The Federal Government rules regarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) can be complex and unintuitive. This FLC Educational Webinar will discuss the information, guidance, and policies regarding CUI, focusing on examples for those tasked with protecting and authorizing CUI. Examples will include markings on unclassified documents, including Department of Defense documents.
Christina Degnore, U.S. Army, As a member of the newly formed U.S. Army Intellectual Property Cell of Experts, Christina works on a wide variety of intellectual property matters. Prior to joining the U.S. Army Intellectual Property Cell of Experts, Christina was the intellectual property law division chief at the Detroit Arsenal/TACOM. At the U.S. Army Detroit Arsenal/TACOM, Christina worked extensively on a wide variety of complex Government solicitations, source selections, contracts (such as production, prototypes, research, and development contracts), Other Transactions, and Cooperative Research & Development Agreements. Also, Christina advised clients regarding invention issues, patent infringement litigation, data rights, software licensing, trade secret misappropriation, etc. This work entailed interpretation and implementation of Federal statutes and regulations, U.S. Department of Defense and Army policies, etc. Christina’s export control work focused on compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations. Christina obtained export licensing exemptions, and utilized exclusions, for the export and handling of data and hardware. Prior to the Army, she was at Saturn and General Motors for 20 years, working on engineering, intellectual property, and export control matters. Christina holds an B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering, a J.D., and is a U.S. patent attorney.