| Previous Events & CLE Programs
June 17, 2009
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 12:00p
Topic: An Examination of Quanta v. LG, One Year Later
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April 15, 2009
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 12:00p
Topic: Winning the Copyright Case on Summary Judgment
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March 18, 2009
Committee Meeting
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:00p
Topic: Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the International Trade Commission
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December 12, 2008
Committee Meeting
Friday, December 12, 2008 - 12:00p
Topic: Software and Business Patents
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October 15, 2008
Committee Meeting
Qualcomm V. Broadcom: Ethical Consequences Of E-Discovery
Jack Regan, WilmerHale LLP, who was one of Broadcom’s trial lawyers, will address the litigation misconduct issues in the Broadcom v. Qualcomm trial, case no. 05-1958, in federal court in San Diego. The program will specifically address the non-production of emails and how this issue arose at trial on cross-examination.
September 17, 2008
Committee Meeting
Domain Name Disputes: Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind
Geri L. Haight, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C., will discuss how domain name disputes have not gone away but are, in fact, on the rise. This brown bag lunch will address approaches to protecting trademarks from use in domain names and will provide:
- An overview of enforcement strategies,
- Proposed changes to ICANN policy, and
- The current state of the case law regarding initial interest confusion, nominative fair use, parody and criticism.
June 18, 2008
Committee Meeting
Patent Failure and Reform
Professor Michael J. Meurer, Boston University Law School, will describe the patent litigation explosion that has prompted calls for patent reform. He will present empirical evidence linking the litigation explosion to the failure of the patent system to provide effective public notice of patent boundaries. Then he will discuss what sort of patent reforms are needed to improve notice.
March 28, 2008
Committee Meeting
Enhanced Remedies for Federal Trademark & Patent Claims Under State Law
Mike Gilleran, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, will discuss the cutting edge case law that permits a party to sue for trademark infringement under the Federal Lanham Act, but to replace weaker Lanham Act remedies with stronger remedies under state 93A or Little FTC Act law. These stronger state remedies include (1) multiple times lost profits for willful or knowing conduct, (2) attorneys fees' often to a prevailing plaintiff even without any demonstration of willful or knowing conduct by the defendant, and (3) expert's fees. This program will also address whether these same stronger remedies under 93A or Little FTC Act law, at least with respect to awards of attorney's fees and expert's fees, might also be available in patent litigation.
January 16, 2008
Committee Meeting
Lessons Learned while Litigating Trademark Cases
Joshua Dalton, partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP, will offer tips and insights concerning three issues common to trademark litigation, namely consumer surveys, demonstrating third party use, and the importance of double entendres in assessing and demonstrating the protectability of a trademark.
November 27, 2007
Committee Meeting
Patent Exhaustion -
What the Supreme Court Should Rule
Donald R. Steinberg, Partner at WilmerHale and chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Law Department, will review the patent exhaustion doctrine in light of the Supreme Court's grant of certiorari in Quanta v. LG Electronics. We will look at the background of the doctrine and discuss how it fits within current patent law case.
October 10, 2007
Committee Meeting
Enhanced Damages and Opinions of Counsel in the Wake of Seagate
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Intellectual Property Litigation Committee
Intellectual Property Law Committee
Susan Glovsky, a Principal at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, will discuss the recent Federal Circuit decision in Seagate, which creates a new standard for awarding enhanced damages for willful infringement in patent cases. The talk will include a discussion of opinions of counsel, privilege waiver, and the new significance of preliminary injunction motions.
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