Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:15 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:15 – 1:15 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:15 – 4:00 pm

 

Oklahoma Contract Law Primer for Engineers
S. Potts

   Contract formation and the elements of an enforceable contract
   Bargaining power and understanding contract terms
   Duties, performance, and professional standards
   Liability – warranties, guarantees, indemnities, and breaches of contract
   Non-compete/non-solicitation agreements and terms – enforceable or not?
   Misappropriation of trade secrets and business information

Professional Liability Law
W.M. Hill

   Reviewing the grounds for professional liability claims
   Identifying who can bring a claim
   Examining common sources of professional liability claims
   Reviewing defenses to liability claims
   Determining damages
   Participating in dispute resolution: arbitration,mediation, litigation
   Obtaining Insurance coverage for professional liability claims

Understanding the Investigatory and Disciplinary Practices of the Oklahoma State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
J. Seay

   Understanding the Department’s disciplinary powers
   Reviewing prohibited practices and grounds for disciplinary action
   Investigatory procedures
   Disciplinary hearings
   Administrative and other penalties and enforcement

Cyber Security Issues for Engineers 
J. Seay

   Cyber security threats and business’s exposure to data breach
   Day in a life of a cyber security breach and how to respondin the event of a breach
   Coverage that is available under a cyber insurance policy to illustrate how the coverage matches up with the steps taken after a breach

Intellectual Property Essentials for Engineers:  Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets
M. Brockhaus

   Securing ownership of your designs through patents, trademarks,copyrights, and trade secrets
   Leveraging your intellectual capital through licenses, and othertechnology agreements
   Policing intellectual property rights and preventing infringement
   Resolving intellectual property disputes

Credits

This seminar offers 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers


Speakers

Diane Black

Secrest, Hill, Butler & Secrest, P.C., Tulsa

Secrest, Hill, Butler & Secrest, P.C., TulsaMs. Black joined Secrest, Hill, Butler & Secrest in 2013. She has been an insurance defense lawyer for over 13 years. She brings an in-depth knowledge of insurance policy interpretation coupled with trial experience. Her work focuses on defending “bad faith”, coverage disputes, real estate, construction, products liability, professional liability and general liability. Ms. Black received her B.A. degree in 19994 from the University of Tulsa and graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1999.

Marc Brockhaus

Dunlap Codding P.C

Dunlap Codding P.C., Oklahoma CityMr. Brockhaus leads Dunlap Codding’s Electrical Engineering & Systems group.  He also practices in the areas of intellectual property, technology, computer and patent law and is involved in counseling, transactions, litigation and prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Brockhaus has prosecuted patent applications in the United States and abroad in the electrical, software and mechanical arts, including telephony equipment, semiconductor design and fabrication, computers, computer networking, digital cameras, electronic test equipment, web-guiding equipment, firearm safety equipment, protective vests, explosive detection equipment, optics and optical equipment, software programs and business methods.  He has also been involved extensively in patent-related litigation and licensing efforts involving the enforcement of intellectual property rights.  Mr. Brockhaus has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Oklahoma College of Law and received his J.D. degree and his Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1997, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma.  He received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1993.

Sara E. Potts

Partner, Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson LLP – Oklahoma City

Ms. Potts concentrates the majority of her practice on commercial litigation, corporate/business disputes, insurance, litigation defense (employment, transportation, professional liability, and products liability), and construction. In addition to her trial and litigation practice, Sara also counsels clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including corporate formation and governance, director/officer liability, employer liability, employee terminations/severances, member disassociations and expulsions, shareholder disputes, and prelitigation dispute resolution. While she is based in Oklahoma City, Sara’s practice involves all areas and counties within Oklahoma, and she is admitted to all Oklahoma state and federal courts, as well admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

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