Intellectual Property

Just like most software assets contain open source, modern software applications commonly link to external web services via APIs. By using web services, developers may be inadvertently signing their companies up to terms of service or using a web service without a suitable agreement. And using these services can expose a company to security, data privacy, and operational risks that could disrupt or severely affect the business. As part of the tech M&A due diligence process, you should be aware of these web services-related risks so that you can make informed decisions about deal valuation and remediation.

Join Tony Decicco, shareholder at GTC Law Group and Affiliates, and Phil Odence, GM of Black Duck Audits, as they discuss the types of risk associated with web services and how they can affect an M&A transaction. They’ll cover:

• Typical terms of service and common pitfalls
• The legal compliance, data privacy, security, and business risks that come with web services
• Real-world examples of these risks
• How a buyer can get a better understanding of these risks in a target’s codebase or a seller can prepare for diligence to avoid risks in this area

Don’t miss this informative webinar. Register today.

As we move toward the halfway point in the year, it might be a good time to evaluate the effectiveness of your organization’s security posture. According to CyberEdge’s 2019 Cyberthreat Defense Report, 78% of enterprises were victimized by a successful cyberattack last year. Is your organization next?

CyberEdge surveyed 1,200 IT security professionals from 17 countries and 19 industries and learned:

-56% of organizations were compromised by ransomware
-45% of ransomware victims paid the ransom
-13% of a typical IT budget is spent on security
-84% of organizations are experiencing an IT security skills shortage
-Malware, ransomware, and spear-phishing cause the most headaches

Join LookingGlass’ SVP of Delivery & Support, James Carnall, and CyberEdge’s Co-founder & CEO, Steve Piper, as they review insights from CyberEdge’s sixth-annual research study. They’ll also provide answers to important questions, such as:

-What are the weakest links in current security postures?
-What’s standing in the way of IT security professionals?
-What are the hottest security technologies for 2019?

All webinar registrants will receive a complimentary copy of CyberEdge’s 2019 Cyberthreat Defense Report. Register now!

What is the best approach for blockchain entrepreneurs to protect their ideas? During this webinar, Dvorah Graeser of KISSPatent will provide a step-by-step process on how to get IP protection for your blockchain idea, even if you are on a budget. It will cover:

- How blockchain along with AI will shape our near future
- The blockchain patenting race
- Why new ideas need IP protection to win the blockchain patent race
- How patenting blockchain is different than other technologies and why you cannot patent every blockchain idea
- Options for idea protection beyond patents that can help blockchain entrepreneurs

This is the first in our Academy by PatSnap Live series. Academy by PatSnap provides free on-demand courses on intellectual property. Find out more: https://academy.patsnap.com/

Join Olivares and Managing IP for a complimentary webinar on May 14th at 4pm GMT/11am EST as we review the interplay between Cannabis and IP in Mexico.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Regulation of the use of Cannabis in Mexico.
• Current legal framework.
• Intellectual Property & Cannabis.
• International trade law issues.
• Cannabis business in Mexico from the corporate perspective.
• Steps and predicted developments on the legal framework of Cannabis in Mexico.

A short video to explain the benefits Re:Call can bring to your organisation.

In this webinar, we'll discuss the best approaches to IP portfolio management, hearing from industry on what they consider best practice and looking at potential solutions to help you manage your portfolio effectively.

As IP rights increase in importance to businesses, so do the threats to them, the costs of maintaining them, and the complexity of making good decisions about how to direct and manage them. This webinar will help you understand what strategies are available, and how to ensure that portfolio management is resource and cost-effective in your organisation.

In over 1,000 codebases audited in 2018, Black Duck Audits found that nearly every one contained open source components. Not only that, but a significant percentage of “proprietary code” overall was open source. Virtually every company building software now depends on open source, and with great reason. However, left unmanaged, open source can lead to license compliance issues plus security and code quality risks. Whether you’re on the buy side or sell side, these risks could negatively affect valuation in an M&A transaction.

Many acquirers have come to understand all this in concept; the Black Duck audit services group has the data. Join us for this webinar as we answer questions about the code of tech companies being acquired today. We’ll cover:

• Open source license and security risks by the numbers
• Why audits have become the norm in M&A tech due diligence
• How you can get a complete picture of open source risks

Don’t miss this informational webinar – register today.

Participate in this live online discussion with our esteemed panel of experts as they discuss the importance of information governance in the current business landscape. Talking points will include an overview of the current state, the use of governance plans and procedures, driving forces behind the need for protocols, and the impact of data privacy and cybersecurity on data governance practices. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions before and during this interactive program.

