Our goal is to continue our long-standing tradition of providing valuable continuing legal education to our members to address the most current issues in intellectual property law.
We are excited to announce that our
annual Student-Attorney Mentorship Program is underway! We invite all
interested law students and IP attorneys in the Greater Cincinnati area to
apply by October 18, 2019.
Through the
Mentorship Program, we match UC and NKU law students interested in intellectual
property law with a local intellectual property attorney. We encourage
each mentor-mentee pair to meet 2-3 times throughout the academic year (e.g.,
over coffee or lunch), making the Program an easy commitment for all
participants while providing the students an invaluable opportunity to ask
questions, learn about IP practice, and grow their legal network while still in
school. The Program has been a great success in the past, and we hope you
will help us make this year’s program a success as well.
If you are a local IP attorney interested in participating as a mentor, please contact Larry Fathman at lfathman@fbtlaw.com and indicate your current area(s) of practice. If you were a mentor in the past, we would love to have you back!If you are a local law student interested in participating as a mentee, please complete the Student Form below and email it to Alex Czanik at aczanik@fbtlaw.com. We will do our best to match all student applicants with an attorney mentor! Please be sure to indicate the area(s) of IP law in which you are most interested so we can match you appropriately.
Join us on Tuesday, August 13 when April Besl, Oleg Khariton, and John Luken of Dinsmore & Shohl will provide an update on Supreme Court and Federal Circuit intellectual property decisions of significance in 2018 and 2019.
The speakers will cover Helsinn v. Teva (AIA On Sale Bar), WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. (recovering overseas damages for Section 271(f) violation), Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America Inc. (when an offer to sell takes place), and Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (101 eligibility and method of treatment claims).
Ms. Besl is a partner in Dinsmore’s Cincinnati office. She focuses her practice on non-patent intellectual property matters, including trademarks, copyrights, social media, Internet law, advertising and trade secrets. She services a large and diverse portfolio of trademarks and copyrights, domestic and worldwide, for a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to individual entrepreneurs. She has experience assisting clients with emerging issues related to the impact of social media, the web and technology on their business and marketing strategies. Ms. Besl helps clients protect and enforce their trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property from misuse via social networking sites, search engine optimization strategies, and keywords, as well as against misuse on mobile devices and other emerging technologies.
Mr. Khariton is an associate in Dinsmore’s Cincinnati office. He focuses his practice on patent infringement litigation in the U.S. district courts and post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has experience representing clients in a broad range of technical areas, including mechanical, chemical, and biochemical technologies, which includes handling various aspects of patent litigation, such as dispositive motions practice, discovery, claim construction, and depositions. As part of his post-grant practice, he has participated in numerous inter partes reviews, handling nearly all written submissions, working with experts, and taking and defending depositions. In addition, he has experience briefing and arguing patent appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Luken is a partner in Dinsmore’s Cincinnati office. His practice focuses on patent infringement litigation and appeals, as well as complex commercial and other intellectual property litigation. He has handled patent infringement cases involving a variety of services and products, including commercial forms and related software, software-related business method patents in the printing and financial services industries, metal beverage cans and closures, surface coal mining blasting methods, liquid beverage concentrates and related packaging, automated barge refurbishing methods, service station petroleum equipment, and retail security products.
Join us on Tuesday, July 9 for a discussion with patent attorney Kevin Flynn of BakerHostetler about IP-based import investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
Actions under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 have increased in popularity over the past decade, as the speed with which ITC investigations proceed and the remedies available through the forum make the ITC a unique venue. Mr. Flynn will present an overview of the ITC and Section 337, the progression of Section 337 investigations, strategies from both the IP-holder’s and accused infringer’s perspective, and the reasons for litigating at the ITC rather than in district court.
Mr. Flynn has extensive experience and a deep knowledge of IP law, with a practice encompassing patent and trademark prosecution, as well as patent litigation before federal district courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the ITC. He has experience prosecuting and litigating a wide range of technologies, from software to bioinformatics and computer forensic devices.
