FEB. 2016

RICHMOND JOURNAL OF LAW &

TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

ANTIGONE PEYTON, ESQ.

CLOUDIGY LAW PLLC

FEB. 2016

A LITIGATOR’S GUIDE TO THE INTERNET OF THINGS

Overview

The Internet of what?

What’s out there?

eDiscovery concerns

Object as witness

Internet of What?

Internet of What?

Characteristics

Everyday objects/things connect to the Internet &

each other

Can send & receive data

“Embedded intelligence” to detect changes in

object physical state or environment

Remote accessibility & monitoring by

users/computers

INTERNET OF THINGS GLOBAL STANDARDS INITIATIVE,

HTTP://CL.OUD.IM/1P2CQOO

IoT Market

2009: # of “things” connected to Internet surpassed

people

LinkedIn IoT Community 11,000 strong

By 2020, 20-50 billion IoT objects

What’s Out There?

IoT In The Courtroom

Coffee Makers—In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-

Serve Coffee Antitrust Litig., No. 14-md-02542-VSB

(S.D.N.Y. June 5, 2014).

Printers/Toner Cartridges—Lexmark Int’l, Inc. v. Static

Control Components, Inc., 387 F.3d 522 (6th Cir. 2004).

Personal activity/fitness information (Fitbit data) and

population analytics (Vivametrica)—Canadian personal

injury case

Sleep/waking state information (Fitbit data)-Pennsylvania

criminal investigation

Tools and technology connecting objects and

applications (APIs)—Oracle America, Inc. v. Google, Inc.

750 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Hello Barbie?Child can talk with Barbie via embedded

microphone

Can send communications & receive data

ToyTalk’s speech recognition software

analyzes words

Sends response back to Barbie

ToyTalk stores all conversations

Location Tracking

Strava biking

information

Automatic License

Plate Readers (OCR)

GPS logging

Car Infotainment

systems

eDiscovery

Complications

A Brave New World

Little/no technology

developed to pull object

data

No standard protocols

Info shared across many

objects & platforms—

Apple Watch, iCloud,

Smart Phone, Dropbox

Ephemeral & dynamic

data

Who has possession,

custody or control?

Relative burden of

preservation/production

Object As Witness

SHE CAME HOME ABOUT 10 PM LAST

NIGHT…-YOUR HOUSE

Sticky Issues

who’s the witness?

your front door

manufacturer of door

sensors

analytics company

right to confrontation

what/who?

what biases do they

carry?

right against self

incrimination

I WOULDN’T TELL A LIE…

Questions?

Antigone Peyton, Esq.Founder & CEO

Cloudigy Law PLLC

Twitter:

@AntigonePeyton

LinkedIn:

http://cl.oud.im/1lS46sp

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