Attorney at Law
3233 East Bay Drive
Suite 101
Largo, Florida 33771
Phone: (727) 531-1111
Fax: (727) 531-5088
e-mail: ellislaw@alum.mit.edu
David Ellis is an attorney practicing computer, cyberspace and Internet law; intellectual property law, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets; corporation and business law; entertainment and arts law; and franchise, licensing and contract law. A graduate of M.I.T. and Harvard Law School, he is a member of the Florida Bar and a registered Patent Attorney. He is also a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, for which he is a National Lecturer; the American Bar Association's Sections on Science and Technology and Intellectual Property Law; the American Intellectual Property Law Association; the Florida Bar's Sections on Business Law and Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law; the Computer Law Association; and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
Dave has lectured and presented continuing legal education programs on Computer and Cyberspace Law, Computer Contracting and Software Protection, Intellectual Property Law, and Entertainment and Arts Law to a variety of groups throughout the United States, including Cornell, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Syracuse and Interamerican University (Puerto Rico), and the Universities of Tennessee, Florida, South Florida, and Central Florida, and Florida International University, along with ACM, the Florida Bar, and business, professional, computer and technology groups.
Dave is the author of the book, A Computer Law Primer, and for many years wrote a monthly column on Computer Law for "The Data Bus," Florida's computer and technology journal. He has also written articles on Computer and Cyberlaw and Intellectual Property for numerous publications, including Data Management, Lawyers Weekly USA, and The Florida Bar Journal. He taught Intellectual Property, Copyrights, and Computer Law for many years as an Adjunct Professor at the Law Schools of the University of Florida and Stetson University.
The presentation focuses on the emerging fields of cyberspace and computer and technology law. Included are topics such as the law of the Internet; protection of computer software and technology through copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets; civil and criminal liability of users and providers; privacy and ethical concerns; and other legal topics pertaining to cyberspace, computers, software, and digital and information technologies. Each talk will be tailored to the specific interests of the audience, primarily through questions and answers during the session or submitted in advance.