Intellectual Property

Litigation

Recorded on: Mar. 5, 2012

SPEAKER: OK, thank you, gentlemen. I think if there any questions, you guys will be around for a little bit? Because we're right up against the next session here, which is What's Hot in Patent Licensing Law? And for that we have Peter Brown, coming up on this side here to talk to us about that. Peter is the national leader of Baker-Hostetler's technology law practice, and resides in the New York City office. He maintains an active practice in technology ...

Recorded on: Mar. 5, 2012

SCOTT M. ALTER: Next panel is going to be relating to product clearances, design-arounds, avoiding injunctions, and related type of topics. And we are very fortunate enough to have two great speakers talking about these issues today. One of them is Greg Kirsch, two down from me there. Greg is a partner and registered patent attorney with Ballard Spahr in Atlanta. Greg leads the firm's software, electronics, and communications technology patent team, ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2012

RON LAURIE: OK. So this is the home stretch. I'm going to try and summarize what we've talked about so far and then do a look ahead and do some predictions about where this is all going. What I wanted to do is go through a couple of slides to kind of put the previous discussion into a particular context. And the context I want to use is a financial market view, traditional financial market view, of what we've been talking about, in terms of the sort ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2012

CAROL BECKHAM: Good morning everyone. My name is Carol Beckham. And our group is here to explore some of the mechanics of how an auction, or private sale, might work. We all come from some pretty varied backgrounds, so hopefully we'll be able to provide you with a wide spectrum of views on that. I come from, actually, a lot of years at both BellSouth and AT&T as the Intellectual Property VP, over the intellectual property company in AT&T ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2012

RON LAURIE: So with that, let's get started with the first panel. We have here some of the most experienced outside counsel with very prestigious law firms, who have long and extensive experience at the intersection of M&A and intellectual property. On my right is Jose Esteves with whom I had the pleasure of practicing at Skadden for a number of years and has, as I say, a lot of deal experience, and particularly has some things to say about the difference ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2012

RON LAURIE: OK, welcome back to the afternoon session. The first panel is on the subject of diligence. And you've heard a number of previous speakers talk about the challenges of diligencing patent quality, and especially for very large portfolios. The moderator of this panel is Kent Richardson. I'm pleased to say that Kent is a partner of mine in a new venture called Deal Consensus. And maybe you'll hear some more about that because it relates directly ...

Course Handbook from the program Hot Topics in Advertising Law 2012, held March, 2012.

Recorded on: Mar. 12, 2012

RANDI W. SINGER: We're going to get started again. As David mentioned, this panel is about the class actions in the advertising area. And I just want to put in a plug for filling out your evaluations, because this panel came about-- we had a lot of comments last year about people who wanted to hear more about class actions. So you asked for it. Here we are. So we read your comments. We listen. So if there's things you want to see for next year, ...

From the program: IP Enforcement and Litigation 2012: Civil and Criminal Update

Released on: May. 9, 2012

DVD's from the program IP Enforcement and Litigation 2012: Civil and Criminal Update, held March, 2012.

Recorded on: Mar. 29, 2012

KATHLEEN MCCARTHY: Well, for our next panel, the Trademark Enforcement Panel, we are privileged to have three great trademark experts. Siegrun Kane will talk about aesthetic functionality. Siegrun, as mentioned earlier, is the author of the book Kane on Trademark Law, which PLI is offering at a discount today, and I will say it is an extremely handy one-volume resource that I turn to almost on a daily basis. SIEGRUN KANE: I didn't pay her for this. KATHLEEN ...

Recorded on: Mar. 29, 2012

BRIAN W. BROKATE: I think at this point we're going to bring our next panel up. And the next panel is always one of my favorites, and that's the practical advice on stopping blatant infringements. And we're going to be addressed today by Katie McCarthy, by Andrea Colby, by Merillat Frost, and by Peter Welch. By now, all of you know Katie. So I'm going to spend just a couple minutes on some introductions as to our other speakers. Andrea Colby is the ...

Recorded on: Mar. 29, 2012

KATHLEEN E. MCCARTHY: Everybody ready for the afternoon? I'm happy to introduce Kate Spelman, who's going to lead us through the copyright enforcement segment. Kate is a member of Cobalt LLP in California. Berkeley, right? KATHERINE C. SPELMAN: Correct. KATHLEEN E. MCCARTHY: There you go. And is listed in one of the Best Lawyers in America, and just really knows her stuff on copyright. So, Kate? KATHERINE C. SPELMAN: Thank you. It is truly an honor ...

