HIPLA February CLE Luncheon - Strategy, Function, and Ethics in (Patent) Litigation Funding

Speakers:

Erick Robinson

Partner at Spencer Fane and Adjunct Professor at UH Law Center.

As the co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, Erick Robinson manages and tries “bet-the-business” patent cases on both the plaintiff and defendant side for clients from Fortune 100 companies to sole inventors. An experienced trial lawyer, patent litigator, and IP strategist with a technical background in computer science, electronics, and biotechnology, he fiercely protects his clients’ patents, trade secrets, and other intellectual property. A U.S. patent attorney, he also has broad experience in patent monetization and licensing, litigating and trying trade secret disputes, and litigating inter partes reviews before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In addition, Erick is a certified Texas mediator.

Erick has more than 20 years of patent litigation experience at large law firms and companies. In addition to his time at top law firms, he also previously served as Director of Patents for Qualcomm and as Senior Patent Counsel at Red Hat. He also served as Director of Patent Litigation at a top Chinese law firm. Erick is a trusted authority on patent and antitrust law in the U.S., China, and Europe and has been selected as one of the Leading 300 IP Strategists Worldwide by Intellectual Asset Management since 2014 as well as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for Intellectual Property Litigation.

He authors both the China Patent Blog and Waco Patent Blog and has published dozens of articles on U.S. and Chinese patent litigation. Erick is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Intellectual Asset Management, and other publications on U.S. and Chinese patent and antitrust issues.

Abstract

Litigation funding is the future of litigation.  Few lawyers, including litigators, are familiar with the world of legal finance, and even fewer know the inner workings, including ethical challenges.  This will be an energetic presentation on the murky world of litigation funding, how it should be used, and how it should not.

• Meeting opens at 11:30 AM for lunch and networking.
• Call to order and announcements at approximately 11:50 AM.
• CLE program begins promptly at 12:00 noon and adjourns no later than 1:00 PM.
  
• Dress for HIPLA CLE lunches is business casual.  Suits are not expected.
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If you have any questions, please contact the HIPLA Meetings & Programs Chairs:

• Jorge Lozano, Jorge.Lozano@wbd-us.com
• Leslie Streeter, Leslie.Streeter@lyondellbasell.com

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