Chronology of Activities
Future Activities

2010
 
  • IPR development project, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (March 2010)
  • Customs IPR Enforcement Technical Assistance, Azerbaijan (Spring 2010)
  • InsideCounsel 10th Annual Super Conference, Chicago (May 2010)
  • Invited Speaker: CALCE/SMTA Counterfeit Symposium, Arizona (June 2010)

Previous Activities

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2009

  • Speaker, CALCE/SMTA Symposium on Avoiding, Detecting, and Preventing Counterfeit Electronic Parts, University of Maryland (December 2009) 
  • Invited speaker at USPTO's IP Academy for foreign government officials to address IPR as a tool of economic development, USPTO, Arlington, VA (December 2009)
  • Conducted digital video IPR workshop for Bolivian law students on links between IPR and economic development at the request of the US State Dept., US Embassy, Bolivia (November 2009) 
  • Conducted IPR workshops related to Serbia's WTO accession, Belgrade, Serbia (October 2009)                             
  • Speaker at International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) and the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Counterfeit Electronic Parts Working Group workshop: "Counterfeit Electronic Parts, Awareness, Avoidance, Detection and Mitigation", Los Angeles (October 2009)
  • Panelist, WIPO Forum on Intellectual Property For Small & Medium Enterprises, Geneva, Switzerland (Sept. 2009)
  • USPTO, Global IP Academy presentation for US Foreign Service Officers (July 2009)
  • Panelist at Global Enforcement: Fighting Counterfeiting in the US, Canada, Europe and China (Toronto, Canada) (June, 2009)
  • Conducted a series of IP Awareness Seminars & Workshops for government and business representatives, university and high school students at the invitation of the US State Dept. in Zagreb,Croatia; Pristina, Kosovo; and Skopje, Macedonia (April 2009)
  • Witness, US House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hearing on Global IP Piracy & Counterfeiting (April 2009)
  • Presenter at the Virginia Inventors Forum, Richmond, VA (April 2009)
  • Presenter, USPTO, Global IP Academy (March 2009)
  • Presenter for Asia regional program by USPTO (Hong Kong, Jan. 2009)
2008
  • Conducted a series of IPR enforcement workshops for Customs, Prosecutors, Judges and other government officials in Kazakhstan (Astana, Almaty, Pavlodar) (Oct. 1-17, 2008)
  • Speaker, Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section, Fall CLE Seminar, Williamsburg, VA (Sept. 2008)
  • Intellectual property training for US Foreign Service Officers, Foreign Service Institute (July 2008)
  • Provide intellectual property (IP) training to Chinese Customs officers, Shanghai Customs College (June 2008)
  • Assessment of the intellectual property system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (June 2008)
  • Speaker, Electronic Industry Supply Chain Conference, Las Vegas (May 2008)
  • Panelist, John Marshall Law School (Branding the Land), Chicago (April 2008)
  • Speaker, World Retail Congress, Barcelona (April 2008)
  • Speaker, Authentics Foundation Summit on Counterfeiting, Brussels (March 2008)
  • Presenter, USPTO Global IP Academy (March 2008)
  • Moderator, U.S. House of Representatives IP Caucus Panel on IP Enforcement (Feb. 2008)
2007
  • Speaker, US PTO Global IP Academy (November 2007)
  • Panelist, International IP Standards, VideoConference for Sierra Leone officials (November 2007)
  • Speaker, Ocean Tomo Conference (counterfeiting and China) Chicago (October 2007)
  • Panelist, AIPLA Conference--IP Border Measures, Washington, D.C. (October 2007)
  • Speaker, US PTO Global IP Academy (September 2007)
  • Speaker, US PTO's China Program, Kansas City (September 2007)
  • Speaker, China Customs College, Shanghai (August 2007)
  • Panelist, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, China IP--Future Obstacles (July 2007)
  • Speaker, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office-WIPO, Global IP Academy, foreign government officials delegation (June 2007)
  • Speaker, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Global IP Academy, Vietnamese judges (May 2007)
  • Speaker, American Conference Institute's Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Integrity Conference, Las Vegas (March 2007)
  • Speaker, 25th Anniversary International Legal Studies Program, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. (March)
