Intellectual Property/Legal Ethics
(2.0 hours, including 2.0, Ethics)
"One Strike You're Out!"
Disqualification and Conflicts of Interest in I.P. Practice
(2.0 hours, including 2.0, Ethics)
Featuring
Richard E. Flamm, Esq., Oakland
Paul W. Vapnek, Townsend & Townsend & Crew, San Francisco
Course description:
In the high-stakes world of Intellectual Property litigation,
conflicts and disqualification issues have taken on a new importance. Speakers Richard E. Flamm and Paul Vapnek, two of the nation's leading experts in this field, are uniquely qualified to address the critical ethics issues in I.P. litigation.
- Recent I.P. Cases Involving Disqualification Issues
- Raising Ethical Violations in the P.T.O.
- Ethical Obligations When Patents are Assigned
Richard E. Flamm, Esq.
Richard E. Flamm, consultant in Oakland, California,
specializes in handling conflicts of interest matters, including attorney
and judicial disqualification motions and appeals. He is the author of a
nationwide treatise on Judicial Disqualification: Recusal and
Disqualification of Judges, and has been
recognized as the nation's leading authority on that subject.
He is Past Chair of both the San Francisco and Alameda County Ethics Committees and
adjunct Professor at Boalt Hall in Legal Ethics. His new treatise, Conflicts
of Interest and Law Firm Disqualification, released in 2003, is available through Banks and Jordan Law Publishing.
Please contact Banks and Jordan Publishing, 510-849-0145,
for information on Mr. Flamm's treatises.
Paul Vapnek, Senior Partner,
Townsend & Townsend & Crew, San Francisco
Office
Mr. Vapnek specializes in litigation of matters pertaining to patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, trade secret and related antitrust law, and in the licensing and prosecution of intellectual property, primarily trademarks and copyrights. He was an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law for 12 years and is a registered Professional Engineer in New York State. He is a past president of the San Francisco Patent and Trademark Law Association, a past chairman of the Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct of the State Bar of California, and a past member of the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California. Mr. Vapnek has published numerous articles, including "Intellectual Property Law Practice in the 1980's: Dealing with the Expectations of a More Informed Clientele," "The Lawyer and Unfair Competition," "Infringement and Remedies Provisions of the New Copyright Law," and "Invention Developers: Public and Private Litigation and Legislative Solutions." He received a B.M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer in 1951, and a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1964.
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