Negotiating commercial contracts with foreign-based businesses New-York Law School, October 13th, 2016 What are the differences in between the US and French approaches to negotiating commercial contracts ? Using French at a main starting point, Céline Bondard, principal at Bondard Law Firm in Paris and Olivera Medenica, principal at Medenica Law PLLC in New-York will, among other topics,…
What futur for the Blockchain system ? October 11th, 2016 IRT SystemX, Paris What are the key legal issues and technology challenges with the blockchain in the areas of insurance, logistics, energy, automotive ? What are the activities of R & D that SystemX and its partners plan to implement within the program Intelligent Territories?…
“The Tricky Transfer of Personal Data in 2016” By Ms Céline Bondard, Esq. Admitted in Paris and New York www.bondard.fr The invalidation of the US-EU Safe Harbor Mechanism Ever since the Safe Harbor mechanism was implemented in 2000, companies incorporated in the United States (U.S.) could join the Safe Harbor mechanism in order…
It is impossible to protect an idea (see the Practical Article entitled “How to talk about a project without disclosing everything”). Therefore, as the author of an invention, your first step would be to materialize it in order to patent it. You will then meet up with your attorney with the documents proving the materialization…
You have just finished developing a software program and want an optimal protection for it. If you are the developer, you are the author and owner. But maybe you had it developed by a third-party, in which case you have to make sure you have full ownership over it. Best-case scenario, you were able to…
You are developing a new project: you are still an employee in a firm or getting in a partnership with people who are still employed. It isn’t easy to leave a company to launch your own business. You mustn’t forget the obligations that bind you to your current employer. 1. Differences between a non-disclosure and…
If you have or are planning to have an e-commerce website, Mrs. Bondard’s firm offers to inform you of the latest provisions applicable. These provisions will change your Terms and Conditions of sales as well as the way you operate distance selling. The new Hamon Act, passed on May 17th 2013, will enter into force…
As an executive, when you seek advice from a lawyer you usually ask the following question: “Who can I talk to about my project?” You indeed need to get insightful feedback in order to know whether or not your idea is worth materializing. That’s why you want to know how to protect your idea. You…
As an executive, when you seek legal counsel, you often do it on behalf of the company you have created or are about to create. In meetings, late at night, you have thought long and hard about the name of the company: you’ve grown attached to it. Maybe you have even got your domain name…