Recorded on: Mar. 29, 2012

KATHLEEN E. MCCARTHY: We're in for our final stretch where we're talking about ethics, and I'm pleased to introduce Professor Christopher Cotropia-- I have problems with some of these pronunciations-- who also was a clerk for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. And he said jokingly during lunch, "Why do you always have professors talk about ethics?" And that's because we can't really get a practitioner to get up here and talk about ethics ...

Course Handbook from the program Information Technology Law Institute 2012: Innovations in Apps, E-books, Cybersecurity, Mobile Technology, Privacy and Social Media, held April, 2012.

From the program: IP-Driven M&A: The Revolution Has Arrived

Released on: Apr. 3, 2012

Audio CD's from the program IP-Driven M&A: The Revolution Has Arrived, held March 2012.

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2012

PETER BROWN: All right, students, let's get back together again. I hope you all had a good lunch. And for those at home I hope by now you're out of your pajamas, got a shower, and have also enjoyed a good lunch. We had a very lively set of programs this morning, a lot of very useful information. We hope to continue that this afternoon. As lawyers we can't avoid litigation. We're trying not to talk too much about it today. But litigation is part of ...

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2012

MARC ROTH: OK. I'd like to thank everyone for coming back into the room and those of you who are on the Web, thank you for coming back and joining us for now the last session of the program, which I think has been very, very informative and exciting the past day and a half, and will now culminate in a terrific program on e-discovery. I actually think this program also kind of like wraps up, this one session wraps up a lot of the issues we've been ...

Course Handbook from the program Developments in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Law 2012, held April, 2012.

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DAVID BARR: I have the pleasure to introduce two distinguished attorneys to discuss the Therasense case in the first segment of our program. The first speaker will be Janet Linn. [? Janet Linn ?] is a member of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, concentrating on intellectual property litigation, counseling, and opinion work. Janet's practice covers the full range of intellectual property law, including patent, trade secrets, trademark, and unfair competition. In ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DANIEL L. REISNER: So I'd like to thank Ian and Dean for their excellent presentation on the AIA and their in-house counsel and patent prosecution perspective. We're going to start the next hour session on the AIA. First, I'm going to answer a couple of questions that we got from the web at the end of the last hour. Then we're going to try some new technology here, and going to poll all of you on your views on the AIA, and then we'll go into my presentation. DAVID ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DANIEL L. REISNER: Our next two speakers on the AIA are from Pfizer. Dean Olson has over 25 years experience as a patent lawyer. He joined Pfizer in 1989 and is currently assistant general counsel with responsibility for numerous therapeutic areas. Mr. Olson has also been a product patent attorney with Pfizer covering many products, including Caduet, Norvasc, and Viagra. Prior to joining Pfizer, Mr. Olson was employed at United Technologies Corporation ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DANIEL L. REISNER: Our second session is going to cover major decisions in the past year, including pending Supreme Court and Federal Circuit en banc petitions. Our speaker is Mr. Ben Hsing, a partner of mine at Kaye Scholer. He's been practicing in the area of patent litigation for the past 20 years. His practice includes patent litigation before US District Courts, the US international Trade Commission, and the Federal Circuit. His clients include ...

Recorded on: Apr. 9, 2012

DAVID K. BARR: Good afternoon, everyone. We're going to beginning the afternoon session right now. Hello, once again I'm David Barr. I'm the co-chair with Dan Reisner for today's program and just want to give you a brief overview of what we're going to be doing this afternoon before I get into my talk. I'm going to be talking about some recent developments that I'm sure you're all aware of in Section 101, patentable subject matter, including decisions ...

Course Handbook from the program IP Monetization 2012: Maximize the Value of Your IP Assets, held April, 2012.

Recorded on: Apr. 13, 2012

JOSE A. ESTEVES: OK, we're going to go ahead and get started. During this hour we've got two presentations. We've got one by Sally Abel on trademark monetization. And Eddie Stone will be speaking on litigation financing. Sally is a partner at Fenwick & West LLP, a law firm specializing in technology and life science matters, as I'm sure you all know. And she is chair of the firm's trademark group. She focuses on international trademark and trade ...