IAP 2018 Activities by Category - Law and Legal Issues

Daniel Dardani, MIT Technology Licensing Officer

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

It has been said that content is king. 

Copyrighted works – whether media, software, or art – are a major portion of the world’s creative, intellectual, and economic output.   As such, copyright issues affect musicians, artists, authors, and software programmers alike.  

This popular talk offers a fun and interesting look at the protection of your creative works of authorship whether developed in the lab at MIT or elsewhere.

Join Daniel Dardani, Technology Licensing Officer and intellectual property expert for an overview of copyright law, its history, practice, and relevance to your world and to the MIT community. 

Daniel will explore topics including: the nature of originality, Fair Use, open source, how copyrights can be licensed in the digital age, and others. All are welcomed. No prior knowledge about IP or the law is required.

To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu

This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries, and MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)

• January 19: Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, to be followed by "Theses@MIT: Thesis Specifications and Copyright Issues" by MIT Libraries. Click here  to register.
•  February 2: Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, to be followed by "Data Privacy Law" " by Katie Zimmerman, MIT Libraries. Click here to register.

 

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu

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Basics of Copyrights, Data & Software IP

	Jan/19	Fri	10:00AM-11:30AM	3-370
	Feb/02	Fri	10:00AM-11:30AM	3-370

Daniel Dardani - MIT Technology Licensing Officer

Anne Graham

Jan/17

Wed

10:00AM-11:30AM

3-370

Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784697

Come and hear Jack Turner, Associate Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office and IP Officer Theresa Latham, discuss the ins and outs of obtaining patents. This popular session covers a bit of patent history and a lot about current practices, processes, and issues surrounding obtaining a patent; the focus is on the process used at MIT for ideas/inventions developed by the MIT community. A portion of the session is devoted to questions and answers. If you think you will ever invent something, you need to be here. This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Food will be served.

Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784697

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Anne Graham, grahama@mit.edu

Dazza Greenwood, JD, Visiting Scientist, MIT Media Lab

Enrollment: Request Signup at https://law.mit.edu/learning
Sign-up by 12/08
Limited to 150 participants
Attendance: Participants may miss sessions by prior arrangement.
Prereq: N/A

This course provides a conceptual overview and hands-on projects for understanding and solving legal use cases with data analytics, blockchain and other cryptosystems and a special module on rapid design solutions to the MITLegalForum.org Smart City Challenge. The course includes seminar style lecture/discussion sessions and hands-on, experiential learning through team projects. The course covers:

Legal Analytics, including 1) AI/Machine Learning for solving legal use cases; and 2) Using data-driven visualization including AR for display and interaction with models of complex legal and financial relationships and contexts.

Digital Assets, including: 1) Ownership rights, valuation and provenance of digital property; and 2) Storage and exchange of digital property with electronic contracts, automated transactions and autonomous agents

Digital Identity, including: 1) Technology and architecture for autonomy and control of self-sourced digital identity and personal data; and 2) Using individual identity for valid, verifiable login to apps or services and for providing legal acknowledgement, assent or authorization.

Digital Contracts, including 1) Integrating ordinary digital contracts and blockchain "smart contracts" in automated transactions by individuals or businesses; and 2) Standard open-web stack design patterns for executing multiple digital signatures and electronic notarization on digital legal contracts.

For more info, see: law.MIT.edu/learning

Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences
Contact: Dazza Greenwood, E15-449, 617.500.3644, DAZZA@MEDIA.MIT.EDU

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Course Session

	Jan/16	Tue	02:00PM-04:00PM	Online, Use your laptop and smartphone
	Jan/17	Wed	02:00PM-04:00PM	Online, Use your laptop and smartphone
	Jan/18	Thu	02:00PM-04:00PM	Online, Use your laptop and smartphone

These sessions will take place online.  Registered participants will receive connection information. A mix of in-person and online office hours will be available for discussion of class topics and student projects upon request and by appointment before or after class sessions.

