In the high-stakes world of Intellectual Property litigation, conflicts and disqualification issues have taken on a new importance. Speakers Richard E. Flamm and Paul Vapnek, two of the nations leading experts in this field, are uniquely qualified to address the critical ethics issues in I.P. litigation.

Recorded: June 12, 2008

-Recent I.P. Cases involving Disqualification issues
-Raising ethical violations in the P.T.O.
-Ethical obligations when patents are assigned.

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Speakers:

Richard Flamm Richard E. Flamm, a 1981 Rutgers Law School graduate, is a nationally-recognized expert in the field of legal ethics. A litigator for more than 20 years, since 1995 Mr. Flamm has concentrated on his Berkeley California-based law and consulting practice. In his practice, Mr. Flamm provides representation, advice and expert witness testimony with respect to legal and judicial ethics, legal malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty matters -- with an emphasis on legal, judicial, and quasi-judicial disqualification motions and appeals. In his capacity as an expert witness, Mr. Flamm has testified, either in court or by way of affidavit, in dozens of cases involving matters of legal and/or judicial ethics. Mr. Flamm's extensive client list includes many of the nation's leading corporations and law firms. Mr. Flamm is the author of two highly-acclaimed treatises: Lawyer Disqualification: Conflicts of Interest and Other Bases, and Judicial Disqualification: Recusal and Disqualification of Judges, which has been widely relied on by state and federal courts throughout the country. Both works are published by Banks and Jordan Law Publishing: www.banksandjordan.com. He has also authored numerous scholarly articles on conflicts of interests, disqualification and related subjects for law reviews and other publications. Paul Vapnek Mr. Vapnek specializes in litigation of matters pertaining to patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, trade secret and related antitrust law, and in the licensing and prosecution of intellectual property, primarily trademarks and copyrights. He was an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law for 12 years and is a registered Professional Engineer in New York State. He is a past president of the San Francisco Patent and Trademark Law Association, a past chairman of the Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct of the State Bar of California, and a past member of the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California. Mr. Vapnek has published numerous articles, including "Intellectual Property Law Practice in the 1980's: Dealing with the Expectations of a More Informed Clientele," "The Lawyer and Unfair Competition," "Infringement and Remedies Provisions of the New Copyright Law," and "Invention Developers: Public and Private Litigation and Legislative Solutions." He received a B.M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer in 1951, and a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1964.