2/4 - Closing Plenary - Mid-Year Updates and Best Practices & Latest Issues Related to Legal Ethics in IP
February 4, 2022 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Location
Credits
210 Minutes
Mid-Year Updates (9:00 - 11:00 am)
Moderator: John Salazar, Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville, KY
Speakers:
Patent: Karen Canady, Canady + Lortz, LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Antitrust: Eric Fanchiang, Crowell & Moring, Irvine, CA
Trademark: Lauren Keller Katzenellenbogen, Knobbe Martens, Irvine, CA
Copyright: Lincoln Bandlow, Lincoln Bandlow Law, Los Angeles, CA
Trade Secrets: Robert Milligan, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Break (11:00 - 11:30 pm)
The Code of Professional Responsibility, the Best Practices, and the Latest Issues Related to Legal Ethics in Intellectual Property
(Ethics CLE) (11:30 am - 12:30 pm)
Speaker: Brent Routman, Merchant & Gould P.C., Minneapolis, MN
Speakers
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Bandlow, Lincoln
Law Offices of Lincoln Bandlow | Founder
Lincoln Bandlow is the founder of the Law Offices of Lincoln Bandlow in Los Angeles. Lincoln focuses his practice on sophisticated media, First Amendment, intellectual property and other entertainment-related litigation matters. He represents clients in the motion picture, television, publishing, broadcasting, Internet and advertising fields. In addition, Lincoln represents several of the principal underwriters for the media and entertainment industry. -
Routman, Brent
Merchant & Gould, P.C. | Partner
Brent E. Routman is a partner and General Counsel of the intellectual property firm of Merchant & Gould, P.C. The firm has offices nationally, including in New York. Brent is a Past President of the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) and the Hennepin County Bar Association (HCBA); former chair of numerous committees and sections of the ABA/Intellectual Property Section including the Patent Division, the Ethics Committee, and a former member of the Ethics Committee of the Hennepin County Bar. Brent served in the ABA House of Delegates for seven years, and is a former Chair of the Commission on Law and Social Action for the American Jewish Congress Southeast Region. -
Salazar, John
Middleton Reutlinger | Director and Member of the Management Committee
John Salazar currently serves as a member of Middleton Reutlinger’s management committee. He is a registered patent attorney and concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property, especially in patents, trademarks, copyrights and computer law. -
Keller Katzenellenbogen, Lauren
Knobbe Martens | Partner
Lauren Katzenellenbogen litigates all types of intellectual property disputes, including claims pertaining to patents, trademarks, unfair competition, trade secrets and copyrights. For nearly two decades, she has represented clients in litigation involving an array of industries, including computer software, medical and mechanical devices, consumer products, fashion, energy drinks and entertainment. -
Canady, Ph.D., Karen S.
Canady + Lortz LLP | Founding Partner
Dr. Karen Canady is managing partner of the Los Angeles office of canady + lortz LLP, where she specializes in patent prosecution and client counseling, primarily serving universities and start-ups in the biotechnology industry. Her technical emphasis is in diagnostics and therapeutics, including vaccines, stem cells, biomarkers, personalized medicine, gene therapy, and recombinant molecules. -
Milligan, Robert
Seyfarth Shaw | Partner & Co-Chair of Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice
Robert Milligan co-chairs Seyfarth's Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group. His practice primarily focuses on trade secret, non-compete, and data theft/protection litigation, investigations, and transactional work on a state, national, and international platform. Robert represents multinational companies in a variety of key industries in trade secrets and restrictive covenant litigation and routinely provides valuable transactional advice on how to best protect valuable intellectual property assets in significant business transactions. He is a recognized national leader in trade secrets law serving on the prestigious Sedona Conference for Trade Secrets Working Group and serving as Vice Chair of the State Bar of California Trade Secrets Interest Group. -
Fanchiang, Eric
Crowell & Moring | Associate
Eric Fanchiang is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Orange County office and is a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Group. His practice focuses primarily on antitrust litigation for both defendants and plaintiffs and on government investigations. He has experience across a broad range of industries, including technology, transportation, and digital media. Eric represents his clients on a wide range of antitrust issues including standard setting, trade association policies, misuse of patents and trade secrets, and price fixing.