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19th Annual

Advanced Patent Law Institute

Austin Nov 6-7, 2014 Four Seasons Hotel
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Overview

UT Law's Advanced Patent Law Institute in Austin covers the latest developments and impacts of key cases in patent law, and features a sophisticated array of presentations and discussions on prosecution and litigation topics, including:

  • An in-depth look at post-grant proceedings, including current trends, litigation strategies, and “lessons learned” in post-grant patent trials
  • Presentations from nationally-recognized academics—Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School; Dennis Crouch, University of Missouri School of Law; John M. Golden, The University of Texas School of Law; and David Hricik, Mercer University School of Law
  • Learn the impact of key patentable subject matter cases in both software and life sciences
  • Recent developments in claims construction, including the Supreme Court’s review of the appeal standard Teva Pharmaceuticals v. Sandoz
  • Insight from sitting District Court Judges Rodney J. Gilstrap and James L. Robart, as well as former Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit, Randall Rader, on the current landscape for damages and remedies and their experiences hearing patent cases
  • A discussion of Octane Fitness and Highmark and the impact on fee shifting under Section 285
  • An update on patent troll litigation, including proposed legislation, rule changes, and expected developments
Don’t miss this nationally-recognized faculty with some of the nation’s leading patent prosecution and litigation practitioners, senior IP counsel of major corporations, Judges from the Federal Circuit, U.S. District Courts and USPTO, and the top academics in the field.

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Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

  • Day 1 November 6, 2014
  • Day 2 November 7, 2014
  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Morning, Nov. 6, 2014
    Presiding Officer:
    Michael P. Adams, Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Austin, TX
  • 7:30 am
    Austin Only
    Registration Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 8:20 am
    Welcoming Remarks

  • 8:30 am
    1.00 hr
    Recent Developments in Claims Construction
    It is a hot year for claim construction issues, at the Federal Circuit, the U.S. District Courts—and thanks to the rise of IPR/CBMR post-grant proceedings—at the PTAB as well. Hanging over all is the Supreme Court's review of the appeal standard on claim construction in Teva Pharmaceuticals v. Sandoz. "To defer or not to defer, that is the question” and, if so, to what will deference be owed? See where we are now and where we’ll likely be at year-end. Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

    Kenneth R. Adamo, Kirkland & Ellis LLP - Chicago, IL

  • 9:30 am
    0.50 hr
    Broadest Reasonable Interpretation
    The broadest reasonable interpretation (BRI), once only of interest to patent prosecutors, has now invaded the world of patent litigators in proceedings before the PTAB. Find out just how broadly examiners and PTAB judges may be construing your claims. 

    Mark E. Scott, Conley Rose, PC - Austin, TX

  • 10:00 am
    Break

  • 10:15 am
    0.50 hr
    The Evolving Law on Domestic Industry in the ITC
    The contours of the domestic industry requirement for Section 337 investigations continues to develop. Explore recent decisions regarding the economic and technical aspects of this requirement in order to understand what is necessary to establish or challenge the existence of a domestic industry before the ITC.

    Lynn I. Levine, Morrison & Foerster LLP - Washington, DC

  • 10:45 am
    0.50 hr
    ITC Tactics: Trips and Traps in the Rules and Procedures
    A review of recent decisions and insights into how best to approach—and not run afoul of—the Commission Rules and ALJ ground rules.

    Benjamin Levi, McKool Smith - Washington, DC

  • 11:15 am
    0.50 hr
    Recent Divided Infringement Developments
    The issue of divided infringement continues to arise in many patent infringement cases and recent rulings by the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit are important both for what issues they resolve and what issues they leave open. 

    Ronald J. Pabis, Greenberg Traurig, LLP - Washington, DC

  • 11:45 am
    Pick Up Lunch
    Included in registration.

  • Thursday Afternoon, Nov. 6, 2014
    Presiding Officer:
    David W. O'Brien, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Austin, TX
  • LUNCHEON PRESENTATION

  • Austin Only
    Thank You to Our Luncheon Sponsor
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP

  • 12:05 pm
    0.75 hr
    Perspectives on the Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court continues to take interest in patent law. What is this Court, and what are its members up to?

    John M. Golden, The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX

  • 12:50 pm
    Break

  • 1:05 pm
    0.50 hr
    Post-Grant Proceedings: Outcomes and Trends
    It has been two years since the first post-grant proceeding was filed. Find out where we are and the likely direction for these proceedings.

