Christopher V. Carani Shareholder
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Christopher V. Carani is a Shareholder at McAndrews and has been at the firm since 1995. He practices in all areas of intellectual property law with a particular emphasis on design law, which regards the protection and enforcement of rights in the appearance of consumer products.
Chris has extensive experience litigating design patent cases, including representations before U.S. district courts, the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the International Trade Commission. In each year since 2019, Chris has been named to the IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists list, with IAM magazine noting that he is “one of the world’s leading design patent strategists,” one of the U.S.’s “pre-eminent design law experts,” and “widely regarded as one of the country’s premier design patent lawyers.” In 2023, in Columbia Sportswear v. Seirus, Chris successfully argued a case of first impression before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, creating new law on the issue of the proper scope of comparison prior art used in the design patent infringement analysis.
Chris has extensive experience in creating valuable design right portfolios. He represents some of the world’s most design-centric companies, including the top filer of U.S. design patents. He has procured thousands of strategic design rights, both in the U.S. and in over 70 countries around the world. He counsels a wide range of clients (big and small) on design protection and enforcement issues and is often called upon to render infringement, validity, and design-around opinions.
In the landmark design patent case Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa, Chris authored amicus briefs on behalf of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) at both the petition and en banc stages, taking positions that were ultimately adopted by the Federal Circuit and thereby reshaped U.S. design patent jurisprudence. In Calmar, Inc. v. Arminak & Assoc., Chris authored a brief on behalf of the Industrial Design Society of America in support of a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2023, Chris co-authored the amicus brief for AIPLA in the en banc case of LKQ v. GM Global Tech., which regarded the fundamental issue of how to assess obviousness in the design patent context.
Chris is currently the chair of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Design Rights Committee. He is the former chair of the American Bar Association’s Design Rights Committee and also the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) Committee on Industrial Designs. Chris is a past president of AIPPI-US. In 2023, Chris received the AIPPI Award of Merit for his dedication and effort to forward the mission of the storied organization. Chris is only the eighth American to have received the prestigious award.
Chris is on the faculty of the Northwestern University School of Law as an Adjunct Professor of Law teaching Intellectual Property Law & Policy, a course that covers patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law.
Prior to joining McAndrews, Chris served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Chris received his Juris Doctorate from The University of Chicago Law School. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Marquette University.
He is licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and other U.S. District Courts. He is a registered patent attorney licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Chris has received numerous awards and accolades, including IAM Global Leader (2019-present), IAM Patent 1000 (2015-present), Super Lawyers (2007-present), IP Stars (2018-present), IAM Strategy 300 (2019-present), and Leading Lawyers Network (2012-present). In 2018, Chris was named one of the “Top 100” attorneys in Illinois by Thomson Reuters in its Super Lawyers publication.
He has published and lectured extensively on the topic of design law, including presentations at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Washington D.C.), the World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva, Switzerland), the Korean Patent Office (Daejeon, Korea), the Chinese Patent Office (Beijing, China) and the European Union’s Office of Harmonization of the Internal Markets (Alicante, Spain). Chris is the author and editor-in-chief of the book “Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection,” which was published in September 2017 by Wolters Kluwer N.V. The second edition of the book was published in 2022.
He is a frequent contributor to CNN and Bloomberg TV on intellectual property law issues and is often called upon to provide commentary for other media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, PBS TV, CNBC TV, BBC, Reuters, InformationWeek, Fast Company, ComputerWorld, PCWorld, The Washington Post, The L.A. Times, The Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Fortune, and FoxBusiness TV. Away from the law, Chris is a studied jazz musician playing upright bass on the Chicago jazz circuit.
EDUCATION
- University of Chicago, J.D.
- Marquette University, B.S.
BAR ADMISSIONS/REGISTRATIONS
- Illinois
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- University of Chicago, J.D.
- Marquette University, B.S.
