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PATENT TROLLS (4) - The Untold Story of Corporations Eating Themselves

March 11, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

TechGC Website Chris Sands Twitter TechGC LinkedIn TechGC Twitter ABOUT THE GUEST Ken Seddon joined LOT in April of 2015, bringing over 20 years of experience managing all areas of intellectual property. Previously, Ken was with some of the largest patent holders the world including Apple, Micron, Motorola, Intel and most recently as the Vice President of IP at ARM. Ken drafted over 300 patent applications while at Motorola and Intel, and managed all US patent prosecution at Intel. ...

The SEC & Blockchain: Who Will Save Us from Ourselves?

February 24, 2020 17:09 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

TechGC Website Chris Sands Twitter TechGC LinkedIn TechGC Twitter ABOUT THE GUEST Georgia Quinn is an American entrepreneur and lawyer. She is the general counsel of CoinList a platform that provides services to top token developers including compliant offering, distribution, and liquidity services. She is also the co-founder of iDisclose, a legal technology company focused on the disclosure and legal document needs of small business and startup entrepreneurs. Ms. Quinn began her pra...

Looking Into Diversity & Inclusion

February 20, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

TechGC Website Chris Sands Twitter TechGC LinkedIn TechGC Twitter ABOUT THE GUEST Paolo Gaudiano is the CEO of Aleria, President of Aleria Research, and Executive Director of Quantitative Studies of Diversity and Inclusion at the City College of New York. Paolo is a Forbes contributor on Diversity & Inclusion and holds degrees in Applied Mathematics, Aerospace Engineering and Computational Neuroscience. ABOUT HOST Chris Sands leads content and communications for TechGC. Prio...

PRIVACY & CYBERSECURITY(2) - Today's Cyber Attacks are Hacking Humans (w/ Allison Bender)

February 10, 2020 08:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB

ABOUT TECHGC Website In-House Career Center LinkedIn Twitter ABOUT THE GUEST Allison Bender is currently an attorney at law firm, Wilson Sonsini in the cybersecurity and privacy practice. Prior to joining Wilson, she served at the Department of Homeland Security, serving as a senior cybersecurity attorney in the Office of the General Counsel. Allison is also an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, noted public speaker at conferences such as BlackHat & Internationa...

PATENT TROLLS (3) - The Patent Office is a Friend to Greedy Attorneys w/Lee Cheng

February 03, 2020 08:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

ABOUT TECHGC Website In-House Career Center LinkedIn Twitter ABOUT THE GUEST Lee Cheng is an attorney and civil rights activist with a long history of achievement in business, law and public policy. He is presently a Partner at Maschoff-Brennan, a leading technology-focused law firm with offices in Utah and California, and the co-Founder and President of Symmetry IP, an organization focused on fighting patent abuse. Lee is a two-time winner (2014 and 2016) of the National Law Journal...

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES (3) - The Legal Secrets to Building an AV Business (w/ Matt Gipple)

January 24, 2020 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

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BLOCKCHAIN(3) - Crypto Has a Usability Problem, but There May Be a Community Solution (w/ Brynly Llyr)

January 16, 2020 10:53 - 9 minutes - 9.03 MB

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PATENT TROLLS(2) - You Need Street Cred to Shake the Patents Mafia (w/ Ken Carter)

December 30, 2019 17:47 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB

More on Cloudflare's Project Jengo ABOUT THE GUEST Ken Carter is currently the General Counsel at Bitmovin - a technology leader in online video with over 62 Million in funding. Before Bitmovin, Ken was Counsel at Cloudflare - a website performance and security company currently valued at over 5 Billion dollars. He was hired at Coudflare as the company’s first in-house lawyer to lead legal affairs, public policy, government relations, and trust & safety, and was instrumental in Cloudflare'...

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES(2) - The Future of Transportation is Multimodal (w/ Susan Shaheen)

December 19, 2019 14:12 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MB

ABOUT THE GUEST Susan Shaheen is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Co-Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) at the University of California, Berkeley. Susan has a Ph.D. in ecology, focusing on the energy and environmental aspects of transportation from UC Davis and an M.S. in public policy analysis from the University of Rochester. She has authored 67 journal articles, over 120 reports and proceedings articles, and has co-edited two books...

