Recently by Karol A. Kepchar
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Update: Are Data Breach Disclosure Requirements On Target?
As discussed in Akin Gump’s annual “Top Ten Topics for Directors in 2014,” cybersecurity and data privacy are indeed among the hottest topics in the boardroom this year due to the dramatic rise in cyber attacks and data breaches. As part of a board’s risk management...
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The Evolving World Of IP And The Internet
Editor: Please tell us about your background and current practice. Kepchar: I’m primarily a trademark and copyright litigator and an intellectual property strategist in the context of mergers & acquisitions and financial restructuring. I also do quite a bit of counseling in Internet...
Read MoreICANN Moving Forward With New Top-Level gTLD Program; Launch Date Still Uncertain
Today, there are 21 generic top-level domains (gTLDs), including .com, .net and .org, in the domain name system. But that is expected to change shortly. Under a policy adopted in 2008 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the governing body for domain names, companies...
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