Matrix Revisited:Tech Convergence, IP Issues & System Vulnerability

NOVEMBER 7-9, 2007 ✺ WASHINGTON, DC

The Matrix Re-VisitedThe Matrix Re-VisitedPanel MembersPanel Members

• MODERATOR: Jennifer G. Smith, Esq., Vice President

Lockton Companies, Inc.

• Brian D. Brown, Vice PresidentMarsh, Inc.

• Kathleen Peters, Esq., Assistant General Counsel

Washington.com

• Mary Schust, Senior Vice PresidentMedia/Professional Insurance

A mechanism that confronts one set of phenomena with another set of phenomena.

An attempt to divide the world into separate parts.

Something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form.

A rectangular array of mathematical elements (as the coefficients of simultaneous linear equations) that can be combined to form sums and products with similar arrays having an appropriate number of rows and columns OR something resembling a mathematical matrix especially in rectangular arrangement of elements into rows and columns OR an array of circuit elements (as diodes and transistors) for performing a specific function.

What exactly is a Matrix?

A frequently employed management consulting tool used when actual thought would be either too painful or too expensive.

Federal Trade CommissionFederal Trade Commission

Social Networking WebsitesSocial Networking Websites

Misappropriation of Trade SecretsMisappropriation of Trade Secrets

Website User AgreementsWebsite User Agreements

Pay Per ClickPay Per Click

Data Recovery ManagementData Recovery Management

Google SpidersGoogle Spiders

Trademark InfringementTrademark Infringement

Digital MusicDigital Music

BloggingBlogging

Digital MoviesDigital Movies

Online NewslettersOnline Newsletters

MP3 PlayersMP3 Players

GPS DevicesGPS Devices

NetFlixNetFlix

YouTubeYouTube

Company EmailsCompany Emails

Web HostingWeb Hosting

Domain Name RegistrationDomain Name Registration

Voice Over IPVoice Over IPPCI CompliancePCI Compliance

Digital Millennium Copyright ActDigital Millennium Copyright Act

Copyright Misuse ActCopyright Misuse Act

Network SecurityNetwork Security

WikisWikis

Technology “Services”Technology “Services”

User Generated ContentUser Generated Content

Patents?Patents?

Internet DefamationInternet Defamation

Technology “Products”Technology “Products”

Unauthorized AccessUnauthorized Access

Tech E&O MatrixTech E&O Matrix

Increased Content

Insurance Solutions

Increased Distribution

Increased Risk

Increased Content

Content Providers

Online Newspapers

Television, Cable

Corporate websites

Blogs

Video-Blogging

MP3 Digital Music

Digital Movies

Wikis

E-Newsletters

Email

GPS

NetFlix

You Tube & Video Sharing Websites

FaceBooks

Web Hosting

Online Advertising

Increased Distribution

ChannelsWhat kind of companies?

MultiMedia Orgs

Broadcasting

Cable Companies or “Bundlers”

Social Networking Sites

Advertisers

Newspapers

ISPs

Telcos &Wireless

Municipal WiFi

Increased Misuse & Risks

IP

DMCA

Copyright Misuse Act

Lanham Act

FTC, FCC

Formal & Informal Agreements

Patent Infringement &

Patent Trolling

Open Source

DRM & DRM Technologies

Licensing Disputes

Trademark Dilution

Damages: Lost Profits, Statutory, Punitive

Contractual Obligations

Security

New Vulnerability

Mobile Networks

CIO Concern

VoIP

WiFi

Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)

HIPAA

SOX Compliance

COBIT

ISO/IEC 27002

Outsourcing

Coverages & Responses

Insurance Solutions & Risk Transfer Mechanisms

Internal Controls and Corporate Policies

Technology E&O Insurance Programs

Contractual Risk Transfer:

Limitation of Liability, Indemnification Provisions

Defense Cost IP (and damages) or Abatement Programs

Cyber Policies/Network Security

2121stst Century Widgets: Century Widgets:MP3s, PDAs, I-Phones…MP3s, PDAs, I-Phones…

BlogsBlogs

Domain NamesDomain Names

Click FraudClick Fraud

Key ConsiderationsKey Considerations

Jennifer G. Smith, Esq.Vice President

Lockton Companies, Inc.

Kathleen Peters, Esq.Assistant General Counsel

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

Mary SchustSenior Vice President

Media/Professional Insurance

Brian D. BrownVice President

Marsh Inc.

NOVEMBER 7-9, 2007 ✺

WASHINGTON, DC

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