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From WYSIWYG to UI/UX: One Thousand Steps Forward, One Step Back
From WYSIWYG to UI/UX: One Thousand Steps Forward, One Step Back
By Fred Wilf
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Early lessons from the Iowa Caucuses failure
Early lessons from the Iowa Caucuses failure
By Fred Wilf
Contributions
Experience & Education
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Wilftek LLC
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Licenses & Certifications
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Certified Licensing Professional
Certified Licensing Professionals, Inc.
Issued Expires
Volunteer Experience
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Volunteer Lawyer / Pro Bono Counsel
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (PVLA)
- Present 38 years
Arts and Culture
I provide legal services to artists through the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. PVLA provides free legal services to artists of all types. PVLA is online at https://pvla.org/ .
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Member of the Board of Advisors, Rowan Innovation Venture Fund
Rowan University
- Present 9 years
Education
The Rowan Innovation Venture Fund provides opportunities and funding to startups in the Rowan University community, including students, faculty, administrators and local residents. The Board of Advisors reviews business plans, hears pitches, provides feedback and contacts to business owners, and makes recommendations on which companies should be funded. More information is online at https://sites.rowan.edu/advancement/rowan-innovation-venture-fund/index.html .
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Pro Bono Counsel
Schuylkill River Heritage Center at Phoenixville
- 2 years 6 months
Education
The Schuylkill River Heritage Center at Phoenixville is a small museum and educational center that focuses on the development of the Schuylkill River from Philadelphia to Pottsville. The Center is online at http://www.phoenixvillefoundry.org/ and the museum is at 2 North Main Street in Phoenixville. Come and visit!
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Advisor, Athena PowerLink Advisory Board
National Association of Woman Business Owners
- 1 year
Science and Technology
I was one member of a panel of five volunteer advisers who worked with a business owner on particular issues in her business that she identified. More information about this wonderful program is online at http://apl-nawbodv.org/ .
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Pro Bono Counsel
The Compuseum
- 4 years
Science and Technology
The Compuseum raises money and awareness to establish an information technology museum and educational center in the Greater Philadelphia area. Current information about the effort may be found at http://www.thecompuseum.org .
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Volunteer Judge
LawMeets
- 3 years
Education
LawMeets runs law school competitions that give law students experience in the drafting and negotiation of contracts and other transactional documents. LawMeets takes the spirt of Moot Court competitions and translates it to the realm of business transactions. Teams of students are given a problem based on real-world transactions, and they are assigned to one side of the transaction or the other. The prepare and submit edited contracts, and they meet and negotiate with teams on the other side…
LawMeets runs law school competitions that give law students experience in the drafting and negotiation of contracts and other transactional documents. LawMeets takes the spirt of Moot Court competitions and translates it to the realm of business transactions. Teams of students are given a problem based on real-world transactions, and they are assigned to one side of the transaction or the other. The prepare and submit edited contracts, and they meet and negotiate with teams on the other side of the transaction. Each team is judged on the quality if their documents and their negotiation skills. For several of the intellectual property competitions, I have volunteered as a judge. LawMeets is online at http://www.lawmeets.com/ .
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Pro Bono Counsel
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
- 8 years
Children
I provided legal and business services to the Foundation on a pro bono publico basis, including preparing and reviewing license agreements, intellectual property strategy, commercial agreements, and consulting on organizational structure. Alex's Lemonade is online at http://www.alexslemonade.org/ .
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Pro Bono Counsel
Independence Hall Association
- 2 years
Education
I provide consulting on copyright and other intellectual property issues to the Independence Hall Association, which is an independent group of private citizens who helped bring about Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia (https://www.nps.gov/inde/index.htm). The IHA continues to consult with and support the National Park Service regarding the park. IHA owns and updates the UShistory.org website, which is a phenomenal resource about United States colonial history, including the…
I provide consulting on copyright and other intellectual property issues to the Independence Hall Association, which is an independent group of private citizens who helped bring about Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia (https://www.nps.gov/inde/index.htm). The IHA continues to consult with and support the National Park Service regarding the park. IHA owns and updates the UShistory.org website, which is a phenomenal resource about United States colonial history, including the Revolutionary War. More information about the IHA is online at https://www.UShistory.org/iha.html .