    Teresa Stanek Rea, Crowell & Moring, LLP - Washington, DC

  • 1:35 pm
    0.50 hr
    Litigation Strategies: PTAB vs. District Court
    A look at the interface between the USPTO and the courts, including stays, claim construction rules, impact of one proceeding on the other, discovery, and timing and race to finality.

    Robert Greene Sterne, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. - Washington, DC
    Donald R. Banowit, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. - Washington, DC

  • 2:05 pm
    0.75 hr
    Post-Grant Patent Trials "Lessons Learned" Part I: Petition & Pre-Trial
    Getting your post-grant patent trial instituted, or defending against institution, requires navigating an intricate web of statutory requirements as well as PTAB rules and practices. Review the nut and bolts of drafting a grantable petition, as well as considerations for patent owners in challenging a petition in the pre-trial stage. Redundancy, applicable statutory bars, real party in interest/privity issues, joinder, use of expert declarations and other key factors and strategies relevant to the petition stage for IPR or CBM review are discussed.

    Moderator:
    Peter J. Ayers, Lee & Hayes PLLC - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    David W. O'Brien, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Austin, TX
    Michael Rosato, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - Seattle, WA

  • 2:50 pm
    Break

  • 3:00 pm
    0.75 hr
    Post-Grant Patent Trials "Lessons Learned" Part II: Post Institution & Hearing
    A PTAB trial begins with the institution decision and follows with unique motion practice, discovery, briefing, and oral advocacy. Understand PTAB trial mechanics as seen from the perspectives of judges, petitioners, and patent owners, and explore the institution process, developing the evidentiary record, all phases of the trial briefing, and the oral hearing. Plus, hear experiences from real cases on what works most effectively, mistakes to avoid, and how to best position a case for appeal to the Federal Circuit.

    Moderator:
    David L. McCombs, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Dallas, TX
    Panelists:
    Michael L. Kiklis, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. - Alexandria, VA
    W. Karl Renner, Fish & Richardson P.C. - Washington, DC
    Hon. Stacey G. White, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board - Dallas, TX

  • 3:45 pm
    0.75 hr
    What's New in Damages and Remedies
    A discussion of the current landscape, including the impact of recent decisions providing guidance on acceptable patent damages methodology.

    Moderator:
    Alan D. Albright, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Hon. J. Rodney Gilstrap, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas - Marshall, TX
    Shirley Webster, Ocean Tomo, LLC - Houston, TX

  • 4:30 pm
    1.00 hr
    0.50 hr ethics
    Judicial Panel
    Distinguished judges from the Federal Circuit and District Courts discuss their experiences hearing and trying patent cases.

    Moderator:
    Hon. David J. Folsom, Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Texarkana, TX
    Panelists:
    Hon. J. Rodney Gilstrap, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas - Marshall, TX
    Hon. Randall R. Rader, Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - Washington, DC
    Hon. James L. Robart, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington - Seattle, WA

  • 5:30 pm
    Adjourn

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Friday Morning, Nov. 7, 2014
    Presiding Officer:
    Brent K. Bersin, Grant Thornton LLP - Houston, TX
  • 7:30 am
    Austin Only
    Conference Room Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 8:30 am
    0.75 hr
    Patentable Subject Matter: Software and Business Methods
    The Supreme Court decision in Alice v. CLS Bank has significant implications for both litigators and prosecutors in all areas of technology. Section 101, it seems, is here to stay. Learn more on what that means in practice.

    Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School and Durie Tangri LLP - Stanford and San Francisco, CA

  • 9:15 am
    0.75 hr
    Patent Drafting in the Era of Nautilus
    A discussion of crafting claims and supporting disclosure to meet the more complex standards of definiteness under Nautilus, the “all elements” rule for a single direct infringer under Limelight and the critical post-grant challenges to claiming mistakes under the America Invents Act.

    Harold C. Wegner, Foley & Lardner - Washington, DC

  • 10:00 am
    Break

  • 10:15 am
    0.92 hr
    Troll Litigation Update
    The President, Congress and several industry sectors have demanded reforms against abusive patent litigation. Much of the criticism is focused on so-called trolls or non-practicing entities. Review the status of initiatives taken to remedy perceived abuses in patent litigation, including proposed legislation, USPTO and Federal rule changes, as well as expected and possible changes through court decisions.

