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Symposium
Speakers
Paul J. Andre
Paul J. Andre is a partner in King &
Spalding's Intellectual Property Practice Group. Mr. Andre's
practice focuses on intellectual property litigation involving
complex technology, with a particular emphasis on the life
sciences, computer science, and the electrical arts. He
has substantial experience representing clients in patent
trials and litigations throughout the country. Mr. Andre
received his law degree from Fordham University School of
Law in New York City. Prior to entering the legal profession,
he was a Ph.D. candidate at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
and has a Master of Science degree in immunology and a bachelors
degree in biology and physics.
Samir A. Bhavsar
Samir Bhavsar is a partner at Baker Botts
L.L.P. His law practice covers all areas of intellectual
property law, with an emphasis on patent litigation, patent
portfolio development and management, and technology licensing.
He is experienced in a wide range of technologies and industries,
including telecommunications, electronics and semiconductor
devices, software, and financial services. In 2006, Mr.
Bhavsar was named by Law & Politics as a "Texas Rising Star."
He received his B.S. and J.D. from the University of Michigan.
Doug Cawley
Douglas Cawley is a Principal in the
Dallas office of McKool Smith. For more than thirty
years, he has been engaged in the trial of complex
cases, and has handled major intellectual property
matters throughout the United States and the World.
Dennis Crouch
Dennis Crouch is Associate Professor
of Law at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of
Law, where teaches courses on both intellectual property
and real property. He is the author of Patently-O, the most
widely read patent law blog. Prior to joining the MU Law
Faculty, he was a patent attorney at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert
& Berghoff L.L.P., and taught at Boston University Law School.
He has worked on cases involving various technologies including
computer memory and hardware, circuit design, software,
networking, mobile and internet telephony, and business
methods. Professor Crouch graduated from the University
of Chicago Law School and holds an engineering degree from
Princeton University.
Tracy W. Druce
Tracy W. Druce is a Partner at Novak
Druce + Quigg LLP and has over 19 years of complex
patent experience. Mr. Druce leads the firm's thriving
patent prosecution practice concentrating primarily in
the complex mechanical arts field including handheld
electronic devices, propulsion systems, communication
systems, and the automotive and heavy vehicle industry
including engines, transmissions, and suspension. Mr.
Druce also plays a vital role guiding the firm's
reexamination team, which is a nationally renowned
practice having more claims rejected before the United
States Patent and Trademark Office's Central
Reexamination Unit than any other law firm to this date.
Presently, the reexamination practice focuses
exclusively on matters that are in litigation or on
appeal, representing both patent owners and third party
requesters.
Mark Garrett
Mark Garrett is a Partner at Fulbright
& Jaworski L.L.P. His practice includes patent prosecution
and patent litigation. He also renders patentability opinions,
performs infringement and validity analyses, and prepares
licensing settlement agreements. Mark has lectured about
Rule 11 inquiries in patent cases, the patent application
process, and trademark and copyright law. He received his
J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law.
Steve Malin
Steve Malin is an attorney with Sidley
Austin L.L.P. His practice focuses on complex commercial
and intellectual property litigation. He recently co-chaired
the Northern District of Texas Patent Rule Task Force, and
these rules were officially adopted by the Dallas Division
in April, 2007. In the commercial arena, Mr. Malin has obtained
significant rulings from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
establishing federal preemption and protecting defendants
from liability under local law. Mr. Malin's article on the
nuances of collateral estoppel, written during law school,
has been cited as authority by the Texas Supreme Court.
He received his LL.M. from the University of Houston Law
Center and his J.D. from the Southern Methodist University.
Tom Reger
Thomas H. Reger II is a Principal at
Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice emphasizes
intellectual property litigation, as well as patent
prosecution, trademark disputes, opinion work, and other
high-tech litigation such as that involving data theft
and software-related issues. In addition to his
litigation experience, Mr. Reger has technical
experience as a self-employed software consultant and
software engineer. He is well-versed in many widely used
operating systems and hardware platforms and experienced
in many computer languages, database platforms and
schemas, and algorithm analysis. Mr. Reger has been
recognized as one of the top lawyers in the State of
Texas under the age of forty, being selected as a "Texas
Rising Star" in Texas Monthly in 2005 and 2006.
He graduated with his B.S. in Computer Science from
Texas A&M University and his J.D. from Southern
Methodist University College of Law.
Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan is an Associate at Vinson
& Elkins L.L.P. in the Intellectual Property/Technical Litigation
Section. He serves clients in patent litigation matters,
copyright litigation, and patent, copying and trade secret
licensing. Prior to law school, he advised high-tech clients
as a management consultant. He received his J.D. from The
University of Texas School of Law and received a Masters
in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University.
Lawrence A. Waks
Lawrence A. Waks represents a broad range
of domestic and international clients in the high tech,
media, and entertainment industries. Mr. Waks received his
B.S. degree, with honors, from Trinity University and his
J.D. degree from St. Mary's University. Mr. Waks has substantial
experience representing record companies, publishing companies,
film studios and producers, video game companies, advertising
and public relations companies, artists, bands, songwriters,
screenwriters, industry trade groups, merchandising companies,
broadcasters, cable network content companies, and print
media throughout the United States and in foreign countries
in litigation and transactional matters. Additionally, Mr.
