Intellectual Property Law Conference Presented by the: IP Section Friday, October 23, 2015 8:30 a.m. - 5:10 p.m. Live: State Bar of Nevada Las Vegas 3100 W. Charleston Blvd., Ste. 100 Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-382-2200 7 CLE Hours 9456 Double R Blvd. Suite B Reno, NV 89521 775-329-4100 PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES TIM BRISSON is the Director of Innovation and Lead Patent Attorney for ipCreate, the premier innovation-on-demand company. He oversees the complex interaction between inventors, patent searchers and drafters, along with outside legal counsel. He orchestrates the generation of large, strategically developed portfolios. Prior to joining ipCreate, Mr. Brisson served at hopTo, Inc. (formerly GraphOn, Inc.) as General Patent Counsel, where he managed patent prosecution, licensing, and IP enforcement activities. Mr. Brisson was also a shareholder in Sierra Patent Group, a boutique IP firm located in Lake Tahoe, NV. Mr. Brisson graduated from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (with Distinction), and holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering-Physics from the University of the Pacific. Mr. Brisson is registered to practice before the USPTO (1999), and is a member of both the State Bar of Nevada (1999) and California (2000). Mr. Brisson served in the United States Air Force as a Space Systems Maintenance Technician. He is a named inventor on several patents in the field of audio/video interfaces, and AC power line filtering. Mr. Brisson is also an accomplished guitar player, having served as band leader or sideman with many notable blues acts, and currently plays with his own band, Foxtrot Mary. KATHLEEN KERR BRAGDON holds a B.A. degree from Connecticut College and a Ph.D. degree from Brandeis University, both in biochemistry. Following a postdoctoral position in the Laboratory of Cell Biology at the National Cancer Institute, NIH, Kathleen joined the USPTO, specifically in Technology Center 1600 for Biotechnology & Organic Chemistry, in 1999 and examined patent applications in classes 435 and 514 concerning recombinant enzymes and their applications. Kathleen was recognized as examining Master's level art in 2003, became a primary examiner in 2004, and received the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award in 2005. Further in 2005, she became the supervisory patent examiner of Art Unit 1656 examining enzymology and protein crystallography patent applications. In 2008, Kathleen accepted a position as a Quality Assurance Specialist for Technology Center 1600. Her roles in training and quality assurance prepared her to accept a detail in 2013 that focused on AIA First Inventor to File implementation and training for both examiners and the public. Kathleen recently received a Department of Commerce Gold Medal award for her work on the AIA First Inventor to File implementation. Kathleen accepted a new position as Senior Advisor to Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality Valencia Martin Wallace where she focuses on the development and implementation of the USPTO’s Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative. R. PARRISH FREEMAN is a registered patent attorney and is equipped to prosecute matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but he has focused his practice over the years on enforcing and defending intellectual property rights rather than procuring them. In recent years, however, Parrish’s practice has grown to include certain USPTO proceedings such as inter partes review (IPR) and the other post-issuance patentability challenge proceedings (CBM and PGR) created by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011. Parrish’s understanding of the interplay between these new administrative proceedings and traditional infringement litigation has given his clients a real advantage over their adversaries. SBN | 1 Parrish often writes and lectures in the areas of Internet trademark enforcement and electronic discovery in patent cases. He currently volunteers his time as a subcommittee co-chair with the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Trademark Internet Committee and with the American Bar Association’s Patent Litigation Committee. Away from work, Parrish enjoys serving as a USA Swimming Official at swim meets around the country, mountain biking, and Nordic skiing. MARY LAFRANCE is the IGT Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she has taught since 1999, specializing in intellectual property and entertainment law. She previously taught at Florida State University, in both the College of Law and the School of Motion Pictures, Television, and Recording Arts. Professor LaFrance is a summa cum laude graduate of Bryn Mawr College. She received her J.D. with High Honors from the Duke University School of Law, where she served as Executive Editor of the Duke Law Journal and simultaneously earned her M.A. in Philosophy. Prior to teaching, she clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and practiced law for three years in Washington, D.C. Professor LaFrance