  • Panelist, US-China Business Venture Forum, Rockville, MD (January)
2006
  • Conducted IP workshop for the USPTO's Global IP Enforcement Academy for Saudi government officials (November 2006)
  • ThomsonWest's Featured Key Author (October 2006) ("Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Across Borders" published August 2006)
  • Presented workshop on IP contributions to business/economic growth at IPQC's Anti-Counterfeiting Conference in New York City (October 2006)
  • Provided advice to government officials and business organizations and conducted IPR workshops for judges and universited students in Prishtina, Kosovo (October 9-13, 2006)
  • Speaker at the APEC-USPTO IPR Enforcement Conference in Los Angeles (Sept. 26-28, 2006)
  • Invited by the US State Department, conducted a series of IP workshops in Manila for Philippine government officials, business representatives and university students (August 7-11) and in Brunei (August 14-15, 2006)
  • Speaker at the US Patent and Trademark Office's IP Enforcement program for Latin American government officials (August 2006)
  • Speaker at the US Patent and Trademark Office's China IP Enforcement program in Seattle (July 2006)
  • Testified before the US-China Economic & Security Review Commission concerning the impact of China's counterfeiting on US consumers and intellectual property owners (June 2006)
  • Speaker at USPTO's Academy on IPR Enforcement (Middle East Partnership Initiative) (June 2006)
  • Panelist at the Institute for Policy Innovation's World Intellectual Property Day event (April 2006)
  • Speaker at the US Navy OGC Conference (April 2006)
  • Speaker at US Patent and Trademark Office's China IP Program (Atlanta, GA) (Mar 2006)
  • Speaker at US Patent and Trademark Office's February 2006 Enforcement Academy held for government officials (customs, police, prosecutors and judges) from over two dozen countries. (Arlington, VA) (Feb 2006)
  • Represented clients in detailing IPR enforcement obstacles in Romania before a panel of European Commission and EU member state officials (Bucharest, Romania) (Feb 2006) 
  • Conducted 2-day IPR border enforcement workshop for Egyptian customs officers and officials of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Cairo, Egypt) (Feb 2006)
  • Speaker at World Research Group's conference on Building and Enforcing IP Value in China (New York, NY) (Feb 2006)
  • Panelist at Harper's Bazaar's 2nd Annual IP Summit (New York, NY) (Feb 2006)
  • Speaker at USPTO's Global IP Enforcement Academy (Arlington, VA) (Jan. 2006)
2005
  • Speaker at the Office Products International conference  (Dallas, TX) (Oct 2005):
  • Participation in an International IPR Round-table in Cleveland OH with representatives from US State Dept, US Patent and Trademark Office, Customs and Border Protection, Ford Motor Co., and Parker Hannifan (Oct. 2005)
  • Speaker at Cleveland State University's Executive Forum (Cleveland, OH) (Oct. 2005)
  • Participation on multiple panels at the APEC/USPTO Workshop on Developing a Successful IP Enforcement Regime (Bangkok, Thailand) (Oct. 3-5, 2005)
  • IP Enforcement Seminars for Armenian Police, Customs, Judiciary, inter-ministerial government officials and private sector representatives (Yerevan, Armenia) (Aug 29-Sept. 14, 2005)
  • Speaker at the USPTO IP Enforcement Academy for foreign government officials (Arlington, VA) (August 2005)
  • Speaker at the USPTO/WIPO Academy for the Judiciary on IPR Enforcement (Arlington, VA) (July 2005)
  • Speaker at training course for State Department Foreign Service Officers (Arlington, VA) (July 2005)
  • Speaker for the State Dept.'s International Visitor's Leadership Program on Intellectual Property Protection (participants from 20 countries) (Washington, D.C.) (July 2005) 
  • Panelist at USPTO/Butzel Long IP enforcement program (Detroit) (June 2005)
  • Panelist at the American Intellectual Property Law Association conference (Philadelphia) (May 2005)
  • Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, DaNang, Hanoi), conducted week-long series of workshops on IP and economic development and enforcement.  Audiences were from private businesses, law firms, government agencies, graduate and undergraduate university students. (April 2005)
  • Speaker at the Canadian Standards Assoc/Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Conference on Counterfeiting (Toronto) (April 2005)
  • Speaker at the World Research Group's conference on China (San Francisco) (March 2005)