Intellectual Property

Trademark

Published: October 2007
Last Updated: September 2012

Recorded on: Mar. 22, 2011

RANDI W. SINGER: OK. For our next panel, we're going to talk about some special issues that are very much hot topics in advertising right now. So we're going to start out with Tsan Abrahamson. Her practice focuses on strategic counseling in the area of social media, sweepstakes, intellectual property, advertising, trademark clearance, trademark and copyright prosecution licensing, and other business transactions at Cobalt LLP. Tsan has an extensive ...

Recorded on: May. 6, 2011

JOSE: OK, so for the next hour we've got two presentations. First up is David Ruder. David is vice president of corporate development at the defensive patent aggregation firm, RPX Corporation, which you've heard mentioned in the first two presentations. David's got a very interesting background in IP monetization. Prior to RPX, David had established Terrier IP Investments, a private investment firm focused on IP based investments. He Worked as co-founder ...

Recorded on: Jul. 13, 2011

ANNE HIARING HOCKING: So what I'm going to start off with is talking about how trademarks fit in to the spectrum of intellectual property law protection. Now that you've had a very workmanlike introduction to copyrights, you know that copyrights protect original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression. And you know that the author of a work is the owner of a copyright unless there are either an employer/employee situation, ...

Recorded on: Jul. 13, 2011

SPEAKER 1: Welcome back to Understanding Trademark Law: The Global Perspective with PLI. This is the beginning of our afternoon program. We're going to have two more presentations with a break in the middle. If any of you watching online have any questions that came up this morning, you can still submit them. And any of our audience members here, as well. I am particularly pleased to introduce Vijay Toke, who is my partner at Hiaring and Smith. He ...

Recorded on: Jul. 13, 2011

FEMALE PRESENTER: In here for your patience and I'm going to continue to stand between you and lunch, but it is worth your while because I have to tell you how lucky we are to have Ruby Zefo present on international filing strategies. Ruby is uniquely qualified, both as a business person and as a lawyer, to give this kind of perspective. Her undergraduate degree was a BS in Business Administration from Cal Berkeley, and after working for a while she ...

Recorded on: Jul. 13, 2011

ANNE HIARING HOCKING: So my name is Anne Hiaring Hocking, and I welcome you back to the second presentation of the day on understanding trademark in the global marketplace. This next segment will deal in depth with searching and clearing marks as well as applying to register marks in the United States. And we're extremely fortunate to have Richard Kirkpatrick give this presentation. He's practiced trademark law since 1980 and is a partner with the ...

Recorded on: Jul. 13, 2011

ANNE HAWKING: So my name is Anne Hawking, and I want to welcome you to the final segment of the day in Understanding Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace. A bit of housekeeping. If you would like to J Tokes slides, if you're in the audience give me your card or your contact information. Or if you're on the web, send me an email and I'll make sure you get them. The same is true for Ruby Zefo's PowerPoints. I said only half-jokingly that we saved ...

Recorded on: Feb. 27, 2012

IRA J. LEVY: As they're making their way up to the platform allow me to start the introductions of our next two speakers. We're going to switch gears a little bit and move over to issues of copyright licensing and trademark licensing. And I believe we've settled out that going first is going to be Ruby Zefo, who's going to speak on advanced brand licensing. Ruby is the legal director of trademarks and brands and information technology at Intel Corporation. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Course Handbook from the program Advanced Trademark Law Annual Review 2012 , held May, 2012.

Recorded on: May. 2, 2012

KIERAN G. DOYLE: Well, we're in the home stretch, and we're about to get those ever valuable ethics credits. Before I introduce our next segment, there's two things I want to remind you all in the room about. Number one, when the session is over, please sign out on your iPad so that you can get your credits and they'll be properly recorded. Number two, also on the iPad is a two part survey. We'd like you to fill that out so that we can count on you ...

Recorded on: May. 2, 2012

SHELDON: Without any further ado, I want to introduce our first speaker, Joe Welch. Joe is the managing partner at the Pattishall McAuliffe Firm in Chicago. He's represented clients in intellectual property litigation for more than 25 years. And he's taught at Northwestern Law School for more than 20 years. His publications include A Practitioners Guide, Trademarks and Unfair Competition Deskbook, and the law school coursebook, Trademarks and Unfair ...

Recorded on: May. 2, 2012

SHELDON H. KLEIN: Now you're in for real treat. You're going to hear from Allison Strickland about advanced US trademark prosecution practice. Allison is a partner at the firm of Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, where she's practiced exclusively in the area of trademarks and trademark prosecution for 16 years. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama, and her law degree from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan ...

Recorded on: May. 2, 2012

KIERAN G. DOYLE: Good afternoon. Welcome back. I hope you all had a good lunch. We're going to start off our afternoon session with the topic, Trademark Due Diligence in Corporate Acquisitions. Our speaker will be Stephanie Foster. She's going to help us understand how to navigate the corporate transfer of intellectual property rights. Ms. Foster's a Vice President and Senior Attorney with Pearson Education, one of the world's leading and largest ...

Recorded on: May. 2, 2012

SHELDON H. KLEIN: The podium. Although Mike, were you planning to talk from the podium or from your seat? MICHAEL R. GRAY: The podium. SHELDON H. KLEIN: The podium. OK, we're back to the podium. It's my pleasure to introduce Mike Gray. Mike brings 26 years of experience representing companies and individuals in trial, arbitration, and other civil proceedings throughout the United States. He's a partner in Minneapolis office of Gray Plant Mooty. ...

Course Handbook from the program Understanding Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace 2012, held June, 2012.

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2012

ANNE HOCKING: So welcome back to PLI's program, Trademark Law In The Global Marketplace 2012. It's my pleasure to be the chair of this program. If you weren't with us this morning, I think you can still watch online the earlier presentations and I commend them to you. We're going to have two parts to this afternoon's presentation broken up by a 15 minute break. The first half of the program is a trademark infringement primer, sort of soup to nuts ...

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2012

SPEAKER 1: I am going to conclude now, because I have a real expert here, Christopher George, who is on the firing lines every day as managing counsel for trademark and brands for Intel Corporation. And in that capacity, he counsels his clients on trademark selection, where to file, and what marks to enforce against. He graduated from Emory School of Law, and we're very fortunate to have here today Chris George. And he's going to take over with the ...

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Thank you. Well, as so often happens, the best, arguably, is saved for last. And we really have a terrific combination here in Beth Goldman, who is the head partner for Trademark at that little firm, Orrick, down the road, and the Vineeta Gajwani who's now the senior counsel for IP at Electronic Arts, which needs no introduction-- the game company, of course. And Beth and I have a lot in common. We've been teachers. But Beth actually got ...

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Welcome back. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the resumption of our program-- Trademarks in the Global Marketplace. I'm particularly honored that Richard Kirkpatrick agrees to present on this program, because he really is an expert in this field. And he's literally written the book on the topic of likelihood of confusion. For all of you are here today in person or on the web, there's actually a discount on this fabulous book-- a resource ...

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2012

ANNE HIARING HOCKING: So let me get started. First of all, I know you had an excellent program yesterday on copyright law. And frankly, when you're considering trademark law issues, you need to consider them in the mix of IPR rights as one of the possibilities, one of the types of rights that you might either look to protecting on your client's behalf. Or also, if you're in enforcement mode, what kinds of actions do you have that could benefit your ...