Topics to be addressed include:
•Defining information governance and why it matters
•Current triggers for information governance
•Examining an information governance program
•Important elements and benchmarks for your program
•Steps you can take to mature your organization’s information governance strategy

Submit your information governance questions to the panel before the webinar webinar@knovos.com.

Speakers:
Christa Haskins, Associate Director – E-Discovery, Amneal
George Socha, Managing Director - Technology and Business Transformation Services, BDO
Ronald J. Hedges, Senior Counsel, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group, Dentons US LLP
Joseph C. Bartolo, J.D., Information Governance & Risk Solutions, Knovos

Research indicates employees that work remotely are more likely to feel anxious, isolated and have higher levels of technology related frustration than office-based staff. So, finding ways of connecting people, so they can be as productive, engaged and satisfied is key.

Find out how TeleWare helped a tier 1 bank improve their mobile communications as part of their digital transformation programme.

Join Mark Elwood, Director Marketing as he discusses:

• How digital transformation projects are creating more productive, remote employees
• How Re: Call is helping businesses take a new approach to mobile communications
• What you can do to create connected, collaborative and productive employees

The evolution of Software Asset Management (SAM) is upon us as the latest trends such as cloud, IoT and digitization are making it more difficult than ever to track, manage and drive a positive ROI for IT investments. With a changing technology landscape, companies require a more modern and agile approach to SAM that incorporates the power of enterprise data, strategic program governance, and repeatable processes. Join Rich Reyes, EVP of Software Advisory at Connor Consulting and Alex Geuken, CEO, North Europe of Xensam as they discuss factors impacting IT and SAM, leading practices to modernize your license management program, and recommendations on how smart technology with thought leadership can get you there.

Mobile working is happening in increasing numbers of businesses. The prize is enormous for businesses who get mobile working right in terms of productivity improvements and happier employees. However recent research carried out on behalf of TeleWare highlight several challenges employers and employees face with increasingly mobile workforces.

So, why aren’t more businesses and employees getting more benefits out of mobile working?

Join our panel discussion to find out more about these insights and toget all your questions answered live on how to overcome these challenges.

Topics we plan to cover:
• The top 3 challenges employees face when working remotely
• Is GDPR holding you back unnecessarily?
• Which types of applications, unified communications and collaboration tools are making an impact
• Why cloud communication technology is crucial to mobility, productivity and connectivity

As well as sharing exclusive content, there will be opportunities to ask our expert panellists about any burning issues around mobile working beforehand or during the webinar. So, if there is anything you would like to cover, please get in touch.

Marketing Director, Mark Elwood will host the session and he will be joined by experts:

• Steve Haworth – TeleWare CEO
• Nigel Simpson – Sales Manager

There is risk in any M&A transaction but having the right tech due diligence approach can help mitigate that risk. If software is a large part of the deal valuation, you need to understand any potential legal and security risks in the target’s codebase that could affect the value of the IP, and the remediation required to address those risks.

Join Phil Odence, General Manager of Black Duck On-Demand with Synopsys, to take a closer look at how you can identify and reduce risks in M&A tech due diligence. He’ll cover the following points and more:

• Uncovering application risks: What’s in the code
• Taking a comprehensive approach to security audits
• Choosing the right partner for audits

Don’t miss this informational webinar. Register today!

Vendors, suppliers, and independent subsidiaries are gaining more and more access to your network and sensitive data because today’s business models include outsourcing of non-mission critical programs and tasks, which brings a whole new world of risk to your organization. These not so new cyber risks make traditional perimeter defense no longer enough. Companies need continuous visibility and monitoring of their external partners threat landscapes. Use a cyber situational awareness platform that provides you with a map of your cyber risks you can identify vulnerabilities before the adversary does.

In this webinar, LookingGlass Product Manager, Brandon Dobrec and Security Ledger Editor-in-Chief, Paul Roberts will discuss what you need to assess vendors in the modern cyber environment, providing you with the right map to assess your external risk.

This webinar will answer:

- Why point-in-time scorecards are a necessary component of third party risk management, but are woefully inadequate for proactively defending against future attacks

- How a cyber situational platform delivers an outside-in view of your network, allowing you to see gaps in your network

- Tools, capabilities, features, and functionalities are needed to assess vendor risk – continuous monitoring, alerting, reporting, and dynamic collection & scoring, among others

- Common attack vectors, why these vectors remain open, and what attack vectors are emerging regularly

OpenShift 4 represents the culmination of a number of new technologies. One key feature of this release is CRI-O, the new container runtime that is optimized for OpenShift. But a new runtime doesn’t have to be scary. Black Duck OpsSight for OpenShift still provides the same security intelligence and visibility into all the third-party open source software that composes your containers.

