Computerization Of The Nichols' Analysis For Assessing Scope Of Copyright Protection And For Assessing Copyright Infringement
This paper addresses the unsettled state of copyright protection available for computer programs and concomitant elements, as of later 1995. It was published in the Softare Law Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 5 (May/June 1995), as a revision of original paper published in the State Bar of Texas Computer Law Journal And Technology Journal, vol. 5, no. 1 (1995).

Computer Copyright Law
Paper presented to Dallas Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section February 21, 1995 discussing Fifth Circuit decisions addressing the issue of the scope of copyright protection afforded works involving computer programs.

Practicing Law In Cyberspace
Paper presented to Federal Bar Association, Houston Chapter, on January 20, 2000 and discussing how having the ability to practice law in Cyberspace has virtually metamorphosed the legal landscape into an amorphous mass. Issues implicating the following questions are duiscussed. With whom are you communicating by sending email? Are you inadvertently providing legal advise to an unknown person in an unknown venue? For free? Have you inadvertently established an attorney-client relationship? Are you licensed in the state in which the recipient resides? Do you routinely check all incoming data for viruses? Do you exercise diligence safeguarding your firm and client information stored on your network? Is encryption prerequisite for safeguarding such information? Passwords? Biometrics?

Electronic Discovery: Integrity, Security And Admissibility
Paper presented on October 15, 1998 during Using Technology For Discovery Seminar in Dallas sponsored by Half Moon, Inc.

New Technology And Ethical Considerations
Paper presented to Houston Bar Association on June 26, 1998 pertaining to the topic “Professional Responsibility and Confidentiality Considerations When using the Internet” and intended to supplement the paper written by Mary Francis Lapidus of Mary Francis Lapidus, P.C. It focuses upon the nature and characteristics associated with telephonic communications in general, and associated with attorney-client communications in particular.

Internet: Legal Research, Ethics, Malpractice, & Lawyer Liability
Paper presented during Houston Bar Association “Evidence & Discovery” Institute on February 11, 1999 addressing the opportunities afforded attorneys for incorporating into the practice of law the myriad resources available on the Internet, and the concomitant ethics issues that are inherent in practicing law on-line.

Survival On The E-Mail & E-Document Landscape Coping With Electronic Terrorism
Paper presented to Houston Bar Association Computer & Online Law Section on January 27, 2000 discussing how the practice law in Cyberspace has been virtually metamorphosed into an amorphous mass, and the concomitant. This amorphous mass is actually populated with an underlying structure of well-established legal principles and practices blanketed with a colloidal covering that has introduced a plethora of ethical concerns for lawyers and law firms.

The Federal & State Y2K Statutes: Discussion & Commentary
Paper presented to Houston Bar Association Computer & Online Law Section on September 23, 1999 discussing the recently enacted federal and state Year 2K statutes, and the likely downstream impact on lawyers, the courts, and industry.

Computer Law
Paper published in The Houston Lawyer magazine in 1997 co-authored with Stephen J. Hyland addressing “computer law” and its novelty that compels attorneys to navigate beyond well-defined legal boundaries into what appears to be a chameleon-like landscape.

New Weapons To Ward Off Y2K Problems: The Federal & State Y2K Statutes
Paper published in The Houston Lawyer magazine in addressing the nature and possible impact of the Y2K scenario and the steps that the federal government and state governments have taken to prevent the sky from falling.

Metamorphosis in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Paper published in the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Journal in 1996 pertaining to opportunities for achieving what may be perceived as a “metamorphosis” during patent prosecution albeit patent prosecution normally being perceived as an arcane adventure through the well-defined labyrinths of the Patent Statutes according to the rules and regulations promulgated by Congress and by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Occasionally, a challenge arises during prosecution that may present an opportunity for the adventurous patent attorney to explore beyond the regions defined by the intersection of these rules and regulations.