Attorney Mary E. Cain to visit the Academic Senate
Thursday November 5 at 3:30 in the Sam Karas Room
Everybody is invited
As the Academic Senate reviewed a proposed board policy and associated administrative procedure on network and computer use, it got very interested in the legal aspect of a number of issues. In particular, privacy issues, copyright issues, and intellectual property were areas of concern. So we have arranged a purely informational presentation by a local attorney. Academic Senate meetings are open to everybody. Please consider this one a mini open forum and join us at 3:30 on Thursday November 5 in the Sam Karas Room.
Mary Cain is a graduate of Stanford Law School and a local practitioner of intellectual property law. Currently, Mary has her own law firm in Carmel and she has spent several years in private practice, which has included representation of clients in state and federal courts. Mary's work experience further includes policy and case law analysis for Microsoft's in-house legal affairs division in the context of the release of new technology products. Mary has written on the doctrine of copyright misuse and the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. She remains actively connected to the academic activities of Stanford Law's technology law community.
Locally, Mary has represented the Monterey Institute of International Studies in proceedings before the US Patent & Trademark Office.
Mary obtained her undergraduate degree in English from U.C.L.A. where she also focused on issues of equal access to quality college preparatory course work in traditionally underrepresented communities.
As a service to the MPC Academic Senate, Mary has conducted an analysis of the computer and network usage administrative regulations in the process of Academic Senate review. On November 5, Mary will address the Senate on issues of privacy and network access. She will also discuss the fundamental tenets of copyright law and fair use policies that govern in our educational setting. After her presentation, there will be an opportunity for Q&A and further debate over these issues.