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Business, education & ideation: my #SxSW2019 Panel Proposals: VOTE them UP!

Posted on by TME in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Education, Intellectual Property, Media, Presentation/Event, Smart Contracts

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About PanelPicker Process:

The PanelPicker is a two-step online process that allows the SXSW community to have a significant voice in programming conference activities (presentations, panels, discussions, demonstrations, etc.) for SXSW and SXSW EDU

IP Brand & Blockchain: Business on the Block: https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/85267

Open blockchain protocols are generally based on open-source software, where intellectual property rights (patent, copyright, trademark) are generally not pursued. But when devs build dApps on top of open platforms, questions of IP ownership soon follow. Additionally, building a product or service “on the block” requires savvy entrepreneurs and owners to manage and leverage trademark and trade secret rights and protections. Our panel experts will explore all of these essential topics.

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Educating Educators about Blockchain: https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/83656

This SxSW EDU panel session will introduce educators to blockchain technology (what it is, its primary and myriad proposed use cases, and its impact on education and students). This panel will help demystify the topic and give examples of how to incorporate the blockchain and cryptocurrency into various subjects and courses, both in the traditional and online classroom.

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Inspiration to ICO: Hatching Your Blockchain Idea: https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/83276

Getting beyond the blockchain buzz. Interested in launching a business using distributed ledger technologies or the blockchain? Join digital entrepreneurs and founders from TrustaBit, PayUp, as well as a blockchain attorney as they spill the beans on the good, bad and ugly experiences of launching their businesses. How’d they build a team, solicit funds (tokens or traditional financing) and navigate the space? All will be revealed. And then some.

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Blockchain: From Imagination to Realization: https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/82793

How far can your imagination take you? Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology opens the way for trustless, scalable systems that can change the world. We have all seen ICOs launched without a real problem to solve, or even a workable business model. Success comes when decision makers dare to dream beyond a pain point that has blocked their way, and developers realize the vision. This panel combines working case studies, software engineering experience, strategic innovation, and a sci-fi writer’s imagination. It aims to demonstrate how this emerging technology can turn fiction to fact and dreams to reality. It explores the balance between cutting edge blockchain and tried and tested software, and reflects on how the rush for magic internet money colors business decision making.

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Professor Evans travels to Bangkok to discuss IP implications of Blockchain

Posted on by TME in Blockchain, Copyright, Cryptocurrency, innovation, Intellectual Property, International, Internet, patent, Presentation/Event, Smart Contracts, Trademark

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Part of a lawyer’s professional competence includes technological competence. Therefore, every lawyer should have a basic understanding of the business and legal implications of the blockchain and its varied and various use cases.

To that end, I will present an overview of blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and smart contracts at the law offices of Tilleke & Gibbins (Bangkok, Thailand) on January 31, 2018 and at the Annual Meeting of Licensing Executives Society (LES)-Thailand on February 1, 2018.  This presentation is intended to introduce attorneys of all practice areas to the essential information every lawyer should know about this emerging, global technology.

Ready? Set? Disrupt!

Blockchain technology is poised to disrupt law and business on a global scale in ways neither rivaled nor contemplated since the advent of the Internet. This talk will include definitions of key terminology, an explanation of the two most prominent use cases within this ecosystem (cryptocurrency and smart contracts), as well as intellectual property issues, current events, and likely blockchain trends in 2018.

Prof. Evans Talks Lit Law at NJ Beach Writers Retreat

Posted on by TME in Copyright, Event, Intellectual Property, literary, Media, Presentation/Event

UPDATE: Event was canceled, to be rescheduled in 2014.

The North Wildwood Beach Writers, in conjunction with Atlantic Cape Community College, will host their first Autumn Retreat on Oct. 27. The registration deadline is October 17th.

This one-day seminar, a satellite of North Wildwood Beach Writers Conference held in June every year, focuses on protecting your rights as an author.

Guest speaker is Tonya M. Evans, Associate Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law and an attorney specializing primarily in intellectual property (copyright and trademark).

Tonya is also a performance poet, singer and writer, and the author of numerous books, including “Literary Law Guide for Authors: Copyright, Trademark, and Contracts in Plain Language.” Her short story, “Not Tonight,” appears in “Proverbs for the People.”

In the afternoon, award-winning author Don Helin, (“Devil’s Den”) will discuss his perspective. Attendees will receive Continuing Education Credits from Atlantic Cape Community College.

The Retreat takes place at Jessie Creek Winery, 1 N. Delsea Drive in Cape May Court House, NJ from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A continental breakfast, gourmet lunch, and networking wine tasting are included.

Visit nwbwc.com for details and registration form. Or e-mail nwbwc12@gmail.com.