Join experts from Synopsys and Red Hat as we explore the following topics:
• Upcoming features in Red Hat OpenShift 4, including the drivers and benefits of the Operator Framework
• How Black Duck and Clair complement each other
• The Synopsys application security portfolio
• Black Duck OpsSight for OpenShift architecture
• OpenShift 4 Black Duck OpsSight demonstration on a CRI-O container

... and the technologies that will prevent it.

Join this webinar to hear how technology is creating a mobility-enabled workforce to increase productivity in financial services and the lessons other sectors can learn.

In the words of Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman ‘productivity isn't everything, but in the long run it is almost everything.’

Creating a modern workforce that has access to the technology that will improve productivity is key to ending the productivity crisis. TeleWare, working with Financial Services clients are helping create a mobile-enabled workforce designed to improve productivity. These lessons can be adopted in many vertical sectors, particularly in a post-GDPR and Brexit world.

Find out:
• Why you should be focusing on increasing productivity in your business
• How enabling your employees to use the latest technology with no cost to your business can improve employee satisfaction and create growth
• Why mobility is the secret weapon in the fight against stagnant productivity growth
• Which technologies you should be thinking about to create a mobility-enabled workforce

Join us for this insightful webinar that explores the technologies firms are adopting to help increase productivity and to beat their competition.

CRISPR gene-editing continues to hit the headlines regularly as a ground-breaking technology with many millions now flowing into companies seeking to exploit the technology in both the therapeutic and agricultural fields. Unfortunately, the IP landscape continues to lack clarity with possibility of divergence between Europe and the US.

This webinar is aimed at those wishing to hear about the latest developments in the CRISPR IP landscape whether in the commercial, academic, legal or patent world. With the CRISPR IP saga seemingly not close to the final chapter, it will also provide an opportunity to raise questions which may arise from the on–going lack of clarity.

Mobile working is happening in increasing numbers of businesses. The prize is enormous for businesses who get mobile working right in terms of productivity improvements and happier employees. However recent research carried out on behalf of TeleWare highlight several challenges employers and employees face with increasingly mobile workforces.

So, why aren’t more businesses and employees getting more benefits out of mobile working?

Join our panel discussion to find out more about these insights and toget all your questions answered live on how to overcome these challenges.

Topics we plan to cover:
• The top 3 challenges employees face when working remotely
• Is GDPR holding you back unnecessarily?
• Which types of applications, unified communications and collaboration tools are making an impact
• Why cloud communication technology is crucial to mobility, productivity and connectivity

As well as sharing exclusive content, there will be opportunities to ask our expert panellists about any burning issues around mobile working beforehand or during the webinar. So, if there is anything you would like to cover, please get in touch.

Marketing Director, Mark Elwood will host the session and he will be joined by experts:

• Steve Haworth – TeleWare CEO
• Nigel Simpson – Sales Manager

Join Gowling WLG and Managing IP for a complimentary webinar on February 12 at 4pm GMT/11am EST as we review the challenges posed by the future development of connected cars and autonomous vehicles. Guest speakers Matt Hervey and James Nurton will discuss strategies for innovative and disruptive technology trends. Topics to be discussed include:
• Challenges to the automotive industry: scale of investment needed, new entrants, competition for AI skills
• Patentability of AI in automotive applications
• Alternatives to patenting including the importance of trade secrets, copyright, designs and branding
• Is data properly recognised in IP?
• SEPs and connected vehicles and the potential for standards for AVs
• Growth of litigation in the automotive sector and licensing models
• IP for mobility as a service

Gain insights into important legal developments from two of the leading open source legal experts, Mark Radcliffe, Partner at DLA Piper and General Counsel for the Open Source Initiative and Tony Decicco, Shareholder, at GTC Law Group & Affiliates.

This annual review will highlight the most significant legal developments related to open source software in 2018, including:

•The rising importance of data and licensing considerations
•Business model problems and the proposed solutions (RedisLabs and MongoDB)
•Dangerous Legal Theories: core developers as fiduciaries
•OSS vs. SSO: clash of models
•Return of Linux patent troll: McHardy
•The need to extend the scope of an audit to cover web services/APIs
•The changing tide in open source license adoption
•Big open source transactions
•And more

Live attendees will earn CLE credit for this webinar. Don’t miss out – register today.

