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Current Patent Damages Issues and Trends
 
July 14, 2010
Practising Law Institute: San Francisco
Obviousness Standard for Patents Post-KSR
 
April 14, 2010
Caselaw Update: How Latest Cases Address Patent Exhaustion, Declaratory Judgments and Standards and Impact Your Licensing Strategy
 
March 23, 2010
ACI Technology Licensing Conference, Washington, D.C.
Obviousness Case Law and Overcoming Section 103 Rejections
 
October 20, 2009
October Luncheon Meeting & CLE, Austin IP Lawyers Association, Austin
Managing your IP in Anticipation of a Corporate Transaction
 
Austin Technology Council, Austin
The Federal Circuit: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
 
September 29, 2009
UT IP Law Students Association, Austin
Seagate Revisited: Trends Over the Last Two Years
 
June 2009
Baker Botts Client CLE, Dallas
Recent Developments in Copyright Law
 
June 7, 2009
Oklahoma Bar Association Intellectual Property Section CLE, Grapevine, Texas
Hot Topics in IP
 
May 8, 2009
ACCA Golf/Spa CLE, Austin
Hot Topics in IP
May 2009
Patent Developments for the Business and Transactional Lawyer
May 2009
Strategies for Patent Claim Drafting
 
April 2009
Baker Botts CLE
The Assault On Diagnostic And Treatment Claims Under Bilski
 
February 11, 2009
NJIPLA Monthly Dinner
Hot Topics in Franchising and Hospitality
 
February 2009
Hospitality Law Conference, Houston
Panelists, Policy, Compliance, and Finance Perspectives on Business in a Carbon Constrained World
 
December 2008
Clean Energy Venture Summit, ATI Clean Energy Incubator, Austin
New Media Threats - Responding to Cyber-Attacks
 
October 16 - 17, 2008
American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, 31st Annual Forum on Franchising, Dallas
Advanced Disclosure Issues Under The Amended FTC Rule
 
October 2008
American Bar Association Forum on Franchising Annual Meeting, Austin
At Your Service: Legal and Business Challenges Unique to the Service Industry, Washington, D.C.
 
May 2008
International Franchise Association Legal Symposium
Three-Level Franchise Systems - Master Franchise and Area Representative Structures - Do They Work for the Systems You Represent?
 
May 2008
International Franchise Association Legal Symposium, Washington, D.C.
Intellectual Property Essentials for Engineers: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets
March 14, 2008
Capitalizing on Innovation: How Intellectual Property Drives the Development of Assistive Technology
 
March 10 through 15, 2008
Technology and Persons With Disabilities Conference, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles
Drafting Tips for Best Practices
March 6 and 7, 2008
Monetizing Intellectual Property
 
March 6, 2008
21st Annual Intellectual Property Law Course, State Bar of Texas, Intellectual Property Law Section, Austin
The Franchise Debate, Houston
 
February 2008
Hospitality Law Conference
Panelist, Insights From Venture Capital: What VCs Are Looking For in Early-Stage Companies
January 31, 2008
Recent Court Decisions and Their Practice Impact
January 14 and 15, 2008 (New York); January 28 and 29, 2008 (San Francisco and live Webcast)
KSR International v. Teleflex: Understanding Obviousness and Proactive Strategies for Protecting Your Patents
November 9, 2007
Calling a Time-Out: How to Stay a Patent Case
 
July 12 and 13, 2007
3rd Annual Advanced Patent Litigation Course, State Bar of Texas, Lake Tahoe
AT&T v. Microsoft: Successfully Litigating International Infringement in U.S. Courts
 
May 16, 2007
Innovations in IP Litigation: Guaging the Impact of Recent Federal Decisions, IP Law & Business, San Jose
Program Co-Chair, Managing Patent Prosecution and Litigation
 
May 11, 2007
Law Seminars International, Houston
Use of License to Avoid Application of the First Sale Doctrine: L.G. Electronics v. Bizcom, 79 U.S.P.Q.2d 1443 (Fed. Cir. 2006)
May 9, 2007
Copyrights: Creation, Ownership, and Rights
 
April 19 and 20, 2007 (Houston); April 26 and 27, 2007 (Dallas); and May 17 and 18, 2007 (Austin, video)
Intellectual Property for the General Attorney, University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston, Dallas, and Austin
Patent Infringement: What It Is and What to Do If You're Accused
 
April 19 and 20, 2007 (Houston); April 26 and 27, 2007 (Dallas); and May 17 and 18, 2007 (Austin, video)
Intellectual Property for the General Attorney, University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston, Dallas, and Austin
Advisory Board
 
March 28 through 30, 2007
3rd Patent Strategies, IQPC, New York
Fundamentals of Franchising
 
March 23, 2007
Forum on Franchising, American Bar Association, and Dallas Bar Association, Franchise and Distribution Law Section, Dallas
Review of Willfulness: How Have Defendants Fared?
 