has authored or co-authored six books as well as numerous articles and book chapters on intellectual property and entertainment law. Her most recent book, Entertainment Law on a Global Stage, was published by West Academic in September 2015. She also serves as a regional theatre critic for talkinbroadway.com. JODI DONETTA LOWRY, Esq. is a partner at Gibson & Treu LLP in Las Vegas. She is an alumna of Hollins University (’91, art history and English) and Washington and Lee University School of Law (’94) who has practiced in Nevada since 2001. In 2010 she was named a Mountain States SuperLawyers “Rising Star” in intellectual property litigation. She has written for Nevada Lawyer and Communiqué and is a member of the editorial board for the 2015 updates to the fifth edition of the Nevada Civil Practice Manual. DOUGLAS R. NEMEC concentrates on intellectual property litigation and related counseling, including providing intellectual property advice in connection with corporate transactions. Mr. Nemec has litigated numerous cases in a wide range of technologies, from pharmaceuticals and other chemicals to IT and electronics. He has particular experience in life sciences matters, including patent litigation under the Hatch-Waxman Act. Mr. Nemec also is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where he represents clients in patent interference proceedings and other matters. He is a member of the Skadden group recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the country’s leading IP practices in its 2013 “IP Hot List.” JUSTIN PIERCE covers a wide range of intellectual property matters, including patent litigation, trademarks and brand protection, anti-counterfeiting, copyrights, design rights, trade secrets, licensing, rights of publicity, domain name and social media disputes, and international government affairs work relating to intellectual property matters. Mr. Pierce also has significant experience in the application of intellectual Property analytics and the development of intellectual property strategy. SBN | 2 Mr. Pierce has a unique combination of in-house and outside counsel experience in managing intellectual property assets and portfolios for large and small companies. Further, Mr. Pierce is a multifaceted intellectual property counsel with significant expertise in handling an array of intellectual property matters. As a patent litigator, Mr. Pierce has represented a number of clients in a variety of fields, including apparel, consumer goods, electronics, food and beverage, footwear, media, mobile device, pharmaceutical, software and telecommunications fields. As a brand protection attorney, Mr. Pierce develops and implements global brand protection strategies for a number of companies around the world, ranging from start-ups to multinational corporations. And, as an IP transactions attorney, Mr. Pierce has extensive experience in licensing and leveraging IP assets in order to support the overall business goals of clients. HERBERT R. (DICK) SCHULZE is Of Counsel to Holland & Hart, Reno, where he specializes in all aspects of intellectual property law. Prior to joining Holland & Hart he served as a Managing Counsel at Agilent Technologies in Santa Clara, managing the company's IP program in its central research labs and throughout Asia-Pacific, and before Agilent became a separate company he performed a similar function for Hewlett-Packard. Previously, he was an associate with Fulwider, Patton, Lee & Utecht in Southern California, a partner at Wilhelm & Schulze in San Diego County, a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Howard Turrentine in the Southern District of California, and a military lawyer in the U.S. Air Force where he served five years’ active duty and 25 years as a reserve officer, retiring as a colonel in 1997. Mr. Schulze is a graduate of MIT in electrical engineering and the University of Chicago Law School. He is admitted in Nevada, California, Colorado, South Dakota, and before the USPTO. He has two children – a medical doctor and a Montessori teacher – and four grandchildren. When not practicing law he can be found at Northstar California ski resort, passionately pursuing his second profession as a snowboard instructor. NANCY R. SNOW is a 3rd year part-time law student at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a Junior Editor for the Nevada Law Journal and a member of the "Organization of Women Law Students" and the "Organization of Part-time and Non-traditional Law Students.” Nancy graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University and is a registered patent agent. Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Nancy taught Engineering Technology at the College of Southern Nevada and acted as a patent liaison at Shuffle Master International, LLC. " MARKETA TRIMBLE is Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She specializes in international intellectual property law and publishes extensively on matters at the intersection of conflict of laws/private international law and intellectual property law, particularly patent law and copyright law.