However, NSBA's comments expressed concern for the method by which ED seeks to obtain the identified data about student achievement, the data's usefulness, and the significant cost and
validity issues associated with the proposal.
Mr. Gatto's practice is national and international, and it encompasses a full range of IP and technology
issues, including: patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation; counseling and technology transactions; developing and implementing IP strategies to protect and to monetize IP assets; creating and implementing corporate IP programs; conducting IP audits; conducting complex patent prosecution, including patent appeals, interferences, Inter Partes Review (IPRs), reissues and protests; handling patent enforcement
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validity and enforceability of patents; handling trademark prosecution, domain name, copyright and trade secret matters; handling IP aspects of employment
issues; advising clients on legal
issues associated with open source software including open source patent
issues, licensing, open source compatibility
issues, indemnity
issues and developing and implementing corporate policies on use of open source software; advising clients on the legality of cutting edge Internet business methods and technology; and advising clients on computer law
issues such as computer fraud and abuse and SPAM - related
issues.