“The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has expanded the options for electronically filing documents in trademark disputes. Using the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) system, parties to a dispute now can file more documents electronically with the TTAB,… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: E-Records
Microsoft and USPS Partner on Postmark App
From the USPS: “Just click the USPS EPM icon in the Microsoft Word toolbar, apply a USPS EPM to your document (contract, letter, agreement), and sign. This gives your document tamper protection against fraud and the ability to verify document authenticity with a click of the USPS EPM signature block.” Free for individual users who… Continue Reading
Privacy and Court Records
Chris Jay Hoofnagle, EPIC Deputy Counsel, will present the following paper, Public Records and Privacy (pdf), to the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 77th Annual Meeting on October 17. He examines the rights and responsibilities of data collectors and data subjects in the evolving system of online public records. Continue Reading
Wired District Courts
AP published a list of the 26 (of the 94) district courts that currently provide electronic filing and case management. Continue Reading
NH Gov’t Moves From Paper to E-Records
This press release from New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson announces the implementation of E-Library Services, which will “enable viewing all agency reports that are generated by the States budget, financial and human resource computer systems. All such reports will be viewable in a web-browser by authorized users. The e-Info Library Services will be an official… Continue Reading
Enterprise-Wide ID Management
“As applications and users multiply, companies are turning to ID management software to improve access to applications, password management and the provisioning of resources. [Link] Continue Reading
Law Firm Technology Survey
The Eighth Annual AmLaw Tech Survey, September 2003. Survey results were compiled from responses provided by 137 law firms, and address the following categories: document management, docketing & calendaring, spam defense, litigation support, and electronic evidence vendors. Additional information on expenditures related to hardware, software and IT related personnel is provided in another survey titled… Continue Reading
Managing Electronic Evidence
From the September 2003 issue of ABA Law Practice Today, Electronic Discovery: The Top 10 Challenges and Solutions. Continue Reading
Are E-Books Still Viable, or is Amazon Preparing an Alternative?
BarnesandNoble.com is no longer selling e-books, according to this posting on their website. However, a New York Times article by David D. Kirkpatrick, discusses the mid-September launch by Amazon.com of “a searchable online archive with the texts of tens of thousands of books of nonfiction, according to several publishing executives involved.” This program is called… Continue Reading
Digital Archiving Program Based on PDF
A committee of the Society of American Archivists, in conjunction with various associations representing imaging services providers, are evaluating new standards for a modified form of PDF, called PDF-A (for Portable Document Format Archive), which they propose as an option for the long-term storage of electronic documents. Continue Reading
Database Vendor Eliminates Personal Data on Mexican Citizens
AP reported that commercial online public records provider ChoicePoint has eliminated its database of “personal information of 65 million voting-age Mexican citizens” following a controvery surrounding the means by which this information was obtained. The company has a contract with the Dept. of Justice, which uses the system for activities associated with homeland security. See… Continue Reading
Digital Document Preservation: Remember Microfiche – Well Its Back!
Marketplace response to the challenges of preserving digital documents appears to be incorporating a “back to the future” perspective according to this recent article, Upgrade and Archive: The Ongoing Threat of Data Extinction. The continual push to digitize documents into virtual libraries must be balanced against the critical issues associated with the lifespan of hardware… Continue Reading