    Darryl J. Adams, Baker Botts - Austin, TX
    William L. LaFuze, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Houston, TX
    Byron E. Springer Jr., Intellectual Ventures - Bellevue, WA

  • 11:10 am
    0.83 hr
    Key Issues for In-House Counsel
    Inside patent counsel continues to face challenges around portfolio expenses, invention prioritization, outside counsel management, litigation defense, monetization and other issues. Explore these challenges across many industries and discuss best practices and problems that have been faced.

    Moderator:
    Keith E. Witek, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    James J. MacDonald, Juno Therapeutics, Inc. - Seattle, WA
    Eric B. Min, eBay Inc. - Austin, TX
    Mark E. Patrick, Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas, TX

  • 12:00 pm
    Pick Up Lunch
    Included in registration.

  • Friday Afternoon, Nov. 7, 2014
    Presiding Officer:
    William D. Wiese, DuBois, Bryant & Campbell, L.L.P. - Austin, TX
  • LUNCHEON PRESENTATION

  • Austin Only
    Thank You to Our Luncheon Sponsor
    Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

  • 12:05 pm
    0.75 hr
    Evidence Based Patent Law: Trends and Statistics, and What They Mean for Your Practice and Your Patent Portfolio
    Patent law has seen dramatic changes over the past decade, both in terms of the legal doctrines and procedures as well as the market players. The result is that old practitioner rules of thumb either no longer apply or are out-dated. Get the newest data from the USPTO, courts, and other sources to highlight new rules of thumb and pitfalls both in patent practice.

    Dennis Crouch, University of Missouri School of Law - Columbia, MO

  • 12:50 pm
    Break

  • 1:05 pm
    0.75 hr ethics
    Ethics, Money and Fee Agreements
    Learn the ethical issues that can arise from alternative fee arrangements, such as flat and capped fees, both in litigation and prosecution. There are thorny issues such as choice of law that come with multi-state federal litigation and divisions of fees among lawyers in different firms. Analyze efforts by lawyers to limit their exposure to risk by providing "outs" in contingent fee cases.
    This session has moved to 2:50 PM Friday

    David Hricik, Mercer University School of Law and Taylor English Duma LLP - Macon and Atlanta, GA

  • 1:50 pm
    0.50 hr
    Life Sciences Update: One Year After Mayo and Prometheus
    A look at the impact of the Myriad and Prometheus decisions, plus an analysis of recent Federal Circuit Court decisions and USPTO practice with regard to life sciences patent eligibility.  

    Ana Christina Ward, Asuragen, Inc. - Austin, TX

  • 2:20 pm
    0.50 hr
    0.25 hr ethics
    Is Your Case Exceptional?
    A discussion of fee shifting under Section 285 after Octane Fitness and Highmark and how they revised the analysis for awarding attorneys’ fees.

    Adrienne E. Dominguez, Thompson & Knight LLP - Dallas, TX

  • 2:50 pm
    0.75 hr ethics
    Using Social Media Ethically
    An exploration of some of the aggressive uses of social media by companies, employees, and attorneys, including the legal and ethical boundaries being recognized by some and ignored by others. Particular attention is given to the Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the Stored Communications Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and the National Labor Relations Act and the limits each impose on the use of social media as a weapon in litigation. The admissibility of social media evidence at trial is also addressed.
    This session has moved to 1:05 PM Friday

    Jason Boulette, Boulette & Golden L.L.P. - Austin, TX

  • 3:35 pm
    Adjourn

  • Day 1 November 6, 2014
  • Day 2 November 7, 2014
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Conference Faculty

Kenneth R. Adamo

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Chicago, IL

Darryl J. Adams

Baker Botts
Austin, TX

Alan D. Albright

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Austin, TX

Peter J. Ayers

Lee & Hayes PLLC
Austin, TX

Donald R. Banowit

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Washington, DC

Jason Boulette

Boulette & Golden L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Dennis Crouch

University of Missouri School of Law
Columbia, MO

Adrienne E. Dominguez

Thompson & Knight LLP
Dallas, TX

Hon. David J. Folsom

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Texarkana, TX

Hon. J. Rodney Gilstrap

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Marshall, TX

John M. Golden

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

David Hricik

Mercer University School of Law and Taylor English Duma LLP
Macon and Atlanta, GA

