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IoT Security Issues in 2014 and Predictions for 2025
June 1, 2014
Pew Research reported that of the 1,606 experts consulted “83%—agreed that the Internet/Cloud of Things and embedded and wearable computing will have widespread and beneficial effects by 2025.” However the Pew Report did not focus on the security issues which we see in 2014 which are included in my May 2014 eCommerce Times column entitled “The Tangled Web of IoT Security.” The Pew Report included these 6 Themes: 1) The Internet of Things and wearable computing will progress significantly...
June 1, 2014
Pew Research reported that of the 1,606 experts consulted “83%—agreed that the Internet/Cloud of Things and embedded and wearable computing will have widespread and beneficial effects by 2025.” However the Pew Report did not focus on the security issues which we see in 2014 which are included in my May 2014 eCommerce Times column entitled “The Tangled Web of IoT Security.” The Pew Report included these 6 Themes: 1) The Internet of Things and wearable computing will progress significantly...
Who Owns the law? Technology Reignites the War Over Just How Public Documents Should Be
May 30, 2014
These days the smallest and most exclusive piece of real estate in Washington, D.C., is the sliver of common ground that exists between congressional Democrats and Republicans. But during a January hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on the scope of copyright protection laws, Democrats and Republicans were in broad agreement on an issue that was seemingly settled long ago: No one can own the law. But technology and a growing privatization of the law-making process...
May 30, 2014
These days the smallest and most exclusive piece of real estate in Washington, D.C., is the sliver of common ground that exists between congressional Democrats and Republicans. But during a January hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on the scope of copyright protection laws, Democrats and Republicans were in broad agreement on an issue that was seemingly settled long ago: No one can own the law. But technology and a growing privatization of the law-making process...
From Startup Nation to Brain Nation: Israel
May 29, 2014
How Israel is Turning Itself into an International Hub for Innovative Brain Technologies. Israel’s prowess as a high-tech...
May 29, 2014
How Israel is Turning Itself into an International Hub for Innovative Brain Technologies. Israel’s prowess as a high-tech...
Law Firms Are Sponsoring Incubators, Cozying Up With Young Entrepreneurs
May 29, 2014
On the 25th floor of the high-rise where Foley & Lardner has its Chicago offices, some of the city's most promising high-tech startup companies have set up shop in a space the firm set aside just for them. The companies include an e-commerce site for fashion, an online learning company, a promotions company and a company that provides evaluations of medical devices—all of which have, and likely will continue to have, a host of legal needs. If someone has a question or needs some legal documents,...
May 29, 2014
On the 25th floor of the high-rise where Foley & Lardner has its Chicago offices, some of the city's most promising high-tech startup companies have set up shop in a space the firm set aside just for them. The companies include an e-commerce site for fashion, an online learning company, a promotions company and a company that provides evaluations of medical devices—all of which have, and likely will continue to have, a host of legal needs. If someone has a question or needs some legal documents,...
DARPA-Funded Computerized Psychologists Can Diagnose Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD
May 28, 2014
A veteran is having a virtual therapy session. His counselor is named Ellie, and she is, among other things, a very good listener. She's responsive to the soldier's comments. She reads the subtleties of his facial expressions. She nods appreciatively at his insights. She grimaces, slightly, when he tells her about a trauma he experienced. Ellie is an avatar, a virtual therapist developed at USC with funding from DARPA, the Defense Department's advanced research center. And "people love interacting...
May 28, 2014
A veteran is having a virtual therapy session. His counselor is named Ellie, and she is, among other things, a very good listener. She's responsive to the soldier's comments. She reads the subtleties of his facial expressions. She nods appreciatively at his insights. She grimaces, slightly, when he tells her about a trauma he experienced. Ellie is an avatar, a virtual therapist developed at USC with funding from DARPA, the Defense Department's advanced research center. And "people love interacting...
LegalZoom Hits a Legal Hurdle in North Carolina
May 27, 2014
While the purveyor of online self-help documents LegalZoom was still probably celebrating the South Carolina Supreme Court’s...
May 27, 2014
While the purveyor of online self-help documents LegalZoom was still probably celebrating the South Carolina Supreme Court’s...
Running Your Legal Business Like Nate Silver
May 23, 2014
In the ELM world, legal analytics can provide law firms, corporate law, and claims litigation departments with the data that they need as a foundation for their most critical decisions. Years of professional experience and wisdom do not fly out the window when you implement fact-based decision making. Good instincts are supplemented by concrete, real-world information that helps to hone those instincts for even better results. For example, Dawn the corporate attorney might have a general sense,...
May 23, 2014
In the ELM world, legal analytics can provide law firms, corporate law, and claims litigation departments with the data that they need as a foundation for their most critical decisions. Years of professional experience and wisdom do not fly out the window when you implement fact-based decision making. Good instincts are supplemented by concrete, real-world information that helps to hone those instincts for even better results. For example, Dawn the corporate attorney might have a general sense,...
Patent Litigation Study Shows Rise in Suits, Awards
May 21, 2014
The number of patent suits filed in district courts continued to rise in 2013 and has more than doubled in the past five years, according to the first-ever patent litigation year in review published by the legal analytics company Lex Machina. Using data from its popular legal analytics platform, Lex Machina published a report Tuesday that offers insight into judges, districts, patents, damages and filings. It focuses on major trends and developments in patent litigation during 2013. Plaintiffs...
May 21, 2014
The number of patent suits filed in district courts continued to rise in 2013 and has more than doubled in the past five years, according to the first-ever patent litigation year in review published by the legal analytics company Lex Machina. Using data from its popular legal analytics platform, Lex Machina published a report Tuesday that offers insight into judges, districts, patents, damages and filings. It focuses on major trends and developments in patent litigation during 2013. Plaintiffs...
US Supreme Court Hears Argument that Might Hurt Cloud Storage
May 20, 2014
During a hearing in a copyright infringement case about TV programs the alleged infringer’s attorney argued that the “cloud...
May 20, 2014
During a hearing in a copyright infringement case about TV programs the alleged infringer’s attorney argued that the “cloud...
Visual Law Services are Worth a Thousand Words—and Big Money (via ABA Journal)
May 19, 2014
Mike and I have been on this beat for quite a while and are happy to see this getting coverage. The basic proposition is that...
May 19, 2014
Mike and I have been on this beat for quite a while and are happy to see this getting coverage. The basic proposition is that...
