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Professional Addresses

  • Speaker, The Claim Construction Game (TM), Law Seminars Int’l, Chi. (Feb. 13, 2009).
  • Speaker, Claim Interpretation, IICLE, Chi. (Dec. 11, 2008).
  • Speaker, Global Patent Claim Interpretation II, West Legalworks, webcast (Nov. 18, 2008).
  • Speaker, The Effect on Patent Litigation of the LG Electronics case, West Legalworks, D.C. (Nov. 12, 2008).
  • Speaker, The Claim Construction Game (TM), Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court, Phila. (Nov. 11, 2008).
  • Speaker, Ethical Issues in Patent Litigation, PLI, Chi. (Oct.24, 2008).
  • Speaker, The Patent Claim Construction Game (TM), WIPLA, Milwaukee, Wis. (Oct. 17, 2008).
  • Speaker, Recent Developments in Patent Law: The Year in Review, IPLAC, Chi. (Oct. 10, 2008).
  • Speaker, Global Patent Claim Interpretation I, West Legalworks, webcast (Sept. 29, 2008).
  • Speaker, Comparative Int’l Claim Construction, St. Petersburg, Russia (Aug. 22, 2008).
  • Speaker, Current Case Law and Recent Federal Circuit Developments in Claim Construction, Law Seminars Int’l, Seattle, Wash. (July 16, 2008).
  • Speaker, New Federal Case Law Developments in Claim Construction; Implications of Patent Office Rule Changes, Law Seminars Int’l, Atlanta, Ga. (April 25, 2008).
  • Speaker, The Claim Construction Game (TM), Giles Rich Inn of Court, D.C. (Feb. 2008).
  • Co-Chairman & Speaker, New Developments in Patent Claim Construction, Law Seminars Int’l, Chi. (Feb. 2008).
  • Speaker, The Claim Construction Game, Richard Linn Inn of Court, Chi. (Jan. 2008).
  • Co-Chairman & Speaker, New Developments in Patent Claim Construction, Law Seminars Int'l, S.F. (Jan. 9, 2008).
  • Speaker, The Claim Construction Game, West Legalworks, Boston (Nov. 15-16, 2007).
  • Speaker, Recent Developments in Patent Law: The Year in Review from MedImmune to eBay to KSR, IPLAC & West Legalworks Conf., Chi. (Oct. 12, 2007).
  • Speaker, Paper Side of Jury Litigation: Instructions, Special Interrogatories, Motions Special to Jury Practice, PLI Pat. Litig. Conf., Chi. (Oct. 11, 2007).
  • Speaker, New Developments in Patent Claim Construction, Law Seminars Int'l, Phila. (Oct. 10, 2007).
  • Speaker, What Makes for a Good/Great Expert Witness?, Law Seminars Int'l, Chi. (Sept. 24-25, 2007).
  • Speaker, Seminar on Patent Claim Construction, Law Seminars Int’l, Seattle (July 10, 2007).
  • Speaker, Patent Claim Construction 2007: The Advanced Legal Forum, Thomson-West, Austin (May 21-22, 2007).
  • Panel Chairman-Moderator, Obviousness in Patent Litigation:  KSR Int'l v. Teleflex, IPLAC & J. Marshall L. Sch. (May 18, 2007).
  • Speaker, Obviousness After KSR v. Teleflex, APLF May 2007 Roundtable (May 11, 2007).
  • Co-Chairman, Seminar on Patent Claim Construction, Law Seminars Int’l, Chi. (Feb. 16, 2007).
  • Speaker, Seminar on Patent Claim Construction, Law Seminars Int’l, S.F. (Jan. 26, 2007).
  • Panelist, Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears: Licensing and the Art of the Deal, AIPLA Annual Meeting (D.C. Oct. 20, 2006).
  • Speaker, Litigation Issues in Patent Licensing, AIPLA Annual Meeting (D.C. Oct. 20, 2006).
  • Speaker, Intro. to IP Law, Ass’n of Chinese Scientists & Eng. (ACSE) Ann. Conf. (Sep. 26, 2006).
  • Moderator, Willfullness in Patent Litigation, IPLAC & J. Marshall L. Sch. (Apr. 27, 2006).
  • Co-Chairman, Seminar on Patent Claim Construction, Law Seminars Int’l, Chi. (Feb. 17, 2006).
  • Panelist, The Enablement/Written Description Debate of Patent Law, J. Marshall L. Sch. (Nov. 7, 2005) (with Fed. Cir. & N.D. Ill. judges).
  • Panelist, National Telebriefing regarding Phillips v. AWH, Law Seminars Int’l (Aug. 4, 2005).
  • Moderator, IPLAC Panel Discussion regarding Phillips v. AWH and Patent Claim Construction, J. Marshall L. Sch. (Sept. 2005).
  • Speaker, What a Patent Is and Is Not: The Basics of What is Patentable, Law Seminars Int’l, Chi. (July 25, 2005).
  • Speaker, Recent Legal Developments in Patent Mining, Law Seminars Int’l, Chi. (Oct. 29, 2004).
  • Panelist, Implications of Federal Circuit En Banc Decision in Knorr-Bremse, IPLAC Litig. Comm. F., Chi. (Oct. 28, 2004).
  • Panelist, Markman Hearings, Substantive and Procedural Treatment, DePaul L. Sch. (Feb. 15, 2001).
  • Speaker, Laches and Estoppel in Patent Cases, Chi. B. Ass’n, Pat. & Trademark Comm. (Sept. 15, 1992).
  • Session Chairman, Legal Issues, Spring COMPCON ‘84 (IEEE 1984).