Tablets:
Beyond the
Stone and Chisel
Luke Schnoebelen of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
The first patent for an electronic tablet used for handwriting was granted
in 1888 (no seriously, look it up on www.freepatentsonline.com: U.S.
Patent No. 386815). Fast forward to today, and the game has changed a bit.
Now you don't even need hands to type or wires to charge your tablet. As
of a June 2013 Tablet Ownership report by Pew Internet & American Life
Project, one in three adults in the United States owns a tablet, and almost
half (49 percent) of adults ages 35 to 44 now own a tablet computer.
With this in mind, it is important for firms to give their attorneys and
supporting staff the ability to keep working on their tablets while on the
go. From marking up a pro-forma to redlining a PDF, it is important to
integrate applications that make not only viewing but editing content a
seamless process.
As tablets get thinner, lighter, faster, stronger (cue Daft Punk), it's safe to
say you will start to see fewer yellow legal pads in the courtroom or
conference room and tablets in their place.
Hear Luke and a panel of others talk about how you can use
tablets for more than just email and Netflix on the ILTA 2013
conference session recording (session CTPG6).
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