Practices
- Design Rights
- IP Transactions
- IP Litigation
- Patent Prosecution
- Post-Grant Practice
- Trademarks & Copyrights
Bar Admissions/Registrations
- Illinois
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Industries
- Consumer Products
- Computer & Electronics Technology
- Industrial & Mechanical
- Medical Devices
- Life Sciences
Related Experience
- Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Northwestern University, School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Chicago, Illinois (2015-present)
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Chicago, Illinois (2018-present)
Honors & Awards
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle, Award of Merit (2023)
- Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists (2019-2023)
- Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (Individual – Intellectual Property Litigation) (Illinois 2015-19)
- Super Lawyers (Intellectual Property Law) (Illinois, 2014-2023) (Rising Star 2007-2013)
- Leading Lawyers (Intellectual Property Law) (Illinois, 2013-2019)
- IP Stars (Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Designs) (2019-2023)
- “Top 100” attorneys in Illinois by Thomson Reuters (2018)
- American Inn of Court, Outstanding Program Award (2011), Night at the Museum of Designs, Co-Chair, Outstanding Program Award (2023), Design Law-Dress for Success, Co-Chair
- Chicago Law Bulletin, the nation’s oldest daily law bulletin, “Top 40 Attorneys Under 40” (Illinois)
- Chick Evans Scholarship issued by the Western Golf Association (4-year full-ride scholarship)
Professional & Community Involvement
- AIPPI, Chair of Design Rights Committee, 2015-present, Chair of AIPPI’s 2016 Resolution on the issue of Design Functionality (2016)
- AIPPI-US, President (2020-22); Member of Board of Directors (2014-present); Vice President AIPPI-US (2018-2020)
- American Bar Association, Chairperson of Committee on Design Rights (2010-2013); liaison to World Intellectual Property Office Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (2010-present)
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, (Chair Committee on Industrial Design, 2006-10; Vice-Chair, 2004-2006)
- Advisory Design Council for The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (2010-present)
- Richard Linn American Inn of Court, Barrister Member
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (Design Rights Committee Member)
- International Trademark Association (Design Rights Committee)
- Industrial Designer’s Society of America (Ambassador of Excellence Member; Affiliate Member)
- Justinian Society of Italian-American Lawyers
- Former Federal Law Clerk Society
- Chicago Jazz Institute
- Società Modenese di Mutuo Soccorso
Publications
Books
- Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection, Editor, Wolters Kluwer N.V., September 2017 (2nd edition)
- Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection, Editor, Wolters Kluwer N.V., September 2017 (1st edition)
Articles
- All or Nothing at All: Design Patent’s Ornamentality Requirement and the Failings of Feature Filtration, 37 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 101 (2022)
- Design Patent Functionality: A Sensible Solution, Landslide Magazine, Feature Article, American Bar Association, Volume 7, Number 2, November-December 2014
- The New “Extra-Ordinary” Observer Test for Design Patent Infringement-On a Crash Course With the Supreme Court’s Precedent in Gorham v. White, 8 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 354 (May 2009)
- ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’: SCOTUS to Determine What’s Fair in Warhol v. Goldsmith, IPWatchdog, August 2022, co-authored with Dunstan H. Barnes, PhD, Meghan Trick
- US Design Laws and Regulations, 2022 International Comparative Legal Guide for Design Law, April 2021, co-authored with Dunstan H. Barnes, PhD, Amber J. Carpenter, Sarine Hagopian
- US Copyright Laws and Regulations, International Comparative Legal Guide for Design Law, November 2021, co-authored with Dunstan H. Barnes, PhD, Amber J. Carpenter, Sarine Hagopian
- Designs – Protecting Fashion in the United States with IP Rights, 2021 Designs, A Global Guide, World Trademark Review, April 2021