Michael L. Kiklis

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Alexandria, VA

William L. LaFuze

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Houston, TX

Mark A. Lemley

Stanford Law School and Durie Tangri LLP
Stanford and San Francisco, CA

Benjamin Levi

McKool Smith
Washington, DC

Lynn I. Levine

Morrison & Foerster LLP
Washington, DC

James J. MacDonald

Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
Seattle, WA

David L. McCombs

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX

Eric B. Min

eBay Inc.
Austin, TX

David W. O'Brien

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Austin, TX

Ronald J. Pabis

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Washington, DC

Mark E. Patrick

Texas Instruments Incorporated
Dallas, TX

Hon. Randall R. Rader

Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Washington, DC

Teresa Stanek Rea

Crowell & Moring, LLP
Washington, DC

W. Karl Renner

Fish & Richardson P.C.
Washington, DC

Hon. James L. Robart

U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Seattle, WA

Michael Rosato

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Seattle, WA

Mark E. Scott

Conley Rose, PC
Austin, TX

Byron E. Springer Jr.

Intellectual Ventures
Bellevue, WA

Robert Greene Sterne

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Washington, DC

Ana Christina Ward

Asuragen, Inc.
Austin, TX

Shirley Webster

Ocean Tomo, LLC
Houston, TX

Harold C. Wegner

Foley & Lardner
Washington, DC

Hon. Stacey G. White

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Dallas, TX

Keith E. Witek

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Austin, TX

Planning Committee

Amber Lee Hagy—Co-Chair

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Austin, TX

David W. O'Brien—Co-Chair

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Austin, TX

Michael P. Adams

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Tom Adolph

Adolph Locklar
Houston, TX

Alan D. Albright

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Austin, TX

Michael C. Barrett

Cirrus Logic
Austin, TX

Brent K. Bersin

Grant Thornton LLP
Houston, TX

Jane Politz Brandt

Thompson & Knight LLP
Dallas, TX

Christa Brown-Sanford

Baker Botts
Dallas, TX

Edwin S. Flores

Chalker Flores, LLP
Dallas, TX

Hilda C. Galvan

Jones Day
Dallas, TX

Mark Thomas Garrett

Norton Rose Fulbright
Austin, TX

John Garvish

McKool Smith
Austin, TX

John M. Golden

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

David J. Healey

Fish & Richardson P.C.
Houston, TX

Joanna Jefferson

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Robert L. King

Silicon Laboratories
Austin, TX

William L. LaFuze

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Houston, TX

Mark A. Lemley

Stanford Law School and Durie Tangri LLP
Stanford and San Francisco, CA

David L. McCombs

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX

Kevin J. Meek

Baker Botts
Austin, TX

Lance Morman

OverMont Consulting, LLC
Houston

Eric L. Natinsky

Quick Technologies Inc.
Austin, TX

Floyd R. Nation

Winston & Strawn LLP
Houston, TX

James J. Nawrocki

IPFC Corp.
Houston, TX

Steven J. Pollinger

McKool Smith
Austin, TX

Jennie Salazar

The JLSalazar Law Firm, PLLC
Houston, TX

Mark E. Scott

Conley Rose, PC
Austin, TX

José C. Villarreal

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
West Lake Hills, TX

Ana Christina Ward

Asuragen, Inc.
Austin, TX

Shirley Webster

Ocean Tomo, LLC
Houston, TX

William D. Wiese

DuBois, Bryant & Campbell, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Keith E. Witek

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Austin, TX

Stephanie Wood

Farney Daniels PC
Georgetown, TX

James D. Woods

UHY Advisors, Inc.
Houston, TX

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At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  

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Last day for $695.00 Regular pricing: Oct 29, 2014

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Last day for $560.00 Regular pricing: Oct 29, 2014

$610.00 for registrations received after this time

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Last day for $645.00 Regular pricing: Nov 7, 2014

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Four Seasons Hotel

98 San Jacinto Boulevard
Austin, TX 78701-4082
512-478-4500 (reservations)
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Accommodations

$255.00 room rate good through October 6, 2014 (subject to availability).

Reserving your room online?  Please use the following corporate/promo code: UTPAT1029.

Please note: online reservations can only be accepted for conference-related room nights (November 5-7, 2014). Please contact the Four Seasons Hotel Reservations Department directly at 512.685.8100 if you’d like to extend your stay.

Parking Information

$12 Event Daily; $16 Valet Daily; $32.50 Overnight Self-Parking or Valet.