BLOCKCHAIN(2) - The Global Financial System is More Fragile than We Think (w/ Brian Brooks)

December 10, 2019 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

ABOUT THE GUEST Brian Brooks is a TechGC member and was also the keynote at our most recent National Summit at the New York Stock Exchange. Brian is the Chief Legal Officer at Coinbabse - one of the largest digital currency platforms in the world, valued at over 8 Billion. Prior to Coinbase, he was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Fannie Mae - the largest financial institution measured by it's assets of 3.2 Trillion dollars. Brian is also an investor and advisor at numer...

PATENT TROLLS(1) - Fighting Trolls is an Ecosystem Play (w/ Douglas Luftman)

December 05, 2019 13:30 - 9 minutes - 9.13 MB

Jobs Newsletter Sign-Up TechGC Career Center TechGC Website TechGC LinkedIn TechGC Twitter Featured Guest: Doug Luftman is a seasoned in-house counsel in Silicon Valley, working as Chief IP Counsel & General Counsel for both startups and fortune 500 companies, including NetApp, CBS, and Caspian Networks. He is now General Counsel Nomis Solutions, a FinTech company with over 25M in funding from investors such as Accenture, Silicon Valley Bank, and Bain Capital.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES(1) - The AV Industry Has a Major Cyber Problem (w/ John McNelis)

November 22, 2019 17:07 - 12 minutes - 11 MB

John McNelis is a law partner at Fenwick & West, where he chairs the Autonomous Transportation and Shared Mobility Practice. John has been has been representing venture-backed and publicly traded tech firms for over 20 years as a patent attorney. In this conversation, we focus on the issue of cybersecurity as a threat to the Autonomous Vehicle industry, why it exists, and the necessary role of key players in advancing Autonomous Vehicle adoption.

Autonomous Vehicles - Part 1: The Threat of Cyber Security w/John McNelis

November 22, 2019 17:07 - 12 minutes - 11 MB

John McNelis is a law partner at Fenwick & West, where he chairs the Autonomous Transportation and Shared Mobility Practice. John has been has been representing venture-backed and publicly traded tech firms for over 20 years as a patent attorney. In this conversation, we focus on the issue of cybersecurity as a threat to the Autonomous Vehicle industry, why it exists, and the necessary role of key players in advancing Autonomous Vehicle adoption.

BLOCKCHAIN(1) - Decentralized Identity May Be the Answer to Privacy (w/ Marvin Ammori)

November 14, 2019 18:32 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

Marvin Ammori heads legal and public policy for Protocol Labs—a company whose projects include a cryptocurrency token (Filecoin) and a platform for SEC-compliant token sales (CoinList). The company has over 100 employees and has raised over $200 million, including from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Union Square Ventures. Mr. Ammori is also a founding Board Member and officer of the industry’s leading trade association, the Blockchain Association, working with members such as Coin...

Blockchain - Part 1: Web 3.0 and Decentralized Identity w/ Marvin Ammori

November 14, 2019 18:32 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

Marvin Ammori heads legal and public policy for Protocol Labs—a company whose projects include a cryptocurrency token (Filecoin) and a platform for SEC-compliant token sales (CoinList). The company has over 100 employees and has raised over $200 million, including from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Union Square Ventures. Mr. Ammori is also a founding Board Member and officer of the industry’s leading trade association, the Blockchain Association, working with members suc...

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT (1) - The Gig Economy Needs a 3rd Classification

October 17, 2019 17:24 - 7 minutes - 6.54 MB

Guests Andrew Moriarty | Employment Law Partner @Perkins Coie Seth Harris | Author, Lawyer & Professor @Cornell Guissu Baier| Partner @ Broadhaven Ventures & former Employment Counsel @Instacart Special Appearance Jeanine Wright | Chief Legal Officer @ SimpleCast

The Gig Economy: California, Classification, and The Future of Work