Publications
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Computer Software: Protection/ Liability/ Law/Forms (law treatise)
Thomson Reuters
"Computer Software" is a tremendous resource for attorneys. Currently, it totals four volumes in hard copy, and is available online and in other digital formats. It covers all phases of software and related issues, and provides helpful forms. Originally written, edited and updated by L.J. Kutten in the 1980s, during the period 2011-2017 it was edited by Fred Wilf, with the help of practicing attorneys, law professors and students. You can find the treatise online at…
"Computer Software" is a tremendous resource for attorneys. Currently, it totals four volumes in hard copy, and is available online and in other digital formats. It covers all phases of software and related issues, and provides helpful forms. Originally written, edited and updated by L.J. Kutten in the 1980s, during the period 2011-2017 it was edited by Fred Wilf, with the help of practicing attorneys, law professors and students. You can find the treatise online at http://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/law-products/Forms---Topical/Computer-Software-Protection--Liability--Law-Forms/p/100028073
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Honors & Awards
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One of the Best Lawyers for Information Technology Law
Best Lawyers in America
Best Lawyers in America (bestlawyers.com) every year from 2011 through the present.
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Volunteer of the Year
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts is at http://www.artsandbusinessphila.org/pvla/ . I was one of two volunteers honored that year.
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Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
Martindal-Hubbell
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures. Attorneys rank each other on ethics and ability. The standards and policies are at www.martindale.com .
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Milton Schwartz Award
Independent Computer Consultants Association
The Milton Schwartz Award was awarded by the Independent Computer Consultants Association “for outstanding legal contributions to the computer consulting industry and to the Association.”
Organizations
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International Association of Privacy Professionals
Member of the Privacy Bar Section.
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Rowan Innovation Venture Fund
Member of the Advisory Committee
- PresentThe Rowan Innovation Venture Fund is a private equity fund that seeks to nurture and fund startup businesses from the Rowan University community (students, faculty and staff), and from the local community in South Jersey. I am a member of the Advisory Committee, which works with startups, hears pitches, and makes recommendations. The Rowan Innovation Venture Fund is online at http://www.rowan.edu/home/rowan-innovation-venture-fund .
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American Arbitration Association
Arbitrator
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I arbitrate technology, intellectual property, business and commercial disputes. The technology and intellectual property disputes often involve licenses, royalties, development agreements and service agreements. The business and commercial disputes often arise out of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, investments, finder's fee agreements, manufacturing agreements, and distribution and reseller agreements. My cases are administered by the American Arbitration Association (adr.org) and its international arm, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (icdr.org).
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Trenton Computer Festival
Speaker
- PresentTrenton Computer Festival is organized by the The College of New Jersey, and has been held every Spring since 1976 (http://tcf.pages.tcnj.edu/). In the late 1980s and 1990s, I spoke several times on legal issues as part of the festival's roster of speakers. Since 2005, I have been honored to speak on legal issues as part of the festival's IEEE IT Professional Conference (http://princetonacm.acm.org/tcfpro/).
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Beacon (f/k/a Greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group (GPSEG))
Member
-Beacon is a professional association of senior executives who work together to share contacts and experience, and to support and educate our members. The organization's motto is "networking for life." Beacon is online at www.beacon4life.org .
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Pennsylvania Bar Institute
Course Planner, Speaker
-Pennsylvania Bar Institute provides continuing legal education seminars online and in person. In addition to speaking at many seminars on technology law topics, I have been the co-course planner for several annual seminars, including "Cyberlaw Update" (f/k/a "Internet Law Update") and "Technology Law Institute." See pbi.org
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Entrepreneurial Law Clinic at Drexel University Law School
Member of the Advisory Board
-The Entrepreneurial Law Clinic provides legal services at no charge to early-stage entrepreneurs. The law students who provide the service gain valuable experience addressing real-world issues. As a member of the Advisory Board, I help mentor the students. The ELC is online at http://drexel.edu/law/academics/clinics/entrepreneurial-law-clinic/ .
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STEAMworkPHILLY
Member of the STEAM*team
-STEAMworkPHILLY is a collaborative of artists, educators, consultants and professionals who, individually and collectively, work on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) projects. steamworkphilly.com
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Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic
Member (2008-2015), Secretary (2013-2015)
Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic (momo-ma.org) was a local, autonomous organization that was part of the Mobile Monday community (www.mobilemonday.net). Mobile Monday brings together technology and business people involved in mobile technology of all types. In 2015, Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic became a program of the Philly New Tech Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/Philly-New-Tech-Meetup/).
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