The Agilent OpenLAB ELN is used by global R&D labs that need to protect their intellectual property (IP).

Electronic records are increasingly being used to support patent information and filing. Therefore, they need to be generated and managed with care. Technologies such as digital signatures and secure timestamping provide legally admissible digital evidence, but internal policies also need to be defined and followed (such as peer witness review workflows).

Understanding the new America Invents Act is key for both US and international companies who want to benefit from the huge US market. Although the move to a “first-to-file” system simplifies the patent process, the need for admissible, credible and authenticated business records associated with a company’s IP has not diminished. In fact, significant portions of the America Invents Act emphasize the importance of improved electronic records management best practices, including prior user defenses, derivation proceedings and post-grant reviews.

This webinar will address:

• What’s changing with the new America Invents Act
• How the USPTO handles electronic evidence
• The meaning of “first-inventor-to-file”
• Why digital timestamping secures your applications and patents
• How OpenLAB ELN helps you comply with these new regulations

Utilizing Agilent’s OpenLAB ELN as a case study example, Dr. Roberts and Mr. Beillouin will provide valuable insight into timestamping and how it can secure your applications and patents, as well as how the OpenLAB ELN technology can help you comply with regulations under the America Invents Act. 

What: Pharma IQ webinar “First-Inventor-to-File: Protect Your Research Data”
Speakers: Dr. Jon Roberts, Senior Partner, Marbury Law Group PLLC and Francois Beillouin. Product Manager ELN, Agilent Technologies
When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CET
Registration: Register online for free

For more information on the America Invest Act, download our whitepaper from Dr. Roberts today.

Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC

KineMatik’s ELN facilitates increased efficiencies among researchers and more effective management of R&D by integrating the strategic, operational, knowledge and data management processes inherent in the R&D environment. The integration of the AbsoluteProof Service into KineMatik’s platform provides a seamless way for its customers to protect the integrity and prove the authenticity of their electronic records by generating independently verifiable evidence of exactly what electronic records were created and when.

Read the press release here.

- Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC

Through the agreement, OnQ Software will be able to provide its clients with solutions that seamlessly integrate AbsoluteProof, thereby meeting their client’s critical record integrity and intellectual property protection requirements. These solutions include industry-leading electronic lab notebooks, laboratory information management systems and other enterprise content management system deployments.

Read the press release here.

- Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC

Registration Gateway is SRC Solutions’ flagship product that is designed to simplify the student registration process by minimizing data inaccuracies, removing repetitive administrative tasks and driving down maintenance cost. Recently, SRC Solutions and Surety announced that they had partnered together to integrate Surety’s AbsoluteProof data integrity protection solution into SRC’s Registration Gateway application to secure the authenticity of the students’ electronic records. AbsoluteProof applies a tamper-evident, digital “seal” to each record, providing long-term and independent proof that the record’s content existed at a particular point in time and has not been altered since. The application legally ensures student record integrity.

Read the press release here.

- Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC

Over the next couple of months, best practices will be on the minds of each government agency. According to a recent FedScoop article, President Obama ordered federal agencies to evolve to an entirely digital-based records system, giving government agencies a 120-day window to develop a plan of action for the change.

The article quotes Obama, saying: “The current federal records management system is based on an outdated approach involving paper and filing cabinets. Today’s action will move the process into the digital age so the American public can have access to clear and accurate information about the decisions and actions of the Federal Government.” It also states that a report produced by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) discloses “agencies have done a poor job of managing the increased volume and diversity of information that come with advances in information technology.”

With the current estimated volume of government-stored data at 142 terabytes, our hope is that the administration is taking the necessary steps to ensure the security of this highly sensitive information. Surely, it has weighed the data confidentiality and privacy risks and most certainly will be moving forward with preventative solutions in mind, but has it considered how it will ensure the authenticity and integrity of the records that it’ll be storing?

By implementing a seamless, behind-the-scenes solution, such as a cryptographic digital timestamping technology that can provide  long-lasting, independently verifiable and standards based (ANSI X9.95 and ISO/IEC 18014-3) integrity protection, the government can be assured that stored records are preserved in their original, intended state.

Maintaining accurate and authentic records is critical to the operation of an effective and accountable government.  In order for our government agencies to successfully migrate to a completely paperless record system, electronic records management and authenticity assurance solutions must be incorporated.

- Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC

Hosted by Bob Flinton, vice president of marketing and product management at Surety and Kay Bross, director of member and vendor programs at SAFE-BioPharma Association, this webinar will provide valuable insight on how to protect the integrity and authenticity of electronic research within scientific environments.

In an industry where research is competitive and ever-evolving, the use of digital timestamping and electronic signatures to identify the “who” and “when” of groundbreaking research is essential to survival. However, there are many options for protecting intellectual property and understanding those differences may influence the use of/migration to an electronic workflow. Whether you’ve recently moved to an electronic format or plan to in the future, be sure to join Surety and the SAFE-BioPharma Association to learn first-hand how to effectively implement a “sign and seal” process and legally protect electronic intellectual property for the long-term.

What: Pharmaceutical Technology webinar, “Cost-Effective Solutions for Long-term IP Protection in Your Electronic R&D Environment”
Speakers: Bob Flinton, vice president of marketing and product management at Surety and Kay Bross, program director of member and vendor relations at SAFE-BioPharma Association
When: October 20, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. EDT
Registration: Register online for free

- Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC

Details of our trip abroad are listed below – we hope all of you registrants out there will join us at the workshop next week. If you can’t make it, check out our resources page for additional digital timestamping details. You’ll have access to podcasts, whitepapers, webinars and more.

What: IQPC’s ELNs and Advanced Laboratory Solutions Conference 2011
“Navigating Regulations and Ensuring the Legality of Your IP From the R&D Stage Forward”
When: September 26-28, 2011
Where: Hilton Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain
More Info: www.elnforum.com

- Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC

The integration enables school districts to prove the authenticity of their electronic student records should they ever be legally challenged. AbsoluteProof digitally timestamps (or “seals”) each student record, capturing the exact time and date it was created, and providing an independent means to prove that the records have not been changed or altered since the time they were “sealed.” This sealing process allows records and their data to be protected for the entirety of their existence. The SRC and Surety partnership is already providing systems and services to multiple school districts in all major markets and geographies throughout the country.

Read the press release here.

- Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC

We hope to see you next week!

-Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC

The web movie is designed to give you a sense of how our AbsoluteProof intellectual property protection solutions work, and the business value they deliver to R&D industries. If you’re newly introduced to Surety, or even if you’re a longtime user, take a look at this three-minute web movie and familiarize yourself with the capabilities and business-critical value that AbsoluteProof has to offer. You’ll see why so many members of the scientific R&D community trust AbsoluteProof with their data integrity protection needs.

-Bob Flinton
VP of Marketing and Product Management
Surety, LLC