March 1, 2007
20th Annual Intellectual Property Law Course, State Bar of Texas, Dallas
Panelist, Following the Money: Intellectual Property Value and Risk in the Cycle of Capital
 
February 2007
MIT Enterprise Forum, Houston
Business Entity Basics and Intellectual Property Rights Basics
 
January 2007
Entrepreneurship 101: Start Your Business Now, Rice University, Houston
Demonstration of a Direct and Cross-Examination of a Technical Expert Contending for Obviousness
September 11 and 12, 2006 (Northern Virginia); September 25 and 26, 2006 (San Francisco, and live Web cast at www.pli.edu); October 23 and 24, 2006 (Chicago); November 6 and 7, 2006 (New York)
Panelist, Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution
August 9 through 11, 2006
Litigation Costs and Billing Arrangements for Fast-Track Cases
 
July 27 and 28, 2006
2nd Annual Advanced Patent Litigation Course, State Bar of Texas, Lake Tahoe
Intellectual Property Issues: Intellectual Property Rights in an Engineer's Work Product
December 2005
Panelist, Best Practices for Avoiding Claims for Willful Infringement: Options, Opinions, and Privilege
 
December 2005
Advanced Patent Law Institute, San Jose, California
Basic Principles of Trademark Law
 
November 18, 2005
Basics of U.S. Trademark Practice, HalfMoon Seminars, Arlington, Texas
Moderator, Intellectual Property Panel Discussion
 
November 2, 2005
BioHouston Commercialization Conference, Houston
Patent Trolls: Friend or Foe?
 
November 2005
Luncheon Speaker Series, Boalt Center for Law and Technology, Berkeley, California
Conference Co-Chair, 43rd Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law
 
November 2005
Institute for Law and Technology, Dallas
Science and the Law: Careers in Legal Fields and Roles for Scientists in Legal Issues
 
September 9, 2005
IGERT Seminar, The University of Texas, Austin
Litigation Costs and Billing Arrangements: Not for the Faint-Hearted
 
July 28 and 29, 2005
Advanced Patent Litigation: Strategies and Tactics, State Bar of Texas, Lake Tahoe
Handling Trade Secret Problems of Employee Turnover
 
June 5, 2005
2005 Intellectual Property Law Update, Oklahoma Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section, Pottsboro, Texas
Recent Developments in Copyright Law
June 5, 2005
How to Make Money Out of Your IP: The Importance of IP Licensing and Assertion
 
June 2005
Licensing Executives Society International, Munich, Germany
Issues to Watch in Filing Foreign-Originating Applications in the United States
 
June 2005
AIPLA's Advanced Patent Prosecution Seminar, San Francisco and New York
 
May 2005
Baker Botts IP Report
 
April 25, 2005
Complex IP Licensing, Law Seminars International, Dallas
Moderator, Strategies for Effective Intellectual Property Litigation
 
April 12, 2005
Directors Roundtable, New York
Technically Speaking: How Technology Is Changing the Way We Litigate
 
April 12, 2005
Strategies for Effective Intellectual Property Litigation, Directors Roundtable, New York
Moderator, IP Content and Secondary Liability in the Digital Space
 
March 2005
Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Forecasting the Federal Circuit
 
March 2005
Dallas Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section, Dallas
Panelist, Intellectual Property Licensing
 
March 2005
18th Annual Intellectual Property Law Course, State Bar of Texas, Austin
Houston Conference Chair, IP Licensing Nuts & Bolts 2005
 
February 25, 2005 (Austin), March 3, 2005 (Houston), March 11, 2005 (Atlanta), and March 18, 2005 (Denver)
Lighthouse Seminar Group, Austin, Houston, Atlanta, and Denver
Hot Topics in Software Licensing
 
February 25, 2005 (Austin), March 3, 2005 (Houston), March 11, 2005 (Atlanta), and March 18, 2005 (Denver)
IP Licensing Nuts & Bolts 2005, Lighthouse Seminar Group, Austin, Houston, Atlanta, and Denver
Atlanta Conference Chair, IP Licensing Nuts & Bolts 2005
February 25, 2005 (Austin), March 3, 2005 (Houston), March 11, 2005 (Atlanta), and March 18, 2005 (Denver)
Austin and Denver Conference Chair, IP Licensing Nuts & Bolts 2005
 
February 25, 2005 (Austin), March 3, 2005 (Houston), March 11, 2005 (Atlanta), March 18, 2005 (Denver)
Lighthouse Seminar Group, Austin, Houston, Atlanta, and Denver
Recent Developments in the Federal Circuit
 