- Designs – Protecting Fashion in the United States with IP Rights, 2020 Designs, A Global Guide, World Trademark Review, January 2020
- Global Design Rights, A Comparative Introduction, US Chapter, Les Nouvellles, Journal of the Licensing Executives Society International, January 2020
- Graphical User Interfaces – Good Design Is Essential, 2019 Designs, A Global Guide, World Trademark Review, January 2019
- Graphical User Interfaces – Good Design Is Essential, 2019 Designs, A Global Guide, World Trademark Review, January 2019
- Oracle Wins Court Ruling Against Google in Multibillion-Dollar Copyright Case, Wall Street Journal, March 2018
- Google Loses Android Battle and Could Owe Oracle Billions of Dollars, CNN Money, March 2018
- 5 Things To Know About The Oracle v. Google Ruling, Law360, March 2018
- 2018 Designs, A Global Guide, Feature Article on Graphical User Interfaces, World Trademark Review, January 2018
- The Biggest Open Questions In Copyright Law, Law360, September 2017
- Designs: A Global Guide 2017, World Trademark Review, co-authored with Dunstan H. Barnes, PhD, January 2017
- Apple and Samsung face off in the Supreme Court today — here’s why that matters, CNBC, TV Interview, October 2016
- Even After Google’s Oracle Victory, Long Fight Still Ahead, Law360, May 2017
- Google Prevails as Jury Rebuffs Oracle in Code Copyright Case, New York Times, May 26, 2016
- Oracle-Google Trial Over Android Has Software Industry on Edge, CNBC, TV Interview, May 2016
- Ahead of the Curve, IDSA Expert Witness Seminar, IDSA Newsletter, April 2015
- Designing Within the Four Corners of the Law, Beyond Design, April 2015
- IBM Ranks Top in Annual U.S. Patents Granted for the 22nd Straight Year, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, January 2015
- T-Mobile US Inc. Alleges Huawei of Stealing Trade Secrets, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, September 2014
- Design Patent Law Stakeholders Identify Trends Distinguishing Utility Patent Rules, BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal ®, 89 PTCJ 230, November 2014
- IP Law and Sound Business Practice, Today’s General Counsel, April/May 2014
- Fashion’s ‘Apple v. Samsung’: Spanx Patent War Could Change How Brands Fight Copycats, Forbes, April 2013
- Design Patents Take Center Stage, Landslide Magazine, Feature Article, American Bar Association, Volume 5, Number 3 (January-February 2013)
- A U.S. Perspective: How Do Design and Copyright Interact?, Managing Intellectual Property Global Practice Special Edition, December 2012
- Apple’s Attack on Android, Global Patent Lawsuits, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, November 2012
- Designing Minds, Corporate Counsel Magazine, October 2012
- Design Patent Lessons from Apple v. Samsung, Managing IP Magazine, September 2012
- Apple verdict: Set to stifle or spur innovation?, CNN.com, OpEd, September 2012
- Why Samsung’s Design Infringement Defense Will Fail: The Takeaway, Managing IP.com, August 2012
- Apple’s $1 Billion Smartphone Victory, CNBC “Squawk on the Street”, TV Interview, September 2012
- Samsung Ruling to Encourage Innovation, Carani Says, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview September 2012
- Apple Patent Victory Forces Competitors to Yield, PBS “Nightly Business Report”, TV Interview, September 2012
- Samsung share price drops on Apple patent ruling, CNN TV, TV Interview, September 2012
- Apple v Samsung: The Tale of Two Cities, CNN TV, TV Interview, September 2012
- Apple v Samsung, The Impact in India, CNBC India, TV Interview, September 2012
- What to Make of the Apple v. Samsung Verdict, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, September 2012
- Carani Doesn’t Expect Apple-Samsung Suit Settlement, Bloomberg TV
- Jury To Decide Apple’s Patent Case Against Samsung, National Public Radio “Morning Edition”, Radio Interview, August 2012
- Carani: Awaiting Verdict in Apple/Samsung Trial, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, September 2012
- Apple Wins Major Patent Case Against Samsung, Fox Business, TV Interview, September 2012
- Billions at stake in Apