Connected objects are taking over the world. There's valuable information hiding in plain sight because of the Internet of Things. Are you ready for smart objects to take over your court case and become an eye witness in your trial?

1. 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

2. Overview
The Internet of what?
What’s out there?
eDiscovery concerns
Object as witness

3. Internet of What?

4. Internet of What?

5. 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

6. IoT Market
2009: # of “things” connected to Internet surpassed
people
LinkedIn IoT Community 11,000 strong
By 2020, 20-50 billion IoT objects

7. What’s Out There?

8. 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).

10. 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

11. Location Tracking
Strava biking
information
Automatic License
Plate Readers (OCR)
GPS logging
Car Infotainment
systems

12. eDiscovery
Complications

13. 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

14. Object As Witness

15. SHE CAME HOME ABOUT 10 PM LAST
NIGHT…
-YOUR HOUSE

16. 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

17. I WOULDN’T TELL A LIE…

18. Questions?

19. Antigone
Peyton,
Esq.
Founder & CEO
Cloudigy Law PLLC
Twitter:
@AntigonePeyton
LinkedIn:
http://cl.oud.im/1lS46sp
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