On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes returning guest, Mary Wong, Director of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, to discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Golan v. Holder. The Golan decision upheld a law that restored copyright protection to foreign works that were once in the public domain and makes clear that Congress has broad...

On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes returning guest, Mary Wong, Director of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, to discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Golan v. Holder. The Golan decision upheld a law that restored copyright protection to foreign works that were once in the public domain and makes clear that Congress has broad...

Attorney Peter Lando, host of IP Counsel and partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes John Welch, Of Counsel with Lando & Anastasi, to discuss important trademark cases and issues of 2011 that may continue well into the new year. Peter and John discuss the high profile trademark battle between designers, Christian Louboutin and Yves St. Laurent, over a trademark for the color red for shoe soles; the trademark "bullying" report from the U.S. Commerce Department; recent...

IP Counsel host, Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Craig Smith, partner at Lando & Anastasi, to discuss important patent cases and court decisions in 2011 from the United States Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit covering a wide range of issues, including patentable subject matter, inventor rights, inducement of patent infringement, damages, and inequitable conduct. Peter and Craig also discuss major cases on the...

On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Mike Crosby, Intellectual Property Counsel at Saint-Gobain Corporation in Worcester, MA, to discuss important aspects of the new United States Patent Statute, the America Invents Act, which is the most significant revision of the U.S. patent laws in over 50 years! Peter and Mike take a look at the new pre- and post-grant review procedures and discuss strategic considerations...

On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Matt Kleiman, an expert in Space Law and Corporate Counsel for the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc, to explore extraterritoriality and the development of space law with regard to enforcement of intellectual property rights. Peter and Matt discuss the growth of the commercial space industry, the development of international space law, and jurisdictional issues that may...

On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Jeff Powers, Intellectual Property Counsel for Bausch+Lomb, to discuss best practices in managing the exchange of confidential information. Peter and Jeff discuss the timeline for identifying and controlling the disclosure of confidential information. They note that agreements address only one aspect of a business relationship; agreements do not solve all issues related to...

Listen to IP Counsel, where host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Gary Ganzi, Managing Intellectual Property Counsel for Siemens Corporation (a subsidiary of Siemens, AG), and Chair of the Patent Office Practice Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in Microsoft v. I4i in which the Court affirmed that the patent statute requires clear and convincing evidence to invalidate a...

On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Mary Wong, Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, and Director of the School's Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, to discuss plans of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for new gTLDs and how they will be implemented. Peter and Mary take a look at several concerns raised by the international business...

On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Rob Follett, Director and Counsel, Intellectual Property, ZOLL Medical Corporation, to discuss the best practices for developing and managing a company’s IP program. Peter and Rob take a look at three major components of a successful IP program: education and overview of intellectual property, including agreements with IP implications; idea collection and the submission...

What is the status of the patent misuse defense after the en banc decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Princo Corp. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n? On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Dmitry Milikovsky, Senior Intellectual Property Rights Counsel at Qualcomm Technology Licensing, Qualcomm Incorporated, to discuss the evolution of the patent misuse doctrine, the recent Princo decision and its...

Why are companies choosing the International Trade Commission over district court litigation for patent disputes? On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Attorney Craig R. Smith, partner at Lando & Anastasi, LLP, and a leading intellectual property trial attorney, to talk about why companies are choosing the International Trade Commission over district court litigation for patent disputes. Peter and Craig give...

On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes Attorney Valerie C. Samuels from the firm, Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP, to discuss intellectual property issues and employment law. Peter and Valerie talk about the role of employment law in protecting intellectual property, common employer mistakes, and strategies businesses should consider implementing to safeguard their intellectual property and key employees.

On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, welcomes John L. Welch, Of Counsel at Lando & Anastasi, LLP, one of the top trademark lawyers in the country. Peter and John discuss the Bose decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and how it has affected trademark owners, practitioners, and the USPTO - as well as questions that remain regarding how to plead and prove fraud in trademark proceedings before the USPTO.

On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi , LLP, welcomes Jeff Hawley, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at University of New Hampshire School of Law and former Chief Patent Counsel at Eastman Kodak, to discuss the highly-publicized Myriad Genetics case that is on appeal to the Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Peter and Jeff discuss whether isolated human...

In today’s economy, companies are looking at creative ways to stay ahead of the game when it comes to managing their intellectual property assets to create and capture value. On this edition of IP Counsel, host Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi , LLP, welcomes Harry Gwinnell, Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Cargill, Inc. to discuss this hot topic. Peter and Harry look at the importance of building an IP management infrastructure and...

What constitutes subject matter that can be patented? It’s been studied by the courts for more than 100 years. On this edition of IP Counsel, we delve into the issue and take a close look at the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the recent Bilsky v. Kappos decision involving the patentability of business methods. IP Counsel host, Attorney Peter Lando, partner at the firm of Lando & Anastasi , LLP calls on special guest, Gary Ganzi, VP Intellectual Property for Siemens Water Technologies Corp....