CLE:
DLA Piper LLP (US) has been certified by the State Bar of California, the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an accredited CLE provider. The following CLE credit is being sought:
•California: 1.0 Credit (1.0 General, 0.0 Ethics)
•New Jersey: 1.2 Credits (1.2 General, 0.0 Professional Responsibility)
•New York: 1.0 Transitional & Non-Transitional Credit (1.0 Professional Practice, 0.0 Ethics and Professionalism)
CLE credit will be applied for in other states where DLA Piper has an office with the exception of Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico.

It’s no secret that “software is eating the world,” as Marc Andreessen once described—and it’s taking entire development communities to support it. Recently, open source has become a primary contributor to software found in the enterprise. According to a 2018 report from the Synopsys Center for Open Source Research & Innovation, the average percentage of open source in codebases examined in Black Duck audits has increased to 57% from only 36% from the previous year. But open source isn’t risk-free—and the implications can have a direct impact on the business.

Join Scott Crawford, research director for information security with 451 Research, and Phil Odence, general manager of Black Duck On-Demand with Synopsys, to take a closer look at open source risks and the ways that businesses can better evaluate and mitigate them. They’ll cover the following points and more:

• One of the highest-profile breaches of 2017 was the result of a widely exposed vulnerability in a popular open source application component, exposing millions of personal financial records—and costing business leaders their jobs.
• In just the last few weeks, the implicit trust on which the open source ecosystem is based has been exploited to steal tangible assets.
• What’s the real cost of a data breach? In at least one highly visible case, a breach reduced the dollar value of an acquisition by hundreds of millions. As business dependence on open source grows, so too does business exposure.
• And of course, compliance with open source licenses remains a concern.

Getting a handle on taming these threats to the business requires an approach that fits with the central role open source plays in the fast-moving world of continuous innovation.

You won’t want to miss this webinar, if you have received Black Duck audit reports and anticipate more in the future.

Black Duck by Synopsys constantly strives to improve our offerings and reporting capabilities. We’ve expanded the range of our audit offerings, and by the first of the year, we’ll be rolling out a new set of reports and a new process for sharing them. Join us for a preview of the new reports and process. Black Duck On-Demand’s Phil Odence and Emmanuel Tournier will demonstrate how we have combined customers’ ideas with the best elements of our reporting to develop new reporting technology and processes designed to make reviewing audit results easier, more insightful, and more productive.

Coaching is now a key component of many development packages, but do we really understand what it is and how to use it to our advantage?
In this practical session we’ll explore the following questions:
•What is coaching and what isn’t coaching?
•What type of challenges and goals can coaching help with?
•What happens in the coaching process?
•Are you ‘coachable’?
•How do you find a coach and assess whether they are the right fit for you?

Julie Smith is Director and Coach at Pressurevalve Ltd. As well as being a qualified executive coach, she’s also an experienced leader with 15+ years in management positions. Ten of these were in senior posts, including heading national operations and an interim CEO post. This means she understands the complexities, challenges and rewards of leadership. Key success factors in her coaching include helping people develop: skills in viewing situations from different perspectives, self-awareness, decision-making, confidence, self-belief, self-coaching and resilience. As well as coaching, Julie: designs and facilitates sessions for leadership programmes in London and New York, runs network groups for leaders and is Chair of the Global Taskforce of the American Express Leadership Academy, Alumni Network. If you’d like more information on Julie’s coaching services, plus self-coaching resources, visit: https://www.pressurevalvecoaching.com/free-stuff

The headline of Wall Street Journal article from March read “Due Diligence on Cybersecurity Becomes Bigger Factor in M&A.” In April, Gartner reported, “Cybersecurity is Critical to the M&A Due Diligence Process.” Companies that invest in open source license compliance as part of diligence are starting to dive more deeply into security issues.
 
A first step in assigning the security of software assets is looking at known vulnerabilities in open source components. But, now as part of the Synopsys Software Integrity Group, Black Duck can bring much broader capabilities to bear to analyze the overall security of code assets, including proprietary code.
 
This webinar will discuss application security issues at a high level and the security services that you can include with a due diligence audit.

Employee expectations to technology are changing rapidly. In their personal lives they often use the very latest technology, but often that can be difficult for firms to replicate. So, BYOD is becoming increasingly attractive for many employees who would like to use the technology they know and love for business as well as pleasure.
Join our panel of experts who will explore how BYOD strategies are evolving and how Re:Call from TeleWare could be the secret weapon you didn’t know you needed.

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