OCIPLA’s  September 2020 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic:  Tips for Practice Before the EPO    

OCIPLA’s  October 2020 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic:  Current trends in online brand enforcement    

OCIPLA’s  November 2020 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic: Trials during the Pandemic: From Juries to Zoom!  

OCIPLA’s 2020 Holiday Party and Trivia Contest Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Time:  5:30-6:30 pm Location: Online only  

OCIPLA’s  January 2021 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, January 21, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic:  Patent Law Year in Review     SPEAKER William C. Rooklidge, a partner in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, joined the firm in 2015.  A member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Intellectual Property Practice Group, he has extensive experience in patent and trademark infringement litigation in the federal district courts and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as arbitration of patent disputes. Mr. Rooklidge is an experienced trial lawyer who has successfully handled many significant intellectual property cases since trying his first case as lead trial counsel, a patent infringement case involving power tools, in 1994, when he obtained for his patentee client a judgment of treble damages and attorney fees.  Highlights include earning a 2011 defense verdict for his client in a patent infringement case involving internet search advertising in the Eastern District of Texas and securing a 2014 award for his client in a breach of contract arbitration involving a telephony patent license agreement in Zurich, Switzerland.  Appellate highlights include overturning a denial of preliminary […]

OCIPLA’s  February 2021 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic: Strategy for Global Trademark Dispute     SPEAKER Perry Viscounty is a nationally recognized trial attorney who handles high-stakes cases for companies ranging from Fortune 100 to emerging companies. He handles intellectual property and technology litigation with an emphasis on complex jury trials. Mr. Viscounty has been recognized as a leading trial lawyer in: The Legal 500 as a Recommended Lawyer for Intellectual Property 2020 Chambers Global for USA, Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets 2013, 2015 - 2020 Chambers USA for California Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secret 2008 - 2019 Benchmark Litigation as a National Litigation Practice Area Star and Local Litigation Star 2020-2021 The National Law Journal as an Intellectual Property Trailblazer 2018 Daily Journal, ranked among the Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in California (multiple years) World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 2020 World Intellectual Property Review as a Leader 2017 The Recorder as Litigation Groundbreaker 2017 Mr. Viscounty is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a member of the International Trademark Association, and an arbitrator for the World Intellectual Property Organization. He has been a guest lecturer at USC and UCLA, and has taught numerous seminars regarding effective presentations for […]

OCIPLA’s  March 2021 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, March 18, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic: IP Assignments in Employment & Contractor Agreements     SPEAKERS Amy C. Chun With a practice at the crossroads of information technology, commerce and the law, Amy Chun delivers multi-dimensional legal advice and actionable solutions that are strategic, intentional and directly applicable to her client’s bottom line. As outside intellectual property and technology law counsel for large and small tech, fast-growth and other well-known companies, Amy is skilled in identifying and positioning the challenges and opportunities her clients face in a way that optimizes their commercial agenda. Amy’s practice is truly broad and deep, and includes due diligence investigations, licensing negotiations, national and international patent prosecution, open source policy assessment and risk mitigation, patent and trade secret litigation, inter partes review, and covered business methods review. While she has worked with a variety of technologies, Amy focuses on distributed computing systems, cybersecurity, fraud prevention/detection, e-commerce, cloud computing, social media, fintech, mobile computing, internet technology, SaaS, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). Appreciated for her dedication and hard work in continuously cultivating the confidence and trust of those she serves, Amy delivers a honed ability to […]

OCIPLA’s April 2021 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, April 15, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic: Recent Developments in Court Decisions Impacting Patent Damages     SPEAKERS Kevin McElroy, Stout Kevin McElroy has 13 years of experience providing consulting services to corporations, law firms, laboratories, government organizations, universities, and individuals in the areas of intellectual property disputes, valuation, monetization, and other intellectual property management issues. Mr. McElroy’s expert testimony has been accepted in U.S. District Court and he has offered written testimony, deposition testimony, and/or testimony befoe a trier of fact on damages relating to patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of contract damages. Mr. McElroy’s experience bridges all phases of intellectual property and general commerical litigation support, including discovery assistance, report writing, deposition testimony, trial testimony, and the performance of complex analyses relating to intangible asset valuation and the quantification of economic damages. Mr. McElroy’s experience spans a breadth of litigation matters, including claims associated with patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and breach of contract. He has provided consulting services to plaintiffs and defendants faced with complex economic and financial issues surrounding damages, commercial success, preliminary injunctions, and […]

OCIPLA’s April 2021 Virtual Luncheon Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Online only Topic:  Recent Developments in Copyright Law:  Professor Tyler Ochoa of the High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law, will discuss the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act, new Copyright Office regulations, and recent court decisions in copyright, including the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Google v. Oracle and case law concerning fair use and secondary liability.     SPEAKERS Tyler Ochoa Tyler T. Ochoa is a Professor with the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University School of Law in California, where he teaches courses in trademark law, copyright law, and rights of publicity.  Professor Ochoa is the author of annual updates to the treatise, The Law of Copyright (West 2020 edition); a co-author of Copyright Law (Carolina Academic Press 11th ed. 2020), a widely-used casebook; a co-author of Understanding Intellectual Property Law (Carolina Academic Press 2019), a student hornbook; and a co-author of Celebrity Rights: Rights of Publicity in the United States and Abroad (Carolina Academic Press 2010).  His article, Patent and Copyright Term Extension and the Constitu­tion: A Historical Perspective, 49 J. Copyr. Soc’y U.S.A. 19 (2001), was […]

OCIPLA’s September 2021 Luncheon  (both in-person and virtual on Zoom) Date: Friday, September 17, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Location: Andrei's Conscious Cuisine & Cocktails (2607 Main St, Irvine, CA 92614) Topic: Hottest issues in IP: Vaccine IP waiver, Section 101, PTAB institution denials to Trademark Modernization Act, small claims patent court and diversity of innovation     SPEAKERS Andrei Iancu Andrei Iancu focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling. He previously served as the undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a position to which he was confirmed unanimously by the Senate. As head of the USPTO, Andrei oversaw one of the largest IP offices in the world, an agency with approximately 13,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $3.5 billion. He also served as the administration’s principal advisor on domestic and international IP issues. Among Andrei’s initiatives as director was the creation of the National Council for Expanding American Innovation, a group of industry, academia and government leaders tasked with helping the USPTO develop a comprehensive national strategy to broaden participation in the innovation ecosystem demographically, geographically and economically. Prior to his government service, Andrei […]