Dazza Greenwood, JD - Visiting Scientist, MIT Media Lab

Everardo Ruiz SM '00, Energy Transition Partners, COL (R) Robert Banks

Jan/23

Tue

10:00AM-11:30AM

E62-250

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Cybersecurity continues to shift towards a Fourth Generation of Security ─ Moving Target Defenses - as Tolerance and Survivability (A.K.A. Hope and Pray) tools are not adequate! Is Cybersecurity simply a technology discussion? Or does Time to Market supersede the shortfalls of compliance, monitoring and information sharing partnership? Will a 5th Generation of Security ─ in microsecond ─ better serve anomaly detection and insider threat for Intellectual Property? Is individual data protection useful for institutions that has little or no change by their experts? Will International cyber policies address cyber challenges of Misaligned Incentives, Information Asymmetries and Externalities? What can business do till then? The presentation is based on several decades of industry, telecom and government perspectives.

The presentation is based on several decades of industry, telecom and government perspectives.

Register for this free event: http://alumic.mit.edu/cybersecurity_IAP_2018

Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU

Jason Baletsa, Counsel

Jan/11

Thu

10:00AM-11:30AM

E53 Room 301

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule was intended to strike a balance between protecting the privacy of individually identifiable health information and preserving the legitimate use and disclosure of this information for important social goals.  Too often, however, researchers believe that HIPAA creates far too many obstacles for the use of protected health information in the academic and research context. 

Colin Zick, Partner and Chair of Foley Hoag LLP's Healthcare Practice and Chair of the Privacy and Data Security Practice will provide a primer on HIPAA and discuss how protected health information can be used in a research and academic context.  There will also be a Question and Answer Session.

Contact: S. Jason Baletsa, E53-387, 617 253-4466, JBALETSA@MIT.EDU

Adam Chandler '99

Jan/17

Wed

06:00PM-07:00PM

32-124

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

This session will focus on common provisions in employment agreements and how they may impact future employability or independent ventures. Topics may include, depending on time and interest:

1. Covenants not to compete, trade secrets and confidentiality, nonsolicitation, and assignment of inventions agreements.
2. Employment agreements from the perspective of employer and employee.
3. Practical tips to avoid the appearance of guilt.
4. Viewing your long-term goals alongside your current contractual obligations.
5. Any questions you may have.

 

Adam Chandler ’99 is one of the founders and partners of Vrountas, Ayer & Chandler, a boutique employment law and commercial litigation law firm serving clients throughout New England.  Adam has 15+ years of experience in the field and has negotiated or litigated dozens of noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and trade secret issues in many contexts, including executive departure, theft of trade secrets, unfair competition, and corporate formation.  He has addressed these issues in industries including biotech, consulting, investment banking, dentistry, and web hosting, among others.  Adam has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from MIT and a Juris Doctorate from Boston University School of Law.  Adam is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.

Register today! 

Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU

Andrew Sellars, Director, BU/MIT Technology & Cyberlaw Clinic

	Jan/25	Thu	02:00PM-06:00PM	TBD
	Jan/26	Fri	02:00PM-06:00PM	TBD

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

Help us estimate our head count by signing up at
http://sites.bu.edu/tclc/iap2017

The Technology & Cyberlaw Clinic represents MIT and BU students who run
into legal issues with their academic and innovative work. Since the
clinic launched in September we’ve worked with dozens of students at MIT
with their legal issues, and in this class we’ll go over some common
legal issues that we see, and how you can navigate them to effectively
research, experiment, publish, and share your work.

Some of the issues we’ll go over include:

* intellectual property
* hacking laws
* data privacy
* FOIA and public records
* academic freedom and the law

We’ll also solicit other topics from the group. Discussions and
presentations will be lead by the student attorneys in the Technology &
Cyberlaw Clinic, as well as the clinic’s director, Andy Sellars, who
previously co-taught IAP classes on reverse engineering and coders' rights.

Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Andrew Sellars, sellars@bu.edu

Julian G. Pymento

Jan/13

Sat

02:00PM-06:00PM

32-155

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Signup at https://goo.gl/forms/jEXwu5tz53QSCpIm1

Patent protection for inventions is a valuable component of business strategy for startups and established companies. We'll  cover  basics of U.S. patent law, including the patent application process, prosecution, litigation, and licensing. Undergraduates, graduate students, and post-docs in science, engineering, and business are welcome. We discuss what recent developments in patent law mean for inventors, and draw examples ranging from the computer software to the pharmaceutical industries.