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    IPFC Corp.
    IPFC (Intellectual Property & Financial Consulting) is an independent consulting firm based in Houston, Texas, that provides corporate, individual and law firm clients with financial, economic, valuation, damages quantification/assessment and expert witness services for various business purposes and in the context of intellectual property and commercial disputes. Intellectual property often makes up a significant part of a company's or individual's asset portfolio. Assessing the proper values of these assets is challenging and may be necessary for sales, acquisitions, licensing, or disputes involving claims of infringement or other wrongful actions. Our analyses have included market and pricing assessments, product line profitability assessments, lost profits and reasonable royalty determinations and licensing compliance. Whether we are researching industry information, analyzing complex electronic databases, developing intricate financial models, or presenting our analyses to corporate management or in court proceedings, we offer a focused, hands-on approach that results in an effective and efficient process.
    www.ipfccorp.com
  • Greenberg Traurig, LLP logo
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
    Greenberg Traurig has more than 100 attorneys in Texas, serving clients from offices in Austin, Dallas and Houston. Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1750 attorneys serving clients from 36 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is among the “Power Elite” in the 2014 BTI Client Relationship Scorecard report, which assesses the nature and strength of law firms' client relationships. For additional information, please visit www.gtlaw.com.
     
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  • Kenyon & Kenyon LLP logo
    Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
    Kenyon & Kenyon LLP is a leading intellectual property law firm whose sophisticated and business-oriented approach helps clients succeed with their intellectual property strategies. Our global clients, many of whom are worldwide industry leaders, rely on us for their high-stakes intellectual property issues, from patent, trademark, copyright and other IP litigation, to patent and trademark prosecution, licensing, due diligence, and IP opinion work. Our clients include: AkzoNobel, Bosch, CVS Caremark, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Mattel, Olympus, SAP, Sony, Teva, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Walmart.  Founded in 1879, the firm has offices in New York; Palo Alto; and Washington, DC.
     
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  • Fish & Richardson P.C. logo
    Fish & Richardson P.C.
    Fish & Richardson is a global patent, intellectual property litigation, and commercial litigation law firm with more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists across the U.S. and Europe. Fish has been named the #1 patent litigation firm in the U.S. for 10 consecutive years. Fish has been winning cases worth billions in controversy—often by making new law—for the most innovative clients and influential industry leaders since 1878. For more information, visit www.fr.com.
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    Baker Botts
    Baker Botts is a globally respected law firm whose reach and depth of understanding help deliver better, more innovative solutions to our clients. Our intellectual property lawyers offer a full-service IP practice, including strategic IP counseling; patent and trademark acquisition; patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation; and copyright management and licensing in industries encompassing telecom, software, semiconductor, life sciences, energy, financial services, retail and more. The vast majority of our IP lawyers hold at least one engineering or science degree, and our IP practice consistently ranks in the top five in surveys by various prestigious publications. Most recently, Baker Botts’ Intellectual Property Practice was named an “IP VIP” in the 2015 BTI Intellectual Property Outlook report. This recognition was given to only twelve law firms – noted as the firms best-positioned to deliver in all IP aspects including complex IP litigation, complex patent work, routine IP litigation, and routine patent work.
    www.bakerbotts.com
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    DuBois, Bryant & Campbell, L.L.P.
    DuBois, Bryant & Campbell, L.L.P. is an Austin, Texas, law firm formed in March 2002. The goal was to create a collegial, family-oriented law firm that provides the business community and Texas residents with first quality legal services at highly competitive rates. DBC has been able to maintain competitive rates by efficiently managing its business operations and leveraging technology. We have grown rapidly from several attorneys in 2002 to our current size. Our clients include several of Austin’s most prominent publicly traded companies, as well as start-up ventures and individuals. Collectively, our attorneys have experience in the following areas—intellectual property, tax & estate planning, corporate & securities, financial institutions, real estate, litigation and corporate law.
    www.dbcllp.com
  • Five Corners Group logo
    Five Corners Group
    Five Corners Group is a boutique litigation and consulting company, providing intellectual property consulting, presentation graphics, trial technology, and financial expert witness services. Our experienced professionals work with companies of all sizes across a range of industries and have been involved in some of the most high profile cases in the United States, Canada and Europe. The intellectual property consulting practice provides groundbreaking intellectual property strategy for clients throughout the world. Founded with the core principles of quality, personal integrity and efficiency, Five Corners Group is committed to its client relationships and their success.    
     
