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Recorded on: Feb. 23, 2012

KAREN BALLACK: OK. We're going to get started here, now that we have Mr. Valetti up here to join me. I have the pleasure of speaking this morning with Mark Valetti, who is Senior Patent Counsel at Texas Instruments. Although his title is Senior Patent Counsel, don't let that fool you. He has experience in a number of different areas within TI's legal department. Mark has been with TI for over 23 years, and during that period of time, he has prosecuted ...

From the program: Advanced Patent Licensing 2012: Current Developments and Best Practices

Released on: Nov. 5, 2012

In the current economy, more and more companies are seeking to monetize their patent portfolios. Thus, understanding patent transactions has never been more important. Experts in patent licensing will cover recent legal developments; techniques for drafting agreements for patent licensing, purchases and sales; and practical advice on negotiation and enforcement considerations. Lecture Topics  [Total time 06:15:55] Segments with an asterisk ...

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: Oct. 4, 2012

Taken from the briefing Akamai-McKesson: The En Banc Federal Circuit Takes on "Divided Infringement" recorded October, 2012. Who can be liable for patent infringement, when only the combined actions of multiple entities (but none of them individually) perform the steps required by the patent? In recent years, such a question of so-called “divided” patent infringement has created complexities for ...

Recorded on: Oct. 23, 2012

MARK S. HOLMES: Thank you, John, and welcome back. To me this is the most enjoyable parts of the whole program. And I want to thank our panelists we're going to introduce now for appearing. On my far left is Winston Henderson. He's a vice president and general counsel at NanoTerra, a Boston-based nanotechnology company with life science and non-life science divisions. Before that, he was at Surface Logix, which is a biopharmaceutical and drug development ...

Recorded on: Feb. 27, 2012

JOSEPH YANG: [UNINTELLIGIBLE] for those of you in this room, we are going to be doing the walk through of a technology license agreement. And the materials are in your book starting on page, Marc? MARC P. SCHUYLER: 617. JOSEPH YANG: 617. We're honored to have two speakers on our panel today. To my far right is Mark Holmes. Mark is the CEO of PatentBridge LLC, which is a privately held technology development and licensing firm in Silicon Valley. ...

Recorded on: Jun. 7, 2012

GARY HNATH: OK. Welcome back. Thank you for coming back. Thank you for joining the afternoon session. My name is Gary Hnath. And I'll be speaking later on this afternoon about litigation of patent cases at the ITC. But right now, I'd like to introduce the next speaker, who needs no introduction because he's already been introduced. But you're going to be treated to having what I consider to be the best speaker on patent law on this planet and also ...

Recorded on: Dec. 12, 2012

JOSEPH YANG: Thanks, Bob. Lots of great practical tips about the licensing in Europe. So one of last topics that Bob mentioned was competition law. That's the European term for antitrust law. So that's actually a perfect segue into our next segment. And Jose Esteves, to my right, is going to be speaking to us on antitrust law. Jose is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom-- and my old colleague-- in its New York office, where he focuses ...

From the program: Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2012

Released on: Dec. 24, 2012

Licensing offers valuable economic and strategic opportunities. Companies are increasingly turning to licensing to gain access to intellectual property at a lower cost than developing or purchasing intellectual property assets, and as a way of generating new sources of revenue out of existing intellectual property assets. Virtually every business today must confront licensing issues. A solid base of knowledge about licensing of intellectual property ...

Recorded on: Feb. 23, 2012

LOTHAR DETERMANN: So, welcome back, everybody, to our program, IP Issues in Business Transactions. And following the exciting, fascinating topic of taxes, the only thing that could really top that is going to be bankruptcy. And we have a speaker here with Dave Kennedy, who is not only a bankruptcy expert, but also has a considerable amount of IP licensing and commercial expertise, and can help bridge both worlds. David has spoken at this program ...

Recorded on: Dec. 12, 2012

JOSEPH YANG: Hi everybody. We're ready to continue with our last talk of the morning before lunch. At this point it's my pleasure to introduce Lillian Stenfeldt. She's a partner in the Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy practice group. And in fact, she chairs that practice group at the Cedric firm here in San Francisco. Her practice areas and her expertise include bankruptcy and insolvency, creditor's rights, receivership matters, and complex commercial ...

Recorded on: Jul. 10, 2012

KATHERINE SPELMAN: Our first two speakers are Deirdre Merrill and Sophie Cohen. Deirdre is the director of contracts at Chronicle Books here in San Francisco. In her work at Chronicle Books over the last dozen years, Deirdre's primary focus has been all things copyright and exploiting of copyright. She is expert in getting copyright applications, in drafting, negotiating, maintaining copyright licenses, publishing agreements. Anything having to do ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

P. TRIPODI: Well, we've reached that part of the day. I'm pleased to announce our final speaker for the day, Mark Flagel, from the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins. Mark is going to talk to you today about what gets to trial in a patent case. And as you can see, we will be layering the complexities of district court litigation on all the topics having to do with patent office procedures that you've heard about today. Mark has a BA from ...