Some questions we will explore:
• What is the difference between a patent and a trade secret?
• Which inventions are patentable?
• What are the "novelty" & "non-obviousness" standards for patentability?
• Why am I an author on the paper, but not listed as an inventor on the patent?
• What if I want a patent, but my co-inventor doesn't (or is deceased)?
• What should I do if my patent application is rejected?
• If someone is practicing my patent without my permission, how can I stop them?
• If I am accused of patent infringement, what recourse do I have?
• What questions should I ask my patent attorney?

Julian has patent experience at three different law firms in New York &
Washington DC, and holds degrees in electrical engineering, business, and
law from NYU. In addition to MIT, Julian has taught this seminar at
Wharton, NYU, and three universities in Singapore.

 

Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate Student Council, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Contact: Julian Pymento, jpymento@mit.edu

Jeffrey A. Meldman, Senior Lecturer

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

Intensive introduction to the basic provisions of U.S. patent law, emphasizing the requirements for patentability and the process of applying for a patent.  Designed for students in all MIT departments.

Meets MWF Jan 17 through 29, 2-4 pm, E51-151.

Topics include:  Requirements for a patentable invention : utility, novelty, and non-obviousness  .  .  .  Eligible categories of  invention (software? business methods? human genes?)  .  .  . Applying for a patent, including patent searches and the language of patent claims  .  .  .  New U.S. law of inventor priority (first to invent? first to file? first to disclose, or what?)  .  .  .  Infringement, defenses, and remedies  .  .  .  Patents  in comparison with copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.

Meets with 15.620, which offers 3 units of G credit.  (Students who wish to receive credit should register for 15.620 and plan to take a comprehensive quiz in the final class meeting on January 31.)

Reading materials include key sections of the U.S. patent statute (Title 35, U.S. Code) and related judicial decisions.  All readings and lecture slides will be posted on the 15.620 Stellar website. No textbooks or course packs.  For the benefit of non-credit participants, the MIT community will have access to the 15.620 website throughout IAP.

Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Jeffrey Meldman, E62-317, 617 253-4932, JMELDMAN@MIT.EDU

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Patents and Intellectual Property

Jan/17

Wed

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Overview of U.S. patent law and of intellectual property more generally.  Critical differences among patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.

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Patentability

Jan/19

Fri

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Requirements for a patentable invention: utility, novelty, and non-obviousness.  New U.S. law regarding inventory priority.

  

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Eligible Catergories of Invention

Jan/22

Mon

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Eligible subject matter.  Can software be patented?  Business methods?  Human genes?  Rights of patent ownership.

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Obtaining a Patent

Jan/24

Wed

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

The process of applying for a patent.  Contents of the patent application, especially the specification. The role of the patent search.  Demonstration of on-line search tools available to MIT students.

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Patent Claims and Patent Licenses

Jan/26

Fri

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Patent claims as property boundaries.  The scope, language, and structure of patent claims.  Patent licences and the MIT Technology Licensing Office

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Infingement, Defenses, and Remedies

Jan/29

Mon

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Literal infringement and the doctrine of equivalents.  Patent invalidity and other defenses.  Legal and equitable remedies.  Anatomy of a recent patent infringement case.  ALSO--  Introduction to the B.U. Entrpreneurship and Intellectual Property Law Clinic at MIT.

Deborah Fisher, Institute Risk Officer

Jan/18

Thu

02:00PM-03:00PM

32-144

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

MIT is committed to protecting the safety of all members of its community, including minors who are on campus and/or participating in Institute programs. This program will overview requirements on a new website, which provides information for what MIT expects of its staff, faculty, and students when interacting with minors.

Specific topics will include:

• Registration of programs
• Trainings offered
• Safety information
• Information on background checks

Speakers will include representatives from Risk Management & Compliance Services, Human Resources, and the Office of the General Counsel.

