Establishing Global Software Product Distribution Networks
Your company (Company) has established a successful U.S. software product licensing and distribution network, and you are now considering expanding that network internationally. What steps need to be taken? Will the licensing and product support efforts be direct efforts (directly between the Company and the end user) or via third party resellers located in the […]
Culhane Meadows Partner Linda Priebe Earns CIPP/E Certification
Culhane Meadows, PLLC is pleased to announce that Linda Priebe in our DC office has earned the ANSI-accredited Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) credential from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Linda becomes our 4th certified privacy attorney. Privacy professionals are the arbiters of trust in today’s data-driven global economy.
Defining Occurence In Insurance Policies
A basic risk management tool for just about any kind of organization is its liability insurance coverage. Despite its ubiquity, however, some fairly basic provisions of a liability insurance policy, such as its definition of an occurrence, can still yield unpleasant surprises,
Beware Spear-Phishing on LinkedIn and other Social Media
In speaking on a panel regarding data security for the Institute of Internal Auditors last week, I became aware of a new type of security threat
Update Trademark Registrations to Reflect New Technology
If you have trademark registrations for technologies that are now outdated, you may be eligible to participate in a new US Trademark Office program to update your registrations. Here are some examples: – Let’s say your company makes videos, and your registrations say “videotapes featuring musical instruction“ but, since you last renewed your registration, your […]
A New Era Dawns in EU Data Protection: Coming Attractions under the GDPR
The European Commission issued an announcement yesterday of its agreement with the other two major government actors within the EU to adopt a new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to govern data protection and data security issues throughout the EU. Intended to completely replace the 1995 EU Data Directive (the “Data Directive”), the GDPR will […]
Branding in a Disruptive World
The Internet presents endless marketing opportunities and challenges. Not only does it lower the barrier to entry for new market entrants, it also challenges large, well-known companies to keep their business models relevant. Many of today’s most popular brands were built at meteoric speed and without the aid of (and initially, the budget for) once-traditional forms […]
A Sigh of Relief…But Should it Be?
While we all may have breathed a sigh of relief with the explanation that last week’s stoppage of the stock market was a result of a glitch in a computerized system and not a cyber attack by powers foreign or domestic, nevertheless this event should remind all of us, but particularly those at the top […]
FTC Tells Business “Start With Security”
This scary symbol for computer virus marks the Federal Trade Commission’s new “Start with Security: A Guide for Business” issued on June 30, 2015. The Guide reviews over 50 data security enforcement settlements and provides lessons learned for business from those cases.
California Resale Royalty Act Can’t Apply Outside California
The major art auction houses’ spring sales in New York yielded a record US$2.5 billion in May, but not one penny of it will go to artists as resale royalties under California’s nearly 40-year-old Resale Royalty Act. On May 7, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
New Data Breach Laws Expand Covered Data
Nearly all states have data breach laws requiring businesses holding certain types of consumer personal data to notify affected persons when there is a breach or suspected breach. As consumers are barraged seemingly on a weekly basis with news reports of yet another breach, what trends have emerged and what does it mean for affected […]
DOES SEC GET AN A+ IN HELPING BUSINESSES RAISE CAPITAL?
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted long-awaited amendments to Regulation A to implement a section of the JOBS Act that requires the SEC to adopt rules exempting from the registration requirements of the Securities Act offerings of up to $50 million