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Published: August 2012

Recorded on: Aug. 16, 2012

Taken from the briefing Are You Ready to Enter the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway? recorded August, 2012. The U.S. Biosimilars legislation was signed into law in March 2010.  The FDA published draft Guidance documents to implement Biosimilars in the Spring of 2012.  With many biologic drugs poised to come off patent in the next few years, Biotech and Biosimilars companies are preparing to test the U.S. Biosimilars system.  Several ...

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 ...

Published: September 2012

From the program: Patent Litigation 2012

Released on: Oct. 12, 2012

Rapid changes in patent law make it necessary that, whether you are plaintiff’s or defendant’s counsel, you are up-to-date on the current state of the law and can quickly develop successful litigation strategies and tactics. This program is taught by a faculty of both outside and in-house lawyers who have earned national reputations in patent litigation by trying and managing a wide variety of bench and jury patent trials, and provides ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Good morning. Welcome back to those of you here in the live program, and welcome back to those of you who are participating on the live webcast. I'm very excited to begin the second day Patent Litigation 2012. And I'm pleased to introduce the longtime chair of the San Francisco location of Patent Litigation, Ed G Poplawski. Ed couldn't be with us yesterday, so we're very happy to have him back with us today. And Ed's a partner in the Los ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

EDWARD POPLAWSKI: Our next topic will be a mock expert direct and cross examination, and we have three participants. And in addition, I will serve as the preeminent jurist in this mock exercise. So to my right, first of all, is Andrea Weiss Jeffries. Andrea is a partner in Wilmer Hale's Los Angeles office with it's Litigation Controversy Department, and she's a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group. She specializes primarily ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

ED: So, our next topic is Opinion Letters, Willful Infringement and Exception Case. And back for an encore performance is Charles Barquist who spoke on this topic last year. Charles is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Morrison and Foerster. Prior to joining Morrison and Foerster, he clerked for the honorable Milton Pollack of the United States district court for the Southern District of New York. He's a graduate of Harvard Law School, and has ...

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: Sep. 28, 2012

SPEAKER 1:Well, good afternoon. We're ready to get started. Our next topic is infringement based on the acts of multiple parties. And our speaker on this topic is my colleague and former partner, Denise McKinsey. And Denise is with the Los Angeles office of Kirkland and Ellis, where she predominantly specializes in patent litigation. Among her accomplishments were being part of the Cornell University verses HP trial team on behalf of Cornell. And ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

PAUL TRIPODI II: OK, well welcome back, everyone. We've got one more presentation before the lunch break. I'm looking around. I see fewer faces, but you look a lot happier than you did at 9 o'clock this morning, so good. The next talk is entitled Two Years After Bilski-- The Patentability of Business Methods. Maybe it should be entitled The Unpatentability of Business Methods. We're going to find out from our speaker Stephen Durant. Stephen has the ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

SPEAKER 1: That is ethical issues in patent litigation. And our presenter today is John Steele, who is a returning presenter to us. John is a real man of steel because he always presents at 4 o'clock on the second day, which is the last presentation, and he does an excellent job. John's practice emphasizes legal ethics, the law of lawyering, and risk management, and he offers counseling opinion letters in expert witness engagements. He's taught approximately ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

SPEAKER 1: And I'm sure that we're ready to write the future when it comes to these new procedures, and part of that future is going to include our next speaker as well. We have a program on parallel patent reexaminations coming up with none other than Rob Sterne. I've known Rob for more years than I care to admit, and they say that-- oh, gosh. What's his name is the hardest working man in show business? AUDIENCE: James Brown? SPEAKER 1: Yeah, James ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

EDWARD G. POPLAWSKI: Our next topic is dealing with experts, including Rule 26-- employee experts. And here we will be navigating uncharted waters, at least semi-uncharted waters. And our speaker on this topic is a substitute speaker for David Gindler who could not make it. And that speaker is my partner Paul Tripodi. And I think that you were introduced to Paul yesterday. So without further ado, I'm going to turn over the program to Paul. Thank you. PAUL ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

MARK SAMUELS: What I'd like to do now is go ahead and introduce Craig Kaufman. Unless there are any questions, we're going to move right into the program, perhaps a few minutes early. Craig is a chemist, much like myself. Originally, he got his undergraduate degree at Occidental College in chemistry and a master's in chemistry from Duke. Craig then went to the George Washington University Law School, where he received his JD with high honors and ...

Recorded on: Sep. 28, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Well, good afternoon, everyone. We're back, and we're going to start the afternoon with a program entitled Changes in Patent Office Practice. Our speaker this afternoon is Darren Donnelly of the Fenwick & West Firm. He is a litigation partner in their Mountain View office, and let me tell you a little bit about Darren. Now, you remember this morning I mentioned the guaranteed full employment degree combination of BS doubly and a JD. I ...

From the program: Corporate Counsel Institute 2012

Recorded on: Oct. 9, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Corporate Counsel Institute 2012 recorded October, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:20] Preparing for Patent Warfare, Trolls and Other IP Issues  [01:00:20] Preparing to bring/defend big cases, including choice of forum issues Defending against NPEs Recent developments in patent law Activity in Germany and EU issues Impact on in-house lawyers The purchase price of ...

From the program: How to Effectively Prosecute AIA Post-Grant Proceedings 2012

Released on: Oct. 17, 2012

The America Invents Act (AIA) post-grant proceedings effectively hybridize patent litigation and prosecution practices to yield new procedures to challenge or reinforce granted patents. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) rules to implement the AIA will be fully effective by September 17, 2012. Our expert, experienced faculty of in-house and law firm attorneys, as well as senior PTO officials, will help you learn what you must ...

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. 9, 2012

SCOTT OFFER: Good Morning everyone. My name is Scott Offer, I'm General Counsel for Motorola. Motorola was acquired this year by Google. So I'm very pleased to be able to talk to you about the patent warfare that's been going on. And talk specifically about some of the factors to consider when entering into that domain. And also some of the pitfalls and things to look out for. Very pleased today to have an illustrious crew with me. I have three high ...

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: Oct. 16, 2012

ROBERT P TAYLOR: We are going to move now into something a little more nuts and bolts kinds of materials that we as practicing lawyers need to work with. But I wanted to give them a little bit of extra time, because I thought this was a very informative discussion and very helpful to see both sides of the argument presented with such clarity and skill. And I think you guys are both to be congratulated. I'm going to talk about the marketplace for ...

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 ...

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: Oct. 23, 2012

MARK S. HOLMES: Thank you, John. Welcome. Welcome to all the folks on the web. What I'd like to do in the short time that we have is to give you some practice pointers. I used to sit through lectures and talks and hear all about the law, but never knew what to do when I left the room. So what I'd like to do is discuss, very briefly, some case law. But more importantly, tell you what you can do about it. I always wonder why we are in the position ...