Sponsor(s): Risk Management & Compliance Services
Contact: Susan Bethoney, 10-359, 617 324-6233, BETHONEY@MIT.EDU

Viqar Hussain, MTA/ Technology Licensing Associate Officer, Andrew Moomey, Technology Licensing Associate, Janine Gilkes, Technology Licensing Associate

Jan/26

Fri

11:45AM-12:45PM

3-370

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/26

Are you a researcher? Do you utilize and share biologics, chemical compounds, and/or devices?

Come join Viqar, Andrew, and Janine to learn how to:

• Optimize industrial/academic collaborations
• Protect your potential IP/inventions when sharing materials
• Do’s and don’ts of Material Transfer Agreements
• How to most efficiently interact with the Technology Licensing Office

Lunch will be served at the beginning of the session. Viqar, Andrew, and Janine will be happy to answer any specific questions following the presentation.

This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries. 

To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu

Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian

Jan/29

Mon

10:00AM-11:30AM

3-370

Enrollment: Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783447
Sign-up by 01/29
Limited to 30 participants

Many researchers promote and share their publications on sites like ResearchGate and Academia.edu. Come to this IAP session to learn about how sharing on these sites relates to copyright and open access, as well as how the sites compare to institutional and subject repositories like DSpace@MIT or arXiv. We'll also discuss recent ResearchGate controversies and lawsuits. This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series cosponsored with the Technology Licensing Office. Food will be served. 

Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3783447

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katharine Dunn, 14E-210, 617 253-9879, KHDUNN@MIT.EDU

John Tirman, Executive Director, CIS

Jan/23

Tue

02:00PM-04:00PM

6-120

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

"The Uncondemned" tells the gripping and world-changing story of a group of young international lawyers and activists who fought to make rape a crime of war, and the Rwandan women who came forward to testify and win justice where there had been none. Up until this point, rape had not been prosecuted as a war crime and was committed with impunity. A courtroom thriller and personal human drama, "The Uncondemned" beautifully interweaves the stories of the characters in this odyssey, leading to the trial at an international criminal court--and the results that changed the world of criminal justice forever.

Film screening followed by discussion and audience Q&A

Free & Open to the public

Refreshments will be served

Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
Contact: Michelle English, starrforum@mit.edu

Howard Mandelcorn, LL.M., Joseph Weber, Professor of Accounting

	Jan/31	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	E52-164
	Feb/01	Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	E52-164

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

This course intends to expose students to a broad range of tax issues OVER A 2 DAY PERIOD that students will encounter shortly after graduation as an entrepreneur or an employee. For a new employee, taxes are an important consideration in decisions regarding deductions and retirement savings (through employee and employer contributions such as 401k's IRAs, etc). Taxes feature prominently in decisions with respect to stock option-based compensation. Also, tax related issues for U.S. taxpayers working overseas will be addressed. For the entrepreneur, taxes also influence a new business venture's choice of entity: Corporation, LLC, Partnership, Sole Proprietorship. Instructor: Howard Mandelcorn is a partner at the Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn LLP law firm in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Howard Mandelcorn, hmandelcorn@hutchingsbarsamian.com

Everardo Ruiz SM '00, Intellectual Ventures, Rob Aronoff, SM '90

Jan/23

Tue

01:00PM-02:30PM

E62-250

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Product Innovation and invention surges ahead at rates unimaginable just a few decades ago.  With good reason inventors protect their intellectual property (IP) internationally with a variety of tools - patents, copyright, and trademarks.  But how should an inventor monetize the invention?  Form and build a startup?  Sell the invention?  License it?

The speakers will examine the basics of patents, copyright, and trademark and consider monetization – entrepreneurship by building a startup, outright sale, and out-licensing – as well as factors and recent trends affecting patent valuation.  The presentation is based on decades of VP, Director, and entrepreneurial experience in product development and intellectual property at Intellectual Ventures, Oracle, Alcatel, Texas Instruments, Kodak, Sun Microsystems, private law firms, and startups.

