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COLLAPSING BOUNDARIES: TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND ENTERTAINMENT DELIVERY
In our rapidly changing world, technology is becoming increasingly intertwined with communications and entertainment, affecting both the content and the method of its distribution via audio, video, and the Internet. In the first of two sessions, get an overview of this new world, and learn how to work within its changing laws and benefit from its innovations. The second panel in this two-part session will address the fundamental tensions among consumers, creators of content, and distributors, and how such tensions can be resolved.
COMMITTEE CO-SPONSORS:
Intellectual Property, Bert Oosting and Jihn Rhi, Committee Co-Chairs
Technology and Communications, Dennis Unkovic, Committee Chair
CO-MODERATORS:
Bert Oosting, Partner
Lovells LLP, Netherlands
Bert Oosting heads the Intellectual Property and Information Technology group as well as the Pharmaceutical group of the Amsterdam office of Lovells. His practice encompasses all areas of intellectual property and information technology, as well as pharmaceutical law. MORE>
Dennis Unkovic, Partner
Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP, United States
Dennis Unkovic is a partner at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott. He provides counsel to U.S. companies as well as foreign entities and investors, and is actively involved in negotiating commercial transactions such as acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers, and restructuring to enhance effectiveness. He also has extensive experience in handling complex international legal transactions. MORE>
PANELISTS:
Mark V. Lindsay, Associate
Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP, United States
Mark Lindsay’s primary areas of practice include entertainment law and general civil litigation. Mr. Lindsay has served as counsel on the largest telecommunications/broadband merger in history, and advised on antitrust concerns relating to advertising, branding, press relations, and other corporate matters. MORE>
James D. Nguyen, Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP, United States
James Nguyen founded and previously co-chaired Foley & Lardner’s Entertainment & Media Industry Team, and is the current vice-chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. Mr. Nguyen specializes in new media and entertainment technologies. He was honored as one of the "Best Lawyers Under 40" by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association in 2005. MORE>
Hiroki Saito, Partner
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Japan
Hiroki Saito specializes in intellectual property, technology transactions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, venture financing, and entertainment deals. He has successfully negotiated a variety of domestic and international transactions involving intellectual property, including licensing, development, and strategic alliances, as well as various corporate transactions. MORE>
Scott C. Sander, President and CEO
SightSound Technologies, United States
Scott Sander is president and CEO of SightSound Technologies, a broadband Internet media and technology company. Under his leadership, SightSound was first to electronically sell into a movie theater projection booth via the Internet for digital exhibition and first to electronically sell a movie into a handheld PocketPC. MORE>
Joyce A. Tan, Managing Partner
Joyce A. Tan & Partners, Singapore
Joyce Tan is a corporate commercial lawyer with particular focus on technology, communications, media, and intellectual property. Her extensive practice has led her to serve clients from numerous industries including government bodies and multinational corporations. MORE>
In our rapidly changing world, technology is becoming increasingly intertwined with communications and entertainment, affecting both the content and the method of its distribution via audio, video, and the Internet. In the first of two sessions, get an overview of this new world, and learn how to work within its changing laws and benefit from its innovations. The second panel in this two-part session will address the fundamental tensions among consumers, creators of content, and distributors, and how such tensions can be resolved.
COMMITTEE CO-SPONSORS:
Intellectual Property, Bert Oosting and Jihn Rhi, Committee Co-Chairs
Technology and Communications, Dennis Unkovic, Committee Chair
CO-MODERATORS:
Bert Oosting, Partner
Lovells LLP, Netherlands
Bert Oosting heads the Intellectual Property and Information Technology group as well as the Pharmaceutical group of the Amsterdam office of Lovells. His practice encompasses all areas of intellectual property and information technology, as well as pharmaceutical law. MORE> Dennis Unkovic, Partner
Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP, United States
Dennis Unkovic is a partner at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott. He provides counsel to U.S. companies as well as foreign entities and investors, and is actively involved in negotiating commercial transactions such as acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers, and restructuring to enhance effectiveness. He also has extensive experience in handling complex international legal transactions. MORE>PANELISTS:
Mark V. Lindsay, Associate
Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP, United States
Mark Lindsay’s primary areas of practice include entertainment law and general civil litigation. Mr. Lindsay has served as counsel on the largest telecommunications/broadband merger in history, and advised on antitrust concerns relating to advertising, branding, press relations, and other corporate matters. MORE>James D. Nguyen, Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP, United States
James Nguyen founded and previously co-chaired Foley & Lardner’s Entertainment & Media Industry Team, and is the current vice-chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. Mr. Nguyen specializes in new media and entertainment technologies. He was honored as one of the "Best Lawyers Under 40" by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association in 2005. MORE> Hiroki Saito, Partner
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Japan
Hiroki Saito specializes in intellectual property, technology transactions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, venture financing, and entertainment deals. He has successfully negotiated a variety of domestic and international transactions involving intellectual property, including licensing, development, and strategic alliances, as well as various corporate transactions. MORE>Scott C. Sander, President and CEO
SightSound Technologies, United States
Scott Sander is president and CEO of SightSound Technologies, a broadband Internet media and technology company. Under his leadership, SightSound was first to electronically sell into a movie theater projection booth via the Internet for digital exhibition and first to electronically sell a movie into a handheld PocketPC. MORE>Joyce A. Tan, Managing Partner
Joyce A. Tan & Partners, Singapore
Joyce Tan is a corporate commercial lawyer with particular focus on technology, communications, media, and intellectual property. Her extensive practice has led her to serve clients from numerous industries including government bodies and multinational corporations. MORE>