    www.5cornersgroup.com
  • Grant Thornton LLP logo
    Grant Thornton LLP
    Founded in Chicago in 1924, Grant Thornton LLP (Grant Thornton) is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading organizations of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. Grant Thornton has revenues in excess of $1.3 billion and operates 57 offices across the United States with more than 500 partners and 6,000 employees. Grant Thornton works with a broad range of publicly and privately held companies, government agencies, financial institutions, and civic and religious organizations. Core industries served include consumer and industrial products, financial services, not-for-profit, private equity, and technology. Grant Thornton focuses on serving dynamic organizations that pursue growth holistically—whether through revenue improvement, leadership, mission fulfillment, or innovation.
     
    www.grantthornton.com
  • Haynes and Boone, LLP logo
    Haynes and Boone, LLP
    Haynes and Boone is always on the leading edge in the practice of technology and intellectual property law. Leveraging their cooperative teamwork culture, the lawyers of Haynes and Boone provide innovative, effective and efficient answers to the problems facing technology-focused companies. In order to provide legal solutions tailored to each individual client, our attorneys pride themselves on knowledge of their client's business and their industry. Not only do the majority of our intellectual property attorneys hold technical degrees, a number of them possess practical experience working as engineers in areas such as software development, telecommunications and semiconductors, to name just a few. Whether a client needs guidance in structuring a technology transfer agreement, developing effective patent protection strategies or protecting their trademarks worldwide, Haynes and Boone has the attorneys to guide them. An international corporate law firm, Haynes and Boone has more than 500 attorneys based in 12 offices throughout the world.
     
    www.haynesboone.com
  • Jackson Walker L.L.P. logo
    Jackson Walker L.L.P.
    Jackson Walker L.L.P. is one of the oldest and largest Texas-based law firms. The firm has more than 340 attorneys in seven Texas offices and represents Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, major financial institutions, and a wide range of public and private companies. Jackson Walker’s Intellectual Property practice consists of an experienced group of attorneys who help clients obtain, protect, and enforce IP rights, as well as maximize IP through various business transactions. The firm also maintains a powerful and experienced team of IP Litigation attorneys who combine proven successful trial strategies with skillful and cost-effective advocacy. We have enforced and defended all types of IP matters in federal and state courts across the United States. Among other jurisdictions, we have significant patent litigation experience in the Eastern District of Texas, one of the country's premier forums for patent disputes, and we include a former judge from this forum as part of our team.
     
    www.jw.com
  • Lee & Hayes logo
    Lee & Hayes
    Lee & Hayes is an industry-leading intellectual property law firm consistently recognized as one of the nation’s highest-quality patent law firms across industries (source: IAM Magazine.) In addition to IP law, the firm specializes in corporate, government relations and litigation services. Since 1994, Lee & Hayes has serviced clients from across the globe in a variety of sectors including electronics, computer software/hardware, network technologies, semiconductor technologies, digital media, business and financial services, e-commerce and mobile commerce, telecommunications, aerospace, life sciences and nanotechnology. The 145-person firm employs more than 80 attorneys and patent agents in offices in Atlanta, Austin, Portland-metro, Rochester, Seattle, Spokane, and Washington, DC.
     
    www.leehayes.com
  • McKool Smith logo
    McKool Smith
    McKool Smith’s track record in intellectual property litigation is unrivaled. In addition to significant defense wins, the firm has secured eight nine-figure patent infringement verdicts over the past seven years—more than any other law firm. The firm has also won the most National Law Journal "Top 100 Verdicts" over the last five years. As reported in Lex Machina’s 2014 Patent Litigation Damages Report, McKool Smith has won more compensatory damages in patent litigation than any other U.S. law firm ($2.04 billion total, 23 cases, $19 million median) and the most reasonable royalty damages ($1.38 billion). Courtroom successes like these have earned the firm critical acclaim.  In 2014, McKool Smith was recognized as an “IP Group of the Year” by Law360 and U.S. “Plaintiff IP Firm of the Year” by Managing IP.
     
    www.mckoolsmith.com
  • Norton Rose Fulbright logo
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Our global intellectual property team advises on the acquisition, exploitation, use and enforcement of intellectual property rights across the globe. We provide cost effective advice to clients on an international basis, advising on both domestic and cross-border transactions and disputes. We have particular experience across our key industry sectors—financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Many of our professionals have advanced scientific degrees to complement their practical experience and combine deep industry and technical knowledge with broad legal understanding. Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal practice. We provide the world's pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service.  We have more than 3,800 lawyers based in over 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
     
    www.nortonrosefulbright.com
  • Ocean Tomo, LLC logo
    Ocean Tomo, LLC
    Established in 2003, Ocean Tomo, LLC, is an Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc™ firm. We provide industry leading financial products and services related to intellectual property including financial expert testimony, valuation, strategy consulting, proprietary research products, investment services, risk management products and transaction brokerage. Ocean Tomo assists clients—corporations, law firms, governments and institutional investors—in realizing Intellectual Capital Equity® value broadly defined.  

