CUA Cover Winter 2005 final (Page 2) - Columbus School of Law

T H E C A S E B O O K C O M E S A L I V EScott J. PivnickPartner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPCUA Course Taught: Patent EnforcementScott Pivnick has litigated numerous trademark and copyrightrelateddisputes as well as patent disputes involving medicaldevices, noise reduction headsets, motorized vehicle equipment,LCD monitors, machine vision, cosmetics, fiber opticcommunications equipment, online advertising, remote imagecapture devices and numerous business methods, among others.Pivnick is a frequent lecturer on various topics in intellectualproperty law.• His litigation experience includes representing clients indomain name disputes before the World IntellectualProperty Organization.• Pivnick served as a trial/appellate attorney for the civildivision of the U.S. Department of Justice. His work coveredgovernment contracts, thrift regulation, construction,veterans affairs, and civilian and military pay claims andpersonnel actions. He argued numerous appeals before theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.• While at the Department of Justice, Pivnick was in chargeof a five-attorney trial team defending an $800 millionbreach of contract and takings claim brought by a failedthrift and its former investors.Deborah LodgePartner, Patton Boggs LLPCUA Course Taught: Copyright LawDeborah Lodge specializes in intellectual property and Internetlaw at Patton Boggs. Trademarks, trade dress and copyrights formthe core of Lodge’s IP practice. She represents a broad range ofclients, including electronic publishers, retailers, trade associations,software developers and other new technology pioneers.• Lodge helps clients select unique and distinctive marks andmaximize their brand significance through licensing andother strategies.• On the copyright front, Lodge has negotiated assignments,publishing and media agreements, Web site developmentand hosting agreements. She has considerable experience inenforcing or defending clients’ rights through trademark orcopyright infringement litigation in federal courts.• Among her areas of expertise are e-commerce agreementsand regulations, cyber-squatting, domain names, spam andother e-business issues. She also counsels clients on suchdiverse issues as advertising, publicity, sweepstakes andpromotions, franchising, consumer credit, and other traderegulation matters.Kevin T. KramerPartner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPCUA Course Taught: Patent EnforcementKevin Kramer focuses his practice in the area of intellectualproperty litigation. He has represented parties at all levels of litigationin various fields of technology, including computer software,pharmaceuticals, medical products, office furniture, sportingequipment, liquid crystal displays and telecommunications.Kramer also has had extensive litigation experience in the fieldsof designs, trademarks and copyrights.• Prior to joining Pillsbury, Kramer worked for several yearsas an associate solicitor for the United States Patent andTrademark Office. In that capacity, he represented thecommissioner of the USPTO in more than 20 directappeals before the United States Court of Appeals for theFederal Circuit.• He also worked for several years as legal officer in the PatentCooperation Treaty legal division of the World IntellectualProperty Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. In that capacity,he advised government officials, agents and applicants regardingthe use of and prosecution of applications under the treaty.• In 2002, Kramer was an executive editor of the IP LawMonitor, an e-mail newsletter covering intellectual propertylaw developments.Scott ChambersPartner, Patton Boggs LLPCUA Course Taught: InternationalIntellectual Property LawScott Chambers is the chair of the Patton Boggs intellectualproperty department and advises clients on complex intellectualproperty matters, focusing on biotechnology, life sciencesand the Hatch-Waxman Act. He helps clients avoid and resolveproblems associated with protecting intellectual property,including litigation at the appellate and district court levels, andbefore the International Trade Commission.• Chambers has represented companies before the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office, arguing their positionregarding patent prosecution and patent term extensionsunder the Hatch-Waxman Act.• Previously an associate solicitor for the U.S. Patent andTrademark Office, Chambers drafted its examinationguidelines for consideration of patent applications. He is afrequent speaker on behalf of the USPTO at industryevents and legal forums.• As an expert witness, Chambers regularly provides testimonyin legal and academic settings on U.S. patent lawand procedure.Fall–Winter 2007 / C UALAWYER 9