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Martha Lessman Katz

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Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property and Technology
  • Data Security & Privacy
  • Social Media
  • Licensing & Related Technology Transactions
  • Global Outsourcing
  • Cloud Computing
  • Business Law
  • E-Commerce
 
University Washington University in St. Louis, A.B., 1974 Phi Beta Kappa
 
Law SchoolLoyola University School of Law, J.D., 1977
 
Admitted1977, Illinois; 1981, California; 1993, Maryland; 1995, District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
 
BornChicago, IL, 1952
 
Biography

Martha Lessman Katz is a member in the Intellectual Property & Technology and Business Law Practice Groups. She advises domestic and international clients regarding privacy and data security matters including cross border transfers, licensing and related technology transactions, outsourcing, e-Commerce transactions, and emerging issues with social media. Martha assists businesses in a wide spectrum of industries in the development, implementation and management of intellectual property asset strategies, helping them to manage the exploitation and commercialization of their intellectual property assets and all facets of technology transactions. Examples of such matters include: in and out licensing, technology transfer, subscription agreements, website terms and conditions, Software/Platform as a Service and cloud computing terms and conditions.

Martha is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as an information privacy professional. She is also certified by the Licensing Executives Society as a licensing specialist.

Honors

Named to Best Lawyers in America, Information Technology Law each year since 2009

Professional and Civic Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, Baltimore City Bar Association, Technology Committee

· Member, California Bar Association

· Member, District of Columbia Bar Association

· Member, Illinois State Bar Association

· Member, Maryland Bar Association, Intellectual Property Committee

· Member, Howard County Economic Development Association: Advisory Board, NeoTech Incubator

· Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals

· Member, Licensing Executives Society

Publications and Lectures

· Author, "The LogisTech Curve" Blog for Supply Chain Management Review:
- Introduction - September 14, 2011
- "Scams, Spam & Flim Flam," - September 19, 2011
- "Protecting Your Brand in the New gTLD World," September 27, 2011
- "CyberSecurity Awareness," - October 12, 2011
- "CyberSecurity Awareness II," - October 21, 2011
- "CyberSecurity Awareness III," - November 1, 2011
- "Social Media: Can it Work for B2B?" - November 17, 2011
- "The Bewildering World of Export Control and Compliance," -December 12, 2011
- "A Primer on the U.S. Export Control Laws," - December 14, 2011
- "What is an Export?" - December 15, 2011
- "The National Export Initiative 'Complexity'" - December 19, 2011
- "New DHS Visa Certification" - December 20, 2011

· Author, "Data Security and Privacy - Into the Breach," Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Technology Transfer Practice Manual, 3rd Edition, Volume 4

· Co-Author, "What's Mine is Mine and What's Yours is Mine Protecting IP in Manufactured Products in the Government Contracts Arena," June 2011

· Panelist, "Utilizing Social Media to Grow Your Business," Association of Retail Environments Annual Convention, November 2-4, 2011

· Panelist, "Communication in the Age of Backpack Journalism: Developing, Uploading & Promoting Multi-media Content to Communicate Directly with Your Audience," MEDA Annual Conference, June 6, 2011

· Author, "Social Media: Navigating the Legal Perils, " IndustryWeek.com, May 2011

· Panelist - CISO Executive Network - Baltimore Chapter
- "Data Protection in the Enterprise," October 5, 2011
- "Application Security & Assurance," August 31, 2011
- "Mobile Device Security," July 13, 2011
- "Third Party Risk Management," March 2, 2011
- "Cloud Security: Is it Safe to Go In Yet?," June 8, 2011
- "Information Security/Privacy Law Retrospective," January 19, 2011

· Author, "Cyperspace: Where is the Security?", Law360, May 12, 2010

· Author, "Data Security, Privacy and the 'Red Flags' Rule," Law360, October 1, 2009

· Author, "Social Media: Not Just for Chitchat Anymore," Law360, May 12, 2009

· Presenter, "US Copyrights Basics," National Business Institute - Intellectual Property Law Update, May, 2008

· Author, "The Legal Web of Intellectual Property - Date Security: Into the Breach," Maryland State Bar Association, The Maryland Bar Journal, January/February 2008

· Contributing Author, "Selling Products and Services and Licensing Software Online," ABA Section of Business Law/Cyberspace Committee CD-Rom Project, 2007

· Author, "Avoiding the Perils and Pitfalls of E-Commerce," Maryland State Bar Association, The Maryland Bar Journal, November/December 2000

News

September 19, 2011, Martha Lessman Katz Joins Gordon, Feinblatt

September 15, 2011, 24 Gordon, Feinblatt Lawyers Named as Best Lawyers in America 2012

GFRHH Publications

September 26, 2011, Protecting Your Brand Name on the Internet
Ned Himmelrich, Martha Katz

 
ISLN906004256
 

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Protecting Your Brand Name on the Internet
Ned T. Himmelrich,Martha Lessman Katz, September 30, 2011
The next few months present you with a few decisions about protecting your brand name on the internet. We are in the midst of the first large expansion of “generic top level domain names” (gTLD) to add to the existing group that includes .com, .net and .info. Immediately, you need to...

What’s Mine is Mine and What’s Yours is Mine Protecting IP in Manufactured Products in the Government Contracts Arena
Joseph G. Billings,Nathanael D. Hartland,Martha Lessman Katz,Gene Schleppenbach,Alfred M. Wurglitz, June 28, 2011
Many companies rely on intellectual property (¿IP¿) protections such as patents, trade secrets and copyrights to prevent competitors from selling the products those companies developed with their own money, hard work, research, and planning. To help protect their IP, manufacturers often carefully...
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Martha Lessman Katz
Gordon Feinblatt LLC
233 East Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21202




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