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Baker Botts Invites You To An Evening Of Jazz At INTA On May 15th

Baker Botts invites you to its annual Evening Of Jazz at the INTA convention in San Diego.  This year's party will be at the Galileo 101 Italian restaurant in San Diego.   The restaurant is conveniently located across Harbor Drive from the San Diego Convention Center.  Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served and the jazz will be provided by San Diego's own Archtones.   The party starts at 9:00pm and lasts until midnight.  For more details or to RSVP please contact Stephen Holloway. 

Dallas Office To Host IP Law Seminar

The Dallas office of Baker Botts is hosting an Intellectual Property seminar on Wednesday, May 11, 2005.  We invite you to join us for a discussion of the following topics:  recent important cases at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the impact of Knorr-Bremse on opinions of counsel, the importance of venue in patent litigation, a trademark law update, and recent developments in electronic discovery.  4.0 credit hours of Texas CLE are pending.  For more details please contact Stephen Holloway. 

IP Spotlight

		Chuck Fish
		Chuck Fish, a partner in the Dallas office, handles a wide range of matters related to the prosecution and management of patents. Mr. Fish has helped a number of companies pursue patents for their core technologies. He works with clients to develop comprehensive patent protection, enforcement, and licensing programs. He has served on various patent committees for several clients and assisted in developing company-wide invention disclosure procedures. In addition to patent prosecution work, Mr. Fish handles interferences before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Interferences Mr. Fish has handled dealt with diverse technologies such as night vision goggles, automated teller machines, and laser ultrasonic scanning of engine parts. Mr. Fish's intereference experience includes motion practice, depositions, and oral arguments before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Mr. Fish received his J.D. from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1991. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University in 1982. Mr. Fish also completed the ROTC program at Clemson and graduated as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves. During his eight years in the U.S. Army Reserves, Mr. Fish was the executive officer for a maintenance company and in charge of its day to day operations. He reached the rank of Captain before fulfilling his reserve commitment and entering law school. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Fish was an electrical design engineer at Texas Instruments working on avionics-related equipment and developing training programs and guides in the avionics field.

Articles

Battles Over Geographic Indicatons Continue

Masahiro Noda

Feta cheese. Florida oranges. Tuscany olive. Many popular agricultural, natural, or manufactured products consumers find on supermarket shelves consist of or contain the names of the geographic places in which they originate. Such geographic origin designations, usually known as “geographic indications” (“GIs”), are signs used to indicate the regional origin of particular goods or services. They can convey to consumers some of the important or desirable characteristics of the goods or services that are attributable to their geographic origin. GIs are considered valuable business interests because of the latent value associated in identifying products with the quality and reputation of a particular geographic region. Read More...

Using Your Patent Portfolio To Defend Against A Patent Infringement Suit

Paula Heyman

In recent years, the number of patent infringement lawsuits filed in the United States has steadily increased, and the visibility, number, and magnitude of large patent infringement verdicts and settlements has grown apace. Companies, both big and small, are facing ever-growing threats of patent assertion and litigation, and many consumer product and services companies, even those who have not previously regarded themselves as vulnerable to assertion of third-party patents, will need to become accustomed to being presumptive targets of increasingly-aggressive patentees. However, there are certain steps that companies may be able to take in order either to prevent a patent infringement suit from being filed or to be better prepared to put on a successful defense. Read More...

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