Presentations and Publications

Laurie Axford on Are Diagnostic Method Claims Patentable?:New Rulings Raise Old Questions
LEXISNEXIS® Emerging Issues Analysis
June 2010


H. David Starr and Gregory Bennett on Alibaba and the Forty Thousand Thieves: Combating Counterfeiting on B2B Websites
LEXISNEXIS® Emerging Issues Analysis
May 2010


Intellectual Property and the Web
By H. David Starr
Presented to the DC Web Women (DCWW)
Alexandria, VA
March 30, 2010


Brian S. Sun and Laurie A. Axford on Wyeth v. Kappos and the ABCs of Patent Term Adjustment
LEXISNEXIS® Emerging Issues Analysis
March 2010


How to Protect (and Profit from) Your Intellectual Property Assets
By Joshua B. Goldberg and H. David Starr
Presented to the YES!Circle
Alexandria, VA
October 20, 2009


The Legal Side of Branding: Legal Considerations in Adopting and Selecting a Trademark
By H. David Starr
Presented to the American Marketing Association — DC Chapter
Washington, DC
August 6, 2009


Negotiating International Partnerships and Alliances
By Ross A. Epstein
Presented to the Middle East Entrepreneur Training Alumni Conference (MEET) — Presented by the Entrepreneur Development Program at the Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
Istanbul, Turkey
August 4, 2009


Trademark Protection of Color Marks in the United States
By H. David Starr and Gregory G. Bennett
China IP Magazine
June 2009 (Issue 30)


American Intellectual Property Law Association – Chemical Practice Committee Judicial and Administrative Decision Subcommittee Report: Recent Chemical, Biotechnological, and Medical Device Decisions
By Joshua B. Goldberg, Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co., 560 F.3d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2009)
Prepared for the AIPLA Spring Meeting
San Diego, CA
May 13 – 15, 2009


Legal Perspective: Launching and Protecting your Trademark
By David Starr
Toast — A Studio Spear Journal for Brand Leadership (Volume 8, Issue 2)
April 2009


Laurie Axford on Tafas v. Doll
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 5806 (March 20, 2009)
LEXISNEXIS® Emerging Issues Analysis
April 2009


Color of Law? College Colors Held Protectable as Trademark
By H. David Starr and Gregory G. Bennett
NLG University Practice Group
December, 2008


Looking Forward: Gary Nath on the IP law firm of the future
IP Review - Cover Story
Issue 21
Winter 2007/8


Intellectual Property for the Startup Company
By Rob Cogan
Presented to the Rady School of Management
San Diego, CA
January 30, 2008


Analysis of Recent Intellectual Property Decisions
By Mihsuhn Koh
Continuing Legal Education Program
Presented January 8, 2008 to The Nath Law Group

Legal Protection of Product Design in the United States
By H. David Starr
Translated by Hideyuki Fukuda, Patent Attorney, Fukuda & Associates
Journal of the Japanese Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property ("A.I.P.P.I")
(or just "Journal of the Japanese Group, A.I.P.P.I")
Volume 52 No. 10, page 16
October, 2007
Click here for the Japanese Translation


Academic Technology Transfer and Technology Evaluation in the United States
By Lee C. Heiman, AUTM Vice President for Affiliates, at the
Joint U.S. Chamber of Commerce/U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Conference on Innovation and Intellectual Property Asset Evaluation
For the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China
Washington, D.C.
September 13, 2007


High Tech Contracting - Getting What You Pay For, Getting Paid for What You Do
By Rob Cogan
Presented to the Consultants' Network of San Diego
San Diego, CA
September 10, 2007


Analysis of Recent Intellectual Property Decisions
By Charles Niebylski
Continuing Legal Education Program
Presented August 14, 2007 to The Nath Law Group

Doing Business in the U.S.: The Basics
Presentation Handout
By Ross A. Epstein at the
Export Club
Budapest, Hungary
July 3, 2007


KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. et al
Continuing Legal Education Program
by Lee C. Heiman, Esq.
Presented May 30, 2007 to The Nath Law Group


Life Sciences & High Tech Licensing: Who, What, Where & How
IP/Licensing Information
By Ross A. Epstein at the
Connect Entrepreneur Frameworks Workshop
San Diego California
April 3, 2007


Biotechnology Licensing: Recent IP Developments and Challenges
By Charles Niebylski at the
The Connect Workshop
San Diego, California
April 2, 2007


Internet 2.0
Intellectual Property Implications
By Ross A. Epstein at the
ComNexus Intellectual Property Special Interest Group
San Diego, California
March 21, 2007


Deal Killers in Healthcare and Biotech Licensing
by Gary M. Nath at the
Winter 2007 Meeting
Licensing Executives Society (U.S. and Canada), Inc.
February 22, 2007


Royal University of Law and Economics and Handong International Law School Conference on Intellectual Property in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Day 1
by Harold L. Novick
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
January 22 and 27, 2007


Royal University of Law and Economics and Handong International Law School Conference on Intellectual Property in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Day 2
by Harold L. Novick
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
January 22 and 27, 2007

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