OCIPLA’s April 2021 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, April 15, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic: Recent Developments in Court Decisions Impacting Patent Damages     SPEAKERS Kevin McElroy, Stout Kevin McElroy has 13 years of experience providing consulting services to corporations, law firms, laboratories, government organizations, universities, and individuals in the areas of intellectual property disputes, valuation, monetization, and other intellectual property management issues. Mr. McElroy’s expert testimony has been accepted in U.S. District Court and he has offered written testimony, deposition testimony, and/or testimony befoe a trier of fact on damages relating to patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of contract damages. Mr. McElroy’s experience bridges all phases of intellectual property and general commerical litigation support, including discovery assistance, report writing, deposition testimony, trial testimony, and the performance of complex analyses relating to intangible asset valuation and the quantification of economic damages. Mr. McElroy’s experience spans a breadth of litigation matters, including claims associated with patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and breach of contract. He has provided consulting services to plaintiffs and defendants faced with complex economic and financial issues surrounding damages, commercial success, preliminary injunctions, and […]

OCIPLA’s April 2021 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic:  Recent Developments in Copyright Law:  Professor Tyler Ochoa of the High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law, will discuss the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act, new Copyright Office regulations, and recent court decisions in copyright, including the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Google v. Oracle and case law concerning fair use and secondary liability.     SPEAKERS Tyler Ochoa Tyler T. Ochoa is a Professor with the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University School of Law in California, where he teaches courses in trademark law, copyright law, and rights of publicity.  Professor Ochoa is the author of annual updates to the treatise, The Law of Copyright (West 2020 edition); a co-author of Copyright Law (Carolina Academic Press 11th ed. 2020), a widely-used casebook; a co-author of Understanding Intellectual Property Law (Carolina Academic Press 2019), a student hornbook; and a co-author of Celebrity Rights: Rights of Publicity in the United States and Abroad (Carolina Academic Press 2010).  His article, Patent and Copyright Term Extension and the Constitu­tion: A Historical Perspective, 49 J. Copyr. Soc’y U.S.A. 19 (2001), was […]

OCIPLA’s September 2021 Luncheon  (both in-person and virtual on Zoom) Date: Friday, September 17, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Andrei's Conscious Cuisine & Cocktails (2607 Main St, Irvine, CA 92614) Topic: Hottest issues in IP: Vaccine IP waiver, Section 101, PTAB institution denials to Trademark Modernization Act, small claims patent court and diversity of innovation     SPEAKERS Andrei Iancu Andrei Iancu focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling. He previously served as the undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a position to which he was confirmed unanimously by the Senate. As head of the USPTO, Andrei oversaw one of the largest IP offices in the world, an agency with approximately 13,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $3.5 billion. He also served as the administration’s principal advisor on domestic and international IP issues. Among Andrei’s initiatives as director was the creation of the National Council for Expanding American Innovation, a group of industry, academia and government leaders tasked with helping the USPTO develop a comprehensive national strategy to broaden participation in the innovation ecosystem demographically, geographically and economically. Prior to his government service, Andrei […]

OCIPLA’s November 2021 Luncheon Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online Topic: In-House Panel     SPEAKERS Michael Kline, Cleveland Golf Libby Hope, Intel Randy Chang, Acushnet Company Asal Saffari, Western Digital David Chan, Western Digital (Moderator)  

OCIPLA Holiday Celebration Date: Thursday, December 9, 2021 Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Location: Courtyard at The Boardwalk  

OCIPLA’s January 2022 Luncheon Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online Topic: Patent Year in Review     SPEAKER Mark A. Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School Director, Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology

  Speaker:  John Sganga of Knobbe Martens Topic: "Who’s on First, District Courts or the PTAB? The PTAB’s use of the Fintiv rule to deny IPR petitions when there is parallel litigation" Date/Time: Thursday, March 3 at 12:00 PT Location: Zoom    

  Speaker:  Ahsan Shaikh, partner and head of McDermott Will & Emery’s patent prosecution practice. Topic: Calling All Innovators: Driving Inclusive Team Idea Generation Join OCIPLA for a discussion with Ahsan Shaikh, partner and head of McDermott Will & Emery’s patent prosecution practice, on using hybrid brainstorming to create a more inclusive patenting program that measurably increases inventor diversity. Date/Time: Thursday, March 17 at 12:00 PT Location: Zoom    

  Speaker:  Charlene Minx: Principal and Founder of Minx Law, PC Topic:  "Trademark Modernization Act - Practice Tips for IP Attorneys" Date/Time:  Thursday, April 28 at 12:00 PT Location:  Zoom     SPEAKER Charlene Minx is an intellectual property attorney and trusted advisor to brand owners. For more than 16 years, Charlene has counseled clients in all aspects of brand management and enforcement, including the selection, commercialization, and protection of global IP portfolios. Charlene's clients include both iconic brands and emerging companies in digital media and entertainment, software and Web3, apparel and footwear, and consumer and personal goods. Charlene's work includes guiding clients through complex IP transactions, including brand licensing programs, and lending IP specialist support to M&A transactions. On the enforcement side, Charlene represents clients before the federal courts and the USPTO's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She also has extensive experience in managing cross-border IP disputes. Prior to forming her own boutique firm in 2016, Charlene practiced in the intellectual property groups at Greenberg Traurig LLP and Steptoe & Johnson LLP. She is a graduate of USC Law School and UC Berkeley.  

  Speakers:  Honorable John W. Holcomb and Alan G. Laquer Topic:  Anatomy of a Copyright Case Date/Time:  Thursday, May 26 at 12:00 PT Location: In-person at Andrei's Conscious Cuisine, 2607 Main St, Irvine, CA 92614     SPEAKERS Honorable John W. Holcomb Judge Holcomb earned his B.S. in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984. For the next five years, he served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy, including assignments aboard the battleship U.S.S. New Jersey (BB-62) and with the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. In 1993, Judge Holcomb received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He then served as a law clerk for Judge Ronald Barliant of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Thereafter, Judge Holcomb was an associate with Irell & Manella LLP. In 1997, he joined the intellectual property law firm of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, and he was elevated to partner in 2002. Judge Holcomb retired from Knobbe Martens in 2018, and he briefly practiced as a bankruptcy and litigation sole-practitioner before joining the firm Greenberg Gross LLP as a partner in 2019. In September […]