PlayStation3 (PS3). Prior to joining the company, Russell held the positions of corporate counselor and director of business affairs for Sega of America. His diverse career experience also includes: videogames, television and theatrical production, patent and copyright litigation, technical asset licensing, and trial law. Russell received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, his master's degree in economics from the University of California at Davis and his juris doctorate from the University of Santa Clara in California.
Michael McGeary
Michael McGeary is the co-founder and Chief Political Strategist of Engine Advocacy, a working group of people in the entrepreneurial sector, based in San Francisco, working to connect those leaders with government to effect change on issues important to high-growth entrepreneurial technology businesses. Michael also serves as a Strategist with Hattery Labs, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture fund and creative consultancy, working on high-level social and brand strategy. Previously, he worked with Silicon Valley startup TuneIn as their social brand ambassador, as well as stints with two Presidential campaigns, and work with a leading California law firm specializing in political compliance and disclosure. A Gloucester, Massachusetts native, he holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Tufts University, and resides with his wife, Sarah, in San Francisco.
Elizabeth Sweeny
Elizabeth Sweeny is a Bay Area native, and a recent Santa Clara University graduate. Elizabeth majored in business management, with a minor in political science that emphasized Middle Eastern foreign policy. As both a student and a professional, Elizabeths passions have led her to focus on sustainability and social improvement causes. Working with Silicon Valley environmental non-profits, a green technology mechanical engineering startup firm, and volunteering with pediatric hospital patients have all strengthened her intense desire to delve into broad projects that yield significant social benefit. Now working as Program Manager of the Frugal Innovation Lab with the School of Engineering, Elizabeth is responsible for ensuring the technologies and solutions being developed in the lab are appropriate, accessible, and affordable for emerging marketplaces.
Steve Wright
Steve Wright has worked over 15 years at the intersection of technology and education. At Grameen Foundation, Steve directs the Social Performance Management Center, which provides tools and resources on social performance specifically the Progress Out of Poverty Index (PPI). Before joining Grameen Foundation in August 2010, Steve was a high school teacher and administrator for ten years, followed by ten years as the Director of Innovation and Technology at Salesforce.com Foundation. His foundation work with social investors and social enterprises established him as a thought leader in the social metrics space. Steve is a contributing author of the practical handbook Nonprofit Management 101, and is a frequent speaker and blogger on social enterprise, social investment, and social sector governance.
Picking on Privacy
Chris Conley, Esq.
Chris Conley is the Technology and Civil Liberties Fellow at the ACLU of Northern California, where his work focuses on the intersection of privacy, free speech, and emerging technology. As a lawyer and technologist, he has worked extensively on the connection between consumer products and individual rights, particularly concerns about third party "apps" that have access to social network or mobile device data without adequate controls or transparency. He has presented on technology and civil liberties issues before the Federal Trade Commission and at various conferences including SXSW Interactive and DEF CON, and has developed his own Facebook and mobile apps giving users greater transparency into the types and amount of personal data these apps can access. Prior to joining the ACLU, Chris was a Fellow with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where his research explored international Internet surveillance. He has previously worked as a software engineer and data architect for various corporations and non-profits. Chris holds a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Michigan, a S.M. in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Raffaele Zallone
Raffaele Zallone is the founding and managing partner of Studio Legale Zallone, a highly specialized firm in the IT business based in Milano. Mr. Zallone is professor of IT Law at the Bocconi University in Milano and Chairman of the ITC Committee of the European Lawyers Association (UAE). He is the author of several books on IT contracts, privacy, and Internet law. Mr. Zallone and his firm focus on intellectual property issues, e-commerce, and data privacy matters. He also was a member of the panel group of the Italian Federation of Employers (Confindustria) who contributed to the early proposals for Data Protection Law in Italy. Mr. Zallone advises clients on the implications of data protection in the workplace.
Darren Donnelly
Mr. Donnelly is a partner at Fenwick and West LLP. His practice focuses on patent and other intellectual property litigation and counseling with emphasis in data management, technical computing, telecommunications, and Internet technologies. In addition to preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the U.S. and abroad, Mr. Donnelly has counseled companies on patent portfolio development and management, patent licensing strategies and patent enforcement strategies. Mr. Donnelly served as trial counsel for Informatica in Informatica Corp. v. Business Objects, winning a $25 million jury award in its patent suit against Business Objects. Mr. Donnelly also represented Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI) in Cryptography Research v. VISA, a watershed case where CRI asserted eight fundamental patents covering differential power analysis countermeasure against Visa International. Mr. Donnelly represented Netflix in Lycos v. Netflix et al. where, after transferring the case from a rocket docket to a more favorable venue, he convinced the court to stage the case to allow accelerated and ultimately successful summary judgment of non-infringement with minimal discovery. Mr. Donnelly has subsequently represented Netflix in other several other matters all to favorable resolution.
Tim Sparapani
Tim is an expert in privacy, technology and constitutional law and was most recently the first Director of Public Policy at Facebook. Tim was responsible for developing and implementing the companys interaction with the federal, state, local and international governments and with policy makers. He managed these roles as the company grew from 150 million to more than 800 million users and from 400 employees to more than 3,000. Prior to joining Facebook, Tim was senior legislative counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, where he helped advance the constitutional principle of the right to privacy, representing the ACLU before Congress, the Executive Branch and before the media. Tim also served as an associate at the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro where he helped clients navigate interconnecting constitutional, statutory, political and policy challenges. Tim holds a B.A. with honors from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the law school at the University of Michigan.
2013 Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal
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