Waks represents a number of publishing and distribution
companies and computer game, ringtone, software and hardware
companies and has developed substantial experience in litigation
involving their businesses. Mr. Waks was named a "Texas
Super Lawyer" in the field of entertainment law in the November
2003 and October 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, 2008 issues
of Texas Monthly. He is also listed in The Best
Lawyers in America in both the Entertainment and Media Law
categories. In addition, Mr. Waks is fluent in Spanish and
speaks conversational French.
Judicial
Panel Participants
Success in the Courtroom
Judge Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.
Judicial Participant
The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan Jr. is
a judge for the U.S. District Court of the District of Delaware.
Prior to his judicial appointment, he served from 1981–1985
as a U.S. Attorney and from 1979–1981 as the Chief Deputy
Attorney General for the Delaware Department of Justice.
Current memberships include the Association of Trial Lawyers
of America and New Jersey Bar Association. He received his
J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law.
Hon. Robert Faulkner (Ret.)
Judicial Participant
Judge Robert Faulkner is a retired Magistrate
Judge for the Eastern District of Texas. He has 35 years
of distinguished legal service from the federal judiciary
and private law practice. Judge Faulkner has conducted over
500 trials, settlement conferences and hearings. He also
settled multiple patent cases involving large international
companies in the Detroit area, as well as a copyright case
in Los Angeles. The Judge was successful in conducting cases
in Chicago, Houston, Little Rock, and Silicon Valley. He
has also worked with the parties to bring settlements in
large oil and gas cases. Judge Faulkner settled several
major personal injury cases involving the death of the victim(s)
with total recoveries of over $20,000,000, and major personal
injury cases in Dallas.
Judge Lee Yeakel
Judicial Participant
Judge Lee Yeakel was appointed to the
United States District Court, Western District of Texas
by President George W. Bush in 2003. Prior to the appointment,
he was a Justice on the Texas Court of Appeals for the 3rd
District of Texas. He received a J.D. from the University
of Texas School of Law and a LLM from the University of
Virginia. He worked for Clark, Tomas & Winters in Austin,
Texas prior to serving on the bench. Current memberships
include the American Law Institute, the National Conference
of Commissioners on Uniform State Law (Appointed by Governor
Perry), and the Travis County Bar Association.
Harold McElhinny
Attorney
Participant
Harold McElhinny is a partner at Morrison
& Foerster LLP where he is Co-chair of the firm's Intellectual
Property Group. He specializes in intellectual property
trial work. He has represented clients in patent litigation,
copyright and trade secret violations, and class actions.
He has taught classes on trade secret law as a guest lecturer
at Stanford Law School. Mr. McElninny is listed in The Best
Lawyers in America as a leader in the field of intellectual
property law for 2006 and 2007. He received his J.D. from
the University of California, Berkeley.
David Weaver
Panel Moderator
David Weaver is a partner at Vinson &
Elkins L.L.P. He practices intellectual property law, with
an emphasis on patent and copyright litigation. He has been
successful in receiving dispositive claim contributions
in numerous Markman proceedings. Mr. Weaver clerked to
the Honorable C. Leroy Hansen, U.S. District Court Judge
for the District of New Mexico. Prior to law school, he
worked for NASA-Johnson Space Center as a Design
Engineer/Project Manager. Mr. Weaver has been selected
as a "Texas Super Lawyer" in intellectual property
litigation for the 2006-2008 editions of Texas Monthly. He received his
J.D. from South Texas College of Law and a M.S. and B.S.
in aerospace engineering from the University of Kansas.
Academic
Panel Participants
Institutions for Promoting
Innovation
John Golden
Academic Participant
John Golden is an
Assistant Professor at The University of Texas School of
Law, where he has taught patent law, administrative law,
and a "Patents, Innovation, and Antitrust" seminar. He previously
worked in the intellectual property department of Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr L.L.P. in Boston. Before
attending law school, he completed a Ph.D. in physics at
Harvard University. After law school, he clerked for the
Honorable Michael Boudin of the United States Court of Appeals
for the First Circuit, and for the Honorable Stephen Breyer
of the United States Supreme Court.
Timothy Holbrook
Academic Participant
Tim Holbrook is a tenured Associate Professor
of Law and the Associate Director of the Program in Intellectual
Property Law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. He has
a B.S in chemistry engineering from North Carolina State University
and a J.D. from Yale Law School. He is a former law clerk
to the then-Chief Judge Glenn L. Archer Jr., U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He was also a Visiting
Associate Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm
College of Law.
Jay Kesan
Academic Participant
Jay Kesan is a Professor at the University
of Illinois School of Law. He serves as the Director of
the Program in Intellectual Property & Technology of Law,
and as a Group Leader of the Business, Economics & Law of
Genomic Biology theme at the Institute of Genomic Biology.
Professor Kessan was appointed by federal judges to serve
as a Special Master in patent litigations, and has served
as a technical and legal expert and counsel in patent matters.
He was a JSPS Invited Fellow and Visiting Associate Professor
at the University of Tokyo and has also served as a Foreign
Research Fellow at the Institute of Intellectual Property
(IIP) in Tokyo. He has also served as a Visiting Assistant
Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, and as the
Jerold Hosier Distinguished Visiting Professor in Intellectual
Property at DePaul University. He holds a J.D. from Georgetown
University and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering
from The University of Texas.
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