Leading the discussion:
Everardo Ruiz,  SM ’00  Ph.D.  (Managing Director, Energy Transition Partners)
Rob Aronoff, SM ’90  (Managing Director, Pluritas)
Sanjay Prasad, J.D.  (Managing Director, Prasad IP)

Register for this free event: http://alumic.mit.edu/entrepreneurs_market_IAP_2018

Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU

Leon Sandler, Executive Director

Jan/11

Thu

12:00PM-01:30PM

6-120

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 100 participants

What legal steps do you need to take as you spin your technology out of MIT?  How do you divide the equity between founders?  When should you incorporate and in what form?  What contracts do you need to have in place?  How do you ensure the right legal protection as you proceed? What minefields should you avoid? 

Come and discuss these topics with a panel of legal experts and MIT entrepreneurs who have spun-out their Deshpande Center projects into companies. Lunch will be served.

To sign up, please register here. 

Space is limited to the first 100 registrants.

 

Sponsor(s): Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
Contact: Amy Davis, E70-1273, 617 253-8987, amydavis@mit.edu

Daniel Sheehan, Joe Wright, Carmen Bazzano

Jan/11

Thu

09:00AM-12:00PM

4-231

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This workshop has two components: (1) An introduction the resources and tools available at MIT to fly drones and process photographs into geospatial formats useful in a GIS along with some examples of how drone imagery has been used at MIT. (2) A primer on the rules and regulations of small UAS flight. We will cover requirements and protocols for flight planning and piloting, and introduce software tools for flight planning.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784330

Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries, Lincoln Laboratory
Contact: Daniel Sheehan, dsheehan@mit.edu

Herbert (Dick) Schulze '67

Jan/09

Tue

05:45PM-07:15PM

4-145

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 40 participants

UPOP Mentor, Herbert R. ("Dick") Schulze ’67 presents an informative and engaging exploration into the realm of patents.
 
"We will start by defining patent claims and what they do, (define in one sentence what would infringe the patent) and consider landmark patent lawsuits that turned on abstractness: O’Reilly v. Morse (telegraph case), Gottschalk v Benson (ATT BCD-to-binary case), Alice v CLS Bank (implementing known process on a computer) and look at recent cases defining “obvious”. We'll explore how, in each case, the wording of the claims made all the difference."

A graduate of MIT (electrical engineering) and the University of Chicago law school, Dick is licensed to practice law in California, Colorado, Nevada, and South Dakota, and before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Following service as an Air Force JAG and as a law clerk, he practiced general law in San Diego then specialized in intellectual property. He was with Hewlett-Packard Co. then Agilent Technologies as Managing Counsel in Intellectual Property for 19 years. He later became Of Counsel to Holland & Hart in Reno and Special Counsel to Evergreen Valley Law Group of Bangalore, India.  Dick has two grown children and five grandchildren. When not practicing law, he can be found passionately pursuing his second profession as a snowboard instructor at Northstar CA ski resort or cruising the twistiest roads of America on his Triumph Rocket 3.

To register:http://upop-portal.mit.edu/events/view/?id=985

 

Sponsor(s): Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program -UPOP
Contact: Kate Moynihan, 1-123-B, 617 253-0041, KATEJM@MIT.EDU

Boston Immigration Attorney

Feb/01

Thu

12:00PM-01:30PM

26-100

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Iandoli Desai & Cronin P.C., Boston Law Firm, specializing in immigration, will present a seminar focusing on rules regulating employment opportunities after graduation for international graduates.

Sponsor(s): International Students Office
Contact: Antoinette Browne, E18-219, x3-3795, ajames@mit.edu

Christopher Noble, MIT ESI Director of Corporate Engagement, Tod Woolf, MIT Technology Licensing Officer

Jan/24

Wed

10:00AM-11:30AM

3-370

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24

 

Chris Noble (MIT ESI Director of Corporate Engagement) and Tod Woolf (MIT Technology Licensing Officer) will give you the inside scoop on getting a patent (and if you need to) and how to negotiate with the TLO and with your investors to spin out your startup. 

This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries. Food will be served.

Wednesday, January 24, 10:00am - 11:30am EST

To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu