July 2010 – Episode 13
Dale Lazar, of DLA Piper in Reston, Virginia discusses the Supreme Court of the United State’s Bilski decision on the patentability of business methods. (Length: 17:00)
The International Intellectual Property Law Podcast
December 2009 – Episode 12
Jennifer Silverman of Ellenoff Grossman and Schole LLP in New York City discusses U.S. trademark dilution and the Dec. 3, 2009 decision in Starbucks vs. Wolfe’s Borough (Charbucks) lawsuit. (Length: 17:00)
November 2009 – Episode 11
The New Jersey Patent Rules – one year later. Guests Stephen Roth of Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz and Mentlik, LLP in Westfield, New Jersey and Philip Johnson, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Johnson and Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey discuss how patent cases are now litigated in New Jersey. Roth slides. (Length: 34:25)
October 2009 – Episode 10
In Re Bose and Fraud on the US Trademarks Office regarding declarations of use. Guests: Jonathan Hudis of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Neustadt, LLP and Kimberley Seluga of Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP Bose case comment. (Length: 16:54)
September 2009 – Episode 9
Krista Schwartz of Jones Day on “Software and Scenes a Faire” in computer copyright cases and Charles Weiss of Kenyon and Kenyon on “Ariad: Federal Circuit to Consider Existence of Written Description Requirement”. (Length: 39:16)
August 2009 – Episode 8
Niri Shanmuganathan of the London office of Taylor Wessing discusses Liability for User Generated Content on the Internet and Ed Reines of the Silicon Valley office of Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP discusses Interlocutory Appeals of Claim Construction in the Patent Reform Act of 2009. (Length: 26:40)
July 2009 – Episode 7
Chris Hansen of the ACLU in New York City and Warren Woessner of Schwegman Lundberg Woessner in Minneapolis discuss the Complaint filed by doctor and patient groups against the patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 cancer genes exclusively licensed to Myriad Genetics and their attack on gene patents on constitutional grounds. See also Warren Woessner’s blog’s comment on the lawsuit at patents4life.com.
June 2009 – Episode 6
The Honourable Michael Black AC, the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, discusses the Fast Track Direction that affects trade-mark and copyright cases issued April 2009. It is part of an aggressive overhaul of the case management and individual docket system the Court has instigated to make litigation faster, more efficient and less expensive. The Court has similar procedures for patent, tax and admiralty cases.
See also the Canadian Federal Court’s Practice Direction on Streamlining Complex Litigation. (Length: 34:52)
May 2009 – Episode 5
The Right Honourable Sir Robin Jacob of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales discusses his submissions to the European Commission Pharma Sector Inquiry.
Baila Celedonia of Cowan Liebowitz and Latman of New York City discusses Honda v. Winkelmann and the right way and the wrong way to apply for a U.S. intention to use trademark application based on a foreign registration. (case comment) (Length 28:20)
April 2009 – Episode 4
Rowan Freeland of Simmons and Simmons in London discusses the UK House of Lords decision in Lundbeck on sufficiency of disclosure in UK patents. See also his case comment.
Robert Yoches of Finnegan in Washington, D.C. discusses US patent practice in the wake of In Re Bilski. Also listen to his Webinar. (Length: 30:46)