Recent Presentations

FIRST INVENTOR TO FILE UNDER THE AMERICA INVENTS ACT, STATUS AND AIPLA COMMENTS, Joint Meeting of the Japanese Patent Attorneys Association and the AIPLA IP in Japan Committee, Tokyo, Japan, April 2012.

FIRST INVENTOR TO FILE UNDER THE AMERICA INVENTS ACT, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 2012.

MOCK DEPOSITION OF A JAPANESE PATENT ATTORNEY IN A US PROCEEDING, Joint meeting of the Japanese Patent Attorneys Association and the American Intellectual Property Association IP in Japan Committee, Tokyo, Japan, September 2011.

THERASENSE v. BECTON DICKINSON - EN BANC FEDERAL CIRCUIT RAISES BAR FOR PROVING INEQUITABLE CONDUCT, Practicing Law Institute, Advanced Prosecution Workshop 2011, New York City, July 2011.

ADVANCED PATENT SPECIFICATION DRAFTING ISSUES, Practicing Law Institute, Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2011, New York City, July 2011.

TAKING INVENTION DISCLOSURES: PRACTICAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, Practicing Law Institute, Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2011, New York City, June 2011.

SPANSION v INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION - Public Interest Considerations Relating To ITC Exclusion Orders, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice In Japan Committee, Orlando, FL, February 2011.

USPTO INITIATIVES AND NOTICES, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Washington DC, October 2010.

ADVANCED PATENT SPECIFICATION DRAFTING ISSUES, Practicing Law Institute, Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2010, New York City, July 2010.

BILSKI v KAPPOS, Practicing Law Institute, Advanced Prosecution Workshop 2010, New York City, JULY 2010.

TAKING INVENTION DISCLOSURES: PRACTICAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, Practicing Law Institute, Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2010, June 2010.

MOTION FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION, a mock demonstration, Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Tokyo, Japan, April 2010.

PATENT ASSIGNMENT AND LICENSE GRANTS -- RECENT FEDERAL CIRCUIT DECISIONS, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Palm Springs, CA, January 2010.

RAMBUS, INC v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION - IMPACT ON STANDARDS-SETTING ORGANIZATIONS AND ANTITRUST, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Washington D.C., October 2009.

BILSKI V. DOLL - IS THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT'S "MACHINE OR TRANSFORMATION" TEST,THE ONLY TEST FOR SECTION 101 SUBJECT MATTER, Practicing Law Institute, Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2009, New York City, July 2009.

ADVANCED PATENT SPECIFICATIONS DRAFTING ISSUES, Practicing Law Institute, Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2009, New York City, July 2009.

TAKING INVENTION DISCLOSURES: PRACTICAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, Practicing Law Institute, Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2009, New York City, June 2009.

QUALCOMM INC V. BROADCOM CORP - EQUITABLE REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF DISCLOSURE DUTY IN A STANDARDS -SETTING ORGANIZATION, Joint Meeting Japan Patent Attorneys Association and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice In Japan Committee, Tokyo, Japan, April 2009.

QUANTA AND ITS AFTERMATH, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice In Japan Committee, Washington DC, October 2008.

ADVANCED SPECIFICATION DRAFTING ISSUES ,Practicing Law Institute, Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2008, New York City, July 2008.

TAKING INVENTION DISCLOSURES – PRACTICAL AND ETITHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, Practicing Law Institute, Fundamental Patent Prosecution Workshop 2008, New York City, June 2008.

MOCK USPTO APPEAL HEARING, Attorney for Appellant, Joint Meeting Japan Patent, Attorneys Association and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Tokyo, Japan, April 2008.

MEDIMMUNE and ITS AFTERMATH, Joint Meeting of AIPPI Japan and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan committee, Tokyo, Japan, April, 2008; Joint Meeting of Licensing Executive Society of Japan and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Tokyo Japan April, 2008.

QUANTA V. LGE – SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF FEDERAL CIRCUIT EXHAUSTION DOCTRINE, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Phoenix, AZ, January 2008.

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN U.S. PATENT LAW – 2007, Osaka Institute of Technology Seminar, Graduate School of Intellectual Property, Osaka, Japan, October 5, 2007.

KSR INTERNATIONAL CO. V. TELEFLEX – THE STANDARD OF NON-OBVIOUS SUBJECT MATTER, Practicing Law Institute, Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2007, New York City, July 2007.

TAKING INVENTION DISCLOSURES, Practicing Law Institute, Fundamental Patent Prosecution Workshop 2007, New York City, June 2007.

PATENT LICENSING: POST MEDIMMUNE, INC. V. GENETECH, INC., Joint Meeting of Licensing Executives Society Japan and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Tokyo, Japan, April 17, 2007

MOCK DEPOSITIONS, Joint Meeting of Japan Patent Attorney’s Association and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Tokyo, Japan April, 2007.

KSR INTERNATIONAL CO. V. TELEFLEX – WILL THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT TEACHING, SUGGESTION, OR MOTIVATION TEST TO COMBINE PRIOR ART WITHSTAND SUPREME COURT SCRUTINY, Practicing Law Institute, Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2006, New York City, November, 2006.

PATENT PROSECUTION HIGHWAY – COMMENTARY BY A U.S. PATENT PRACTITIONER, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Washington, DC, October 2006.

MOCK HEARING: DECLARATORY JUDGMENT JURISDICTION, Joint Meeting of Japan Patent Attorneys Association and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Tokyo Japan, May 2006.

IP CASE LAW UPDATE, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, La Quinta, California, February 2006.

IP CASE LAW UPDATE, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Washington, DC, October 2005.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE INTERNET, Joint Meeting of AIPPI Japan and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Tokyo Japan, April 2005.

MOCK HEARING ON INEQUITABLE CONDUCT, Joint Meeting of Japan Patent Attorneys Association and American Intellectual Property Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Tokyo, Japan, April 2005,

RECENT DEVELOPTMENTS IN IP LAW, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Lake Buena Florida, January 2005.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE INTERNET, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Lake Buena, FL, January 2005.

ARBITRATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISPUTES--AN ALTERNATIVE TO LITIGATION, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee, Washington, DC, October 2004. 

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS: DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CO-PENDING U. S PATENT APPLICATIONS, American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice In Japan Committee, Washington, DC, October 2004.

FTC PROPOSAL FOR POST-GRANT REVIEW OF ISSUED PATENTS, The New York Intellectual Property Law Association, CLE Fall Half Day Program, New York City, New York, October 7, 2004.

STATUS OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO POST GRANT REVIEW IN THE U.S, Joint Meeting of Japan Patent Office and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan, Committee, Tokyo Japan, April 2004.

MOCK MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER, Joint Meeting of Japan Patent Attorneys Association and American Intellectual Property Law Association, IP Practice in Japan Committee,Tokyo Japan, April 2004.