February 2005
Texas IP Journal Symposium, Austin
Enforcing and Extracting Value From the IP Portfolio: Licensing and Litigation Programs
 
November 10, 2004
Maximizing IP Portfolio Value and the Impact of Knorr-Bremse: How to Manage an IP Protection Program, Baker Botts Seminar, New York
How to Manage an IP Protection Program
November 10, 2004
Introduction and Overview
 
November 10, 2004
Maximizing IP Portfolio Value and the Impact of Knorr-Bremse: How to Manage an IP Protection Program, Baker Botts Seminar, New York
How to Build an IP Protection Program
 
November 10, 2004
Maximizing IP Portfolio Value and the Impact of Knorr-Bremse: How to Manage an IP Protection Program, Baker Botts Seminar, New York
Writing a Crystal Clear Patent Application
November 8 and 9, 2004
Recent Developments in Copyright Law
November 8 and 9, 2004
Conference Co-Chair - Institute for Law and Technology of the Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas
 
November 8 and 9, 2004
42nd Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law
Avoiding Antitrust Risk When Settling Intellectual Property Litigation
 
November 8 and 9, 2004
42nd Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas
Discovery Problems in Patent Litigation
 
November 8 and 9, 2004
Patent Litigation 2004, Practising Law Institute, Tyson's Corner, Virginia
One Shrink-Wrap Does Not Fit All Sizes: Software Licensing Best Practices
 
October 27, 2004
The Texas Association of Community Health Centers, Corpus Christi
Public Policy: U.S.-Saudi Relations
 
October 27, 2004
New Republic Seminar, Washington, D.C.
Sifting the Sands: Saudi Arabia and the Media
 
October 22, 2004
Dallas Bar Association 2004 Philbin Awards, Dallas
Copyright Law, Trade Secrets, Privileged Information and Confidentiality Issues
 
October 22, 2004
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Houston
Protecting Your IP
 
October 14 and 15, 2004
Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Issues, Rice Alliance Technology Entrepreneurship Workshop, Houston
Privacy and Security Law Developments in the U.S.
 
September 29 through October 1, 2004
19th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, co-sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center's Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law and the Texas Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Dallas
A Quantum Leap in IP Securitization
 
August 19, 2004
Standard & Poors Business Leadership Seminar, Houston
 
May 18, 2004
IP Litigation Roundtable, American Bar Association, Houston
Judicial Update
 
May 2004
International Franchise Association Legal Symposium, Washington, D.C.
Deposing the Inventor in a Patent Case
 
April 23, 2004
Dallas Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section, Dallas
How to Write Crystal-Clear Patent Applications
April 19, 2004
Chair, 17th Anual Intellectual Property Law Course
 
March 2004
State Bar of Texas, San Antonio
 
December 9, 2003
Commercialization of Early-Stage Biotechnology Developed in Universities and Other Research Institutions: Best Practices and Resources Available, 4th Annual Southwest Bio Venture Conference and Symposium, Capital Network Events, Houston
Festo: The Last Implications for Practitioners
 
November 2003
New York Intellectual Property Law Association, New York
Recent Developments in Copyright Law
November 2003
Inequitable Conduct
 
November 7, 2003
41st Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, Institute for Law and Technology of the Center for American and International Law, Dallas
 
November 2003
41st Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, Institute for Law and Technology of the Center for American and International Law, Dallas
 
October 2003
18th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, University of Houston Law Center's Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law and the Texas Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Addison, Texas
October 27 to November 7, 2003
Co-Chair and Speaker, Patent Law Licensing; Business Transactions in Intellectual Property
 
October 27 to November 7, 2003
1st Annual Academy of American and International Technology Law, Institute for Law and Technology of the Center for American and International Law, Dallas
Inequitable Conduct
 
October 27 to November 7, 2003
1st Annual Academy of American and International Technology Law, Institute for Law and Technology of the Center for American and International Law, Dallas
 
October 2003
19th Annual Computer and Information Law Institute, Dallas
 
September 2003
Practising Law Institute and the State Bar of Texas, Houston
Recent Developments in Trade Secrets and Patent Infringement Litigation
 
September 18, 2003
Houston Bar Association, Houston
Moderator, Managing Innovation and Product Life Cycles
 
August 28, 2003
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Moderator - Unlocking, Discovering and Using Digital Evidence
 
August 10, 2003
American Bar Association, San Francisco
Moderator, The Business Legacy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
July 2003
 
June 20, 2003
 
May 2003
DFW Intellectual Lawyers Association, Dallas
IP and Sarbanes-Oxley: Copyright and Trademark Issues
 
April 23, 2003
North Dallas Chamber of Commerce Intellectual Property Conference, Dallas
 
April 17, 2003
Seoul, Korea
Conference Co-Chair - 40th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law
 
