David Pekarek Krohn and Danielle Grant-Keane of Perkins Coie LLP discuss “The Coming Wave – Preparing for the Rise of Patent Litigation in the Augmented and Virtual Reality Sector”. (Length:27:28) Download MP3

Episode 52 — February 2019

Mar 21st, 2019

Johannes Hsu of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Irvine, California discusses the Tabaian v. Intel Corp. decision and his paper “Disqualifying an Expert: When is an Expert’s Prior Relationship Prejudicial to the Opposing Party?” (Length:10

Episode 51 — November 2018

Nov 30th, 2018

Dr. Sarah Kagan of Banner & Witcoff in Washington D.C. discusses “Patent Wars: Genome Editing” and the latest developments in the CRISPR patent wars: U Cal v. Broad. (Length: 19:55) Download MP3

Episode 50 — November 2018

Nov 30th, 2018

Eric Ball and Athul Acharya of Fenwick & West discuss their article “Honey Badger Don’t Care, but the Lanham Act Might” regarding Gordon v. Drape Creative and trademarks vs freedom of speech. (Length: 13:21) Download MP3

Episode 49 — October 2018

Oct 27th, 2018

Christopher Loh of Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto in New York City discusses the Amgen v. Sanofi CAFC decision and his paper “End of ‘well characterized antigen’ test?” (Length: 20:08) Download MP3

Episode 48 — September 2018

Sep 16th, 2018

Linda Wadler and Alissa Lipton of Finnegan discuss the SCOTUS decision in WesternGeco v. Ion Geophysical regarding recovering foreign lost profits damages for patent infringement. Their case comment. (Length: 21:06) Download MP3

Episode 47 — April 2018

Aug 9th, 2018

Don Cameron of Bereskin & Parr LLP and Jerry Chen of JZC Intellectual Property Law discuss their involvement as counsel in Canada’s first electronic patent trial. (Length: 24:40) Download MP3

Episode 46 — January 2018

Feb 11th, 2018

Prof. Ben Alarie of BlueJ Legal on “Using Machine Learning to Predict Legal Outcomes”. (Length: 43:19) Download MP3

Episode 45 — July 2017

Aug 12th, 2017

Micheline Gravelle, Don MacOdrum, Mike Fenwick and Don Cameron of Bereskin & Parr LLP discuss “The Promise of the Patent” and the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Astrazeneca (Length: 55:16) Download MP3

Episode 44 — March 2017

Mar 28th, 2017

John Crittenden of Cooley discusses reverse confusion of trademarks in “Squirrels Armed with Bazookas”. (Length: 28:29) Download MP3

Episode 43 — November 2016

Dec 11th, 2016

Prof. Christopher Robertson of the University of Arizona on blinding expert witnesses to reduce bias: Bias in Litigation Science and Blind Expertise. (Length: 21:25) Download MP3

Episode 42 — July 2016

Aug 11th, 2016

Jeanne M. Gills of Foley & Lardner LLP in Chicago discusses “What’s Reasonable? Protecting And Enforcing Trade Secrets” (article, slides). (Length: 39:22) Download MP3

Episode 41 — May 2016

Jul 7th, 2016

Philip Petti of USG Corporation in Chicago discusses “Protecting Trade Secrets” Download MP3

January 2016 — Episode 40

Feb 8th, 2016

Philip Harrison of Venner Shipley discusses the “Patentability of Computer Implemented Inventions in Europe” Download MP3

July 2015 — Episode 39

Jul 29th, 2015

Marco Quina of Foley Hoag discusses Kimble v Marvel and “How Not to Get Snared in Brulotte’s Web” (Length: 29:50) Download MP3

June 2015 — Episode 38

Jul 1st, 2015

Bruce Sunstein of Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP discusses Patent Strategies for Getting a Software Patent Invention Through the Alice Thicket. (Sunstein Law Review article on Alice) (Length: 33:23) Download MP3

April 2015 – Episode 37

Apr 30th, 2015

William Jay of Goodwin Procter LLP discusses issue preclusion and the SCOTUS decision in B&B Hardware v. Hargis. (Length: 30:32) Download MP3

March 2015 – Episode 36

Mar 27th, 2015

Elliot Cook of Finnegan Henderson discusses patent eligibility in the wake of Alice, Ultramercial and DDR. (Length: 22:49) Download MP3

January 2015 – Episode 35

Feb 22nd, 2015

Cynthia Rowden and Scott MacKendrick of Bereskin & Parr LLP in Toronto discuss “Canada Takes the Battle on Counterfeits to its Borders”. (Length: 21:05) Download MP3

September 2014 – Episode 34

Oct 7th, 2014

Katharine Stephens of Bird & Bird, London, England, discusses Unitary Patents and the Unified Patent Court. (Length: 16:37) Download MP3

August 2014 – Episode 33

Aug 26th, 2014

Mark Powell and Maria Holtmann of The Office for International Patent Cooperation, USPTO, Washington D.C., discuss “The Global Dossier Initiative”. (Video) (Length: 16:54) Download MP3

July 2014 – Episode 32

Aug 19th, 2014

Cynthia Rowden and Scott MacKendrick of Bereskin & Parr LLP in Toronto describe “Big Changes to the Canadian Trade-marks Act – What You Need to Know, Now”. (Length: 57:38) Download MP3

October 2013 – Episode 31

Oct 12th, 2013

Rob Reid, author of “Year Zero” discusses the absurdity of copyright law, aliens and treble damages. See also his Ted Talk on The $8 billion iPod and the ABA Landslide book review of Year Zero. (Length: 20:36) Download MP3

July 2013 – Episode 30

Jul 31st, 2013

Mark Wine of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Irvine, California discusses “The Extraterritorial Reach of the ITC in SI Group v. Sino Legend”. See also Orrick’s quarterly report “The World in US Courts” and Trade Secrets Watch blog. (Lengt