Recorded on: May. 23, 2012

FRANCOISE: So we are moving along for the last panel of the day. And this is a treat to have three leading privacy lawyers, chief privacy officers, privacy directors. You guys have different titles, but basically they are in charge of privacy matters at their own companies. And so it's a treat to have all three of you join us in and talk about life as a CPO. And of course thank you to Rudy for having put this panel together. I know that-- RUDY GUYON: ...

Recorded on: Dec. 6, 2012

LAWRENCE ROSEN: What an excellent introduction to our next talk. Clearly now that we understand what the licenses are available, and what the issues are with those licenses, we need to understand what companies need to do to minimize their risks, and to analyze what they're doing. And so we've brought along two people, let me briefly introduce them. They're welcomed to say what they want about themselves, as well. Daniel Berlin is from Google, and ...

From the program: Open Source and Free Software 2012: Benefits, Risks and Challenges

Released on: Dec. 19, 2012

Continuous changes in the legal and technical landscape make it critical for IP, technology and business lawyers to keep abreast of the legal and technical issues presented by the open source paradigm. “Open source” software, which is freely available in the form of operating systems, applications, utility code and programming tools, presents an attractive option. However, use of such software can also expose a company to unexpected and ...

Recorded on: Nov. 12, 2012

PETER BROWN: Hello, everyone. I hope you had a brisk walk outside. It's still pretty cold out there. It's early winter weather in New York. This afternoon, we're going to hit some of the meat of the topics. And also fortunately, none of these programs have been modified because our speakers had difficulty attending. So we're going to be covering big data, cloud computing, and computer hacking, three very important topics. And really, I think, some ...

From the program: Think Like a Lawyer, Talk Like a Geek 2012: Get Fluent in Technology

Released on: Nov. 19, 2012

For many lawyers, addressing legal issues arising from a client’s use of technology or negotiating contracts for technology services, like mobile apps, have become a routine part of daily practice.  Lawyers, who often have no technical training, are required by court rules to report on their client’s technology infrastructure so that a judge may address electronic discovery issues.  The rapidly changing world of technology requires ...

Recorded on: Mar. 20, 2012

KENNETH M. KAUFMAN: Thanks very much, Tamara. It's very nice to see all of you here with us this morning. And also we welcome those of you who are joining on the web. It's my pleasure to introduce our panel this morning on book publishing. It's a particularly exciting time in the book publishing industry, particularly with the transformation of business models. And a lot of interesting new legal issues from the electronic book revolution that our ...

Recorded on: Mar. 5, 2012

SCOTT: With our next panel, Patent Quality and Cost Effectiveness, we used from in-house, and we're very fortunate to have three excellent speakers from in-house to talk to us about their thoughts on the topic. To my immediate right is Serena Farquharson-Torres, who is the global head currently, and patent support for consumer health care, for Sanofi. She's responsible for developing and coordinating implementation of Sanofi's patent strategy for ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

DAVID: We're in countdown. All right. Our first presentation is on Section 512 of the DMCA which continues to see a lot of activity. And our speaker is Gerry Davis. Gerry is one of the best known IP litigators for some years now in Silicon Valley, and has represented all sorts of companies, litigating leading edge issues. And he likes to call himself the world's oldest computer lawyer. Gerry? GERRY DAVIS: Thank you very much, David. I think we're, ...

From the program: Intellectual Property Law Institute 2012

Released on: Oct. 30, 2012

PLI’s Intellectual Property Law Institute is a “must” program for IP lawyers. This program provides a complete analysis of key events in all areas of IP, including updates on cases, legislation and government agency developments that IP lawyers need to know. A highlight of the program will be a panel of in-house IP counsel from prominent companies discussing the many facets of dealing with IP and related issues in a global context ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

SPEAKER 1: OK, we're back. If you're looking for the patent session, you're in the right place. We've been laboring for the past year under a new statute and here to give us some observations about it is Jennifer Sklenar, who's a partner at Arnold and Porter, where she's in the intellectual property group. Jennifer? JENNIFER SKLENAR: Thank you. Well, it's great to be here and especially to see some familiar faces that I have not seen for a while. ...

Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2012

OK, welcome back everybody. Hope you enjoyed the cocktail reception. And we are going to resume the program with a presentation about Building an Entertainment Law Practice, followed by an hour of Ethics. I just want to remind you one more time that you need to press Sign Out on your pads before you leave. And enter the badge number to make sure that you get your CLE credit for being here today. And also, just another reminder to please complete ...

Recorded on: Oct. 23, 2012

JOSEPH YANG: Thanks, Mark. Can everybody hear me in the back? Great. OK. Sometimes I would sit in the back, and I couldn't hear the speaker, and it was just one of the most frustrating things. So I want to spend the next hour sharing with you some thoughts about structuring patent transactions. And I put it that way-- "patent transactions"-- because I want to talk not only about licensing, but other forms of transactions. And even within ...