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Mark Grossman Gaming Guru - Page 19If I have a Subpoena Giving Me Access to an Adversary's Computer, Where Do I Look for Hidden Information?24 November 1998
If you know where to look, you can find hidden information throughout a computer system. If you're a lawyer seeking discovery, the computer is where you may just find your smoking gun. The key is to know what to request and where to look.
I'm going to write this column as a "how-to" for lawyers and ... (read more)
Intellectual Property Issues5 November 1998
Intellectual property legal issues can be treacherous for lawyers. In our increasingly digitized world, intellectual property is becoming even more important than it once was.
Who owns the copyright to the software? Who owns the customer list? What about the patent and trademark rights? As companies ... (read more)
Spam - The Bane of the Internet3 November 1998
Spam has to be the most annoying thing about e-mail. I hate it, you hate it, everybody hates it and yet it keeps coming. It's not as if anybody fires up their e-mail program to see what the latest get-rich-quick scam, I mean scheme, is. Still, spam fills our mailboxes. For the uninitiated, "spam" is unsolicited, commercial e-mail. ... (read more)
Source Code Escrow1 October 1998
It's a nightmarish scenario. Let's say that you're the head of Information Technology (IT) for a hotel chain. You pay a software development company $500,000 to create new software for your worldwide reservations service. Then they go bankrupt or for whatever reason refuse to support the software. ... (read more)
Addressing Economic Espionage30 September 1998
When we think of the Wild West, we think of horse theft as a serious crime. Some people now refer to the Internet as the Wild West. In the Information Age, the new serious crime is information theft like stealing trade secrets. Until recently, protecting trade secrets meant relying mostly on a patchwork of ... (read more)
Tricks and Tips of the Trade9 September 1998
Non - Disclosure Loophole
Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreements are a routine part of negotiations and business transactions in the high-tech world. I'm seeing more agreements that have a "residuals clause." Depending on what side of the deal you're on, this could save or sink you. It takes some of the teeth out of these agreements. ... (read more)
Concerns over Internet Investment Fraud26 August 1998
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has jumped into the Internet enforcement fray too. On July 28, the SEC announced the formation of a new and specialized unit to combat securities fraud occurring over the Internet.
According to Richard H. Walker, the SEC's Director of the Division of ... (read more)
Domain Name Disputes26 August 1998
You've decided that it's time for your business to join the party and get on the Web. Knowing nothing about how you do that, you contact an Internet service provider (ISP). They suggest that you register your own domain. So, you pick "yourfavoritename.com" and they handle the registration process for you. ... (read more)
What is Cyber Law?20 July 1998
Whenever I talk to other lawyers, I have had the point driven home that even other lawyers don't really know what a computer and Internet attorney does. Tell another lawyer that you do real estate law and you've made your point. Tell him that you do computer law and the conversation has just begun. It's ... (read more)
So, You're ready for Year 2000...what about the other guy?30 June 1998
So, You're ready for Year 2000...what about the other guy?
Many of you have probably received letters from other companies asking if your computer systems are Year 2000 capable. If you haven't received one, I promise that you'll get one soon.
We're now seeing a flurry of letter writing. Everybody is asking everybody else about their readiness for the Year 2000. ... (read more)
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