    Spanning five distinct yet complementary lines of business, our comprehensive suite of products and services is built upon more than two decades of experience valuing intellectual property in the most rigorous of venues—federal, state and international courts. Our financial, market and technical experts provide a unique understanding of the contributory value of proprietary innovation. This is the cornerstone of our business. This insight permeates every practice. Across our business units, Ocean Tomo has valued more intellectual property for more clients involving more technologies than anyone else, period.
    www.oceantomo.com
  • Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. logo
    Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
    Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox focuses solely on the protection, transfer and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Located in Washington, DC, the firm has more than 35 years’ experience in helping strategize, build and enforce worldwide IP portfolios, including inter partes matters (e.g., lawsuits, appeals, oppositions and reexaminations), preparing and prosecuting patent applications before the United States and foreign patent offices and advising on portfolio strategies (e.g., valuation, acquisition and due diligence). Sterne Kessler is the author of Patent Office Litigation, a two-volume set focused on the contested proceedings brought about by the America Invents Act. The book explores the interplay between contested proceedings and the district courts, U.S. International Trade Commission and the Federal Circuit, analyzes hypothetical scenarios, and examines comparable proceedings in select countries for a global perspective.
    www.skgf.com
  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP logo
    Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
    Sutherland is an international legal service provider composed of associated legal practices that are separate entities, doing business in the U.S. as Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and as Arbis Sutherland LLP in London and Geneva. More than 435 lawyers help the world’s largest companies, industry leaders, sector innovators and business entrepreneurs solve their biggest challenges and reach their business goals. Seven major practice areas—corporate, energy and environmental, financial services, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and tax—provide the framework for an extensive range of focus areas.
     
    www.sutherland.com
  • Thompson & Knight LLP logo
    Thompson & Knight LLP

    Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight is a full-service firm providing legal solutions to public and private companies, governments, and individuals in all areas, including intellectual property, commercial and tort litigation, banking, finance, real estate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, corporate governance, creditors’ rights, labor, environmental, and white-collar defense matters, among others. We are particularly recognized for our depth of experience and capabilities on behalf of clients in the energy industry, both domestically and around the world. The Firm has been named the “Law Firm of the Year” in Oil & Gas Law in the 2011-2012 and 2013 editions of Best Law Firms, the preeminent listing of the nation’s top legal practices published by U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America®.  Thompson & Knight has approximately 330 attorneys with offices in Texas, New York, California, and Michigan, and international offices and associations in the Americas, North Africa, and Europe.

    www.tklaw.com
  • Vinson & Elkins LLP logo
    Vinson & Elkins LLP
    Vinson & Elkins was established in 1917 by William A. Vinson and Judge James A. Elkins with the goal of becoming trusted advisors to Houston's business and energy community. In its nearly 100-year history, the firm has grown to more than 650 lawyers located in energy hubs, financial centers and political capitals around the world. V&E lawyers provide legal services to some of the world's largest and most sophisticated business enterprises addressing a multitude of challenging litigation, transactional and regulatory matters, with a growing emphasis on intellectual property, technology and life sciences. Today, V&E serves clients from 15 global offices. Our network of offices allows us to leverage experience from many markets, cultures and perspectives and to bring our clients the most comprehensive solutions to all legal challenges.
    www.velaw.com
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati logo
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    With long-standing roots in Silicon Valley and 14 offices in technology, business, and regulatory hubs worldwide, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has a national presence with a global reach. Over the past five decades, we have developed a wide-ranging international practice, with particular strength in North America, Asia, and Europe. Our global experience includes the representation of both U.S. and international clients in such matters as litigation, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, competition law, intellectual property counseling, and branch operations.

    Our roster of attorneys includes many multilingual speakers who have worked at law firms throughout the world, giving them experience and familiarity with international laws and regulations, courts, trade commissions, and other government agencies. In addition, our extensive network of alliances with leading law firms in major global markets enables us to provide our clients with the highest quality and consistency of legal representation and service.
    www.wsgr.com
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