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Protecting and Enforcing IP Rights in Government Contracts: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You

CDs/DVDs of two 90-minute CLE teleconferences with Q&A

Part 1: Understanding IP Rights in Government Contracts

Conducted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Now available on CD/DVD

Part 2: Strategies for Protecting IP Rights

Conducted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Now available on CD/DVD

Description

Businesses negotiating and working under a federal government contract are subject to a myriad of complex rules and regulations. When intellectual property rights are also involved, those complexities quickly escalate.

A company's government contract counsel and IP counsel must work together to understand how IP rights are impacted in such contracts and the many ways government contracts differ from the commercial context.

Listen as our authoritative panel reviews what government contract and IP counsel should know about preserving and protecting IP rights when working with federal agencies under contract – from negotiation and managing the relationship to handling disputes.

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key questions:

How does the government obtain rights over intellectual property in contracts with private entities?
What are the most critical issues to consider in negotiating government contracts that involve IP rights?
What are the strategies designed to protect patents, copyrights, and trademarks in government contract work?
What remedies are available to private contractors if the government misuses their IP?

Faculty

David S. Bloch, Partner
Winston & Strawn, San Francisco

He focuses on intellectual property litigation. His experience also includes intellectual property matters that involve aspects of antitrust law and government contracts. He handles litigation matters including commercial disputes involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Richard M. Gray, Associate General Counsel
Acquisitions Law Division, Air Force, Washington, D.C.

He serves as Director of the IP, Office of the General Counsel. He advises members of the Secretariat and Air Staff on IP and technology transfer issues.

James G. McEwen, Partner
Stein McEwen & Bui, Washington, D.C.

He has prepared and been involved in patent validity and infringement opinions, reissue and reexamination proceedings, licensing and settlement negotiations, and licensing with the federal government. He also handles trademark prosecution, domain name disputes, and trade secret protection matters, and provides litigation support in patent infringement claims.

Ordering

Teleconference on CD

Purchase a CD of the full event proceedings, including Q&A and PDF files of all handouts (available 10 days after the seminar).

For CLE only, this program is pre-approved for self-study credit in AK, AZ, CA, MO, MT, VT, WV.

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Self-study CPE is not offered on CD purchases.

CD, Parts 1 & 2 $544.00 plus $18.90 S&H

CD Part 1 & 2 Combo Savings of $50.00

CD, Part 1 $297.00 plus $9.45 S&H

CD, Part 2 $297.00 plus $9.45 S&H

CLE Processing on CD/DVD (NY and CT Only)

CLE processing for listening to the CD/DVD is available for an additional $65 per person per state in NY and CT.

CLE on CD Processing, Parts 1 & 2 $90.00

Part 2 Only $25.00 with CLE on CD Part 1 & 2 Combo

CLE on CD Processing, Part 1 $65.00

CLE on CD Processing, Part 2 $65.00

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