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Webinar Materials - The Rise of Patent Litigation Finance: Data & Trends

Speakers: Alyssa Holtslander – Senior Patent Counsel, Unified Patents

Joshua Harris — Vice President, Burford Capital

Russ Emerson — Partner, Haynes and Boone

Jonathan Stroud — Chief IP Counsel, Unified Patents

While speaking on data and trends within patent litigation financing, we discussed how patent litigation financing works and who is providing the funding. We also discussed privilege and confidentiality issues, ethical issues, the impact of litigation funding to actual litigations, and other hot topic issues regarding patent litigation financing.

Thank you to the panelists for covering a very thought-provoking topic.

To listen to the recorded webinar, click here: https://vimeo.com/473656670

No formal slide presentation was given during the webinar. However, the slides below along with the article, “Pulling Back the Curtain on Complex Funding of Patent Assertion Entities” written by Jonathan Stroud, go hand-in-hand with our discussion today.

Please join us at our next webinar, Reexaminations Reborn: Strategies for Filing Ex Parte Reexaminations on November 19th at 12p EST. For more information, visit our website.

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Unified Welcomes New CFO to its Executive Team

Unified is pleased to announce Mary Malone has joined as Chief Financial Officer and a senior member of the executive team. Ms. Malone brings a wealth of experience working for several companies in the intellectual property space.

Additional information about Ms. Malone is available below as well as under the Team section of Unified’s website.

Mary Malone, Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Malone is an experienced Finance executive and operationally-oriented business partner. Ms. Malone has extensive experience in business performance management, acquisitions and finance operations. Prior to joining Unified Patents, she was the CFO at a private investment firm and before that, she was the CFO at Landon IP and CFO of CPA Global North America, both providers of services and software to manage intellectual property.

Unified Welcomes New Patent Attorney to its Growing Legal Team

Unified is pleased to announce the addition of Ellyar Barazesh to its growing team of patent attorneys and IP professionals. Ellyar, as Senior Legal Counsel, comes to us by way of WilmerHale and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, with a wealth of experience and technical expertise to assist Unified’s ever-expanding mission to deter patent abuse wherever it is found.

Additional information about Ellyar is available below as well as under the Team section of Unified’s website.

Ellyar Barazesh, Senior Patent Counsel

Ellyar prepares and litigates post-grant proceedings before the PTAB for Unified Patents. Prior to joining Unified, Ellyar practiced at Stoel Rives LLP and Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale, and Dorr LLP, where he focused on post-grant proceedings and district court litigation. He also prepared and prosecuted utility and design patent applications, and developed non-infringement and invalidity opinions. During law school, Ellyar was a Student Associate/Patent Agent at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, where he focused on patent prosecution matters. He was also a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ellyar's experience spans a broad range of electrical and mechanical technologies, including computer memory, software, data processing, image and video coding, medical devices, business methods, optical systems, automotive electronics, and footwear. Ellyar earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he received the Leon Robbin Patent Award, and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. 

Webinar Materials - The 5G Submarine and FRAND Patent Landscape

Speakers:

Craig Thompson – General Manager & COO, Unified Consulting

Francisco Sanchez – Vice President & Chief IP Counsel Intellectual Property, America Honda Motor Co.

Earl Nied – Program Director of Standards and IPR, Intel Corporation

During this webinar, we discussed the 5G patent landscape and ETSI declarations. Our discussions revolved around the interesting observations of the 5G landscape and highlighted why declarations are important to SEP licensing. We covered the latest development on FRAND jurisprudence and the ramifications of declared and undeclared patents.

Thank you to the panelists for covering a very innovative and interesting topic.

To listen to the recorded webinar, click here: https://vimeo.com/461573395

The slide presentation that went along with the webinar can be seen below.

Please join us at our next webinar, The Rise of Patent Litigation Financing: Data & Trends on October 29th at 12p EST. For more information, visit our website.

Webinar Materials - PTAB Amendment Data and Practice

SPEAKERS:

Michelle Aspen – Senior Patent Counsel, Unified Patents

Trenton Ward – Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Our speakers from Finnegan and Unified Patents gave a comprehensive review of recent trends in IPR amendments and the best strategies in responding to motions to amend. Discussions were had about recent precedential opinions from the PTAB and the Federal Circuit regarding amendments and provided our listeners with a breakdown of the data from cases handling amendments under the new pilot program. As patent owners work to use amendments to circumnavigate the prior art, practitioners must keep themselves up to date on the best way to respond.

To listen to the recorded webinar, click here: https://vimeo.com/449814555

The slide presentation from this webinar can be seen and downloaded below.

Join us for our next webinar, The 5G Submarine and FRAND Patent Landscape, on September 24th at 12p EST. For more information, visit our website.