Background
Weiss, Barry D. was born on October 12, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Weiss, Barry D. was born on October 12, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1980). Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1983). Edmund L. Grimes Achievement Scholar.
Worked at Gordon & Glickson Professional Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Information Technology, Computer Law, Online and Internet Law, Technology Licensing and Transactions, Outsourcing, Corporate and Securities, Finance, Venture Capital, Distribution, Marketing, Development, Intellectual Property, Multimedia and New Media, Telecommunications, Cable and Broadcast Television, Entertainment Law, Commercial Law, Taxation, Legislative Practice, Governmental Affairs, Complex Commercial Litigation, Trials and Dispute Resolution. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Illinois. Edmund L. Grimes Achievement Scholar, 1983.
Author: "Getting Caught in the Legal Tangles of the Web: What Businesses Need to Know to Protect Themselves," High-Technical Industry: Tax, Law, Business Planning (May/June, 1997) pp.
13-19; 46; "Allocating Risk and Responsibility Foreign "Year 2000" Compliance," Software Law Bulletin (January, 1997). "Buy v. Build? A Lawyer"s View on Technology Outsourcing," Public Utilities Fortnightly (November 1, 1996) pp.
20-21. "Transporting the Invention Out of the Ivory Tower: Technology Transfer--From the University to the Market," Educom Review (September/October, 1996).
"Technology Policies: Limiting Employer Liability in the Information Age," Cyberspace Lawyer (August, 1996) pp. 9-11; "Technology: Limiting Your Liability in Cyberspace," In, News and Know-How Column, Association Management, p.
22-23, December, 1995. Speaker: "Barbed Wires and Branding in Cyberspace: The Future of Copyright Protection," Understanding Basic Copyright Law, Practicing Law Institute, San Francisco, California, July, 1996.
"Black Holes in Cyberspace," The Conference Board Council of Telecommunications Executives, Washington Council Meeting, Arlington, Virginia, February, 1996.
"Multimedia Distribution: Analysis of Pending Legislation and Government Initiatives;" American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Section of Science Technology Program, Legal Issues in Multimedia Distribution: Providing Content to Customers Without Giving Away the Store, Chicago, Illinois, August, 1995: "Achieving Clarity and Quality in Software License Agreements," 1994 Computer Law Update, Computer Law Association and Information Technology Association of America, (ITAA), Washington, District of Columbia, May, 1994. "Electronic Data Interchange: Contractual Risk Management and Insurance," Worldwide Electronic Commerce Conference, New York, New York, January, 1994. "Copyright Protection and Reverse Engineering of Software," University of Dayton School of Law Symposium, Dayton, Ohio, November, 1993.
Member, Board of Directors, MAI Systems, Incorporated., 1994-1995.
Member, Editorial Board, High-Technical Industry: Tax, Law, Business Planning. Member: Chicago (Vice-Chairman and Chairman, Computer Law Committee, 1988-1990), Illinois State (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law.
Science and Technology Law. Litigation; Dispute Resolution.
Member, Computer Law Committee) Bar Associations.
Information Technology Association of America. Computer Law Association. Gordon & Glickson Professional Corporation, provides a broad spectrum of legal services to the information technology market worldwide.
The firm"s signature practice addresses the complex issues arising from the convergence of business and technology.
lieutenant is built on a foundation of conventional legal disciplines--corporate, commercial, tax, finance, intellectual property, litigation, trials and governmental affairs Members of the firm hold influential positions on professional committees and editorial boards and participate in national and international, legal, business and technical conferences.
The firm"s clients range from Fortune 500 corporations to emerging business enterprises, from not-for-profit organizations to local, state and foreign governmental entities and they operate world-wide in virtually every sector of this marketplace.
Chicago (Vice Chairman, Chairman, Computer Law Committee, since 1988), Illinois State (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section. Vice-Chairman, Intellectual Property Law Committee, since 1985. Science and Technology Section, Computer Law Division.
Young Lawyers Division.
Chairman, Computer Law Committee, 1986) Bar Associations. Association of Computing Machinery.
Computer Law Association. Chicago High Technical Association.
Computer Law; Construction Law, Commercial Litigation.