November 2002
Institute for Law and Technology of the Center for American and International Law, Dallas
 
October 24, 2002
Baker Botts and KWGC Branding Seminar, Dallas
October 2002
Enhanced Damages, Willful Infringement, and Festo
 
October 2002
Advanced Patent Law Institute, Austin
Technology Start-Ups and Intellectual Property
 
October 2002
Panel, Technology Entrepreneurship Workshop, Rice University Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Houston
 
September 26-28, 2002
18th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law, Galveston, TX
 
August 29, 2002
American Corporate Counsel Association, DFW Chapter, Dallas
 
June 23-26, 2002
Association of Corporate Patent Counsel, Farmington, PA
 
June 2002
Baker Botts Privacy Conference, Austin and Dallas
Good Faith and Fair Dealing - Drafting to Clarify Obligations and Minimize Exposure
 
May 2002
International Franchise Association Legal Symposium, Washington, D.C.
Intellectual Property Fundamentals: What Every Innovator Should Know
 
DeVry University, Dallas
 
February 2002
What CEOs Really Think of Their Law Departments, Texas General Counsel Forum, Dallas
 
February 2002
Licensing Executives Society, Lake Las Vegas, Nevada
 
February 6, 2002
Business Method Patents: How to Protect Your Clients' Interests, Practising Law Institute, New York
November 2001
 
November 2001
The University of Texas School of Law, 6th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute, Austin
Ethical Issues and Engagement Agreements
 
November 2001
17th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law, HIPLA/University of Houston Law Center, Galveston
 
October 2001
Dallas E-Panel/Texas E-Comm Event, Richardson
An Introduction to Intellectual Property
 
Review of Oil and Gas Law XVI- Energy Issues for the New Millennium, Houston
 
Dallas Bar Association Oil and Gas Section
Development, Management, and Use of Intellectual Property
August 2001
Expert Witnesses and Intellectual Property: Daubert Spreads to a New Field
 
ABA Section of Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Chicago
 
July 26 and August 2, 2001
Intellectual Property Survey for the General Lawyer, University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston and Dallas
Panelist, Emerging and Hot Topics in the High Tech World Speaker, Trade Secrets Damages: Getting "THEM" to Pay
 
Advanced Business and Commercial Law 2001, Houston
It's Not Just Fanciful Anymore: It's Generic
 
International Trademark Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco
 
March 2001
Helping Clients With E-Commerce and the Internet, State Bar of Texas, Houston
Getting Smart About Intellectual Property
Fencing Your Internet Business
March 2001
March 2001
 
February 2001
Patenting the New Business Method: Building Fences in Cyberspace, Practising Law Institute, New York
Panelist, Innovation Concept Forum
 
January 27, 2001
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entreprenuership, Rice University, Houston
Business Issues for Content Players
Joint Defense Coordination: Managing Conflicts and Multiparty Defenses
 
Advanced Patent Law Institute, Austin
November 2000
Trade Secret Damages: Getting THEM to Pay
 
Southwest Legal Foundation Patent Law Program, Dallas
 
October 2000
E-Business Tour, Dallas
September 2000
 
Energy Economy 2000, Houston
 
Energy Economy 2000, Houston
Ethics Issues in Technology Protection
 
Practising Law Institute, Institute for Intellectual Property, New York
Policy Issues Related to the Patenting and Licensing of Laboratory Test Methods and Human Genomes
May 6, 2000
 
July 13, 2000
Intellectual Property Survey for the General Lawyer, University of Houston Law Foundation, Dallas and Houston
May 2000
May 2000
April 14, 2000
 
April and May 2000
Helping Your Clients With E-Business for the New Millennium, State Bar of Texas, Houston and Dallas
 
Joint Patent Practice Seminar, New York
Intellectual Property and E-Business
 
Sage U.S. Software Developer's Conference, Dallas
 
February 9, 2000
Practising Law Institute, New York
 
January 18, 2000
American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee, Houston
 
October 28, 1999
Linkshare Symposium, New York
 
June 1999
Electronic Commerce, Dallas Bar Association, Dallas
What Are the Legal Standards That Govern the Franchise Relationship?
 
May 1999
International Franchise Association Legal Symposium, Washington, D.C.
Strategic Use of Software Patents
 
February 1999
19th Annual Institute on Computer Law, Austin
Internet Liability: An Analysis of Personal Jurisdiction, Copyright, Trademark, and Contracting Issues
 
October 1997
ANADE Lawyers' Exchange Program, Houston Bar Association, Monterrey, Mexico
 
University of Houston Seminar
Termination of the Franchise Relationship
 
1997
Joint meeting of the International Bar Association and International Franchise Association
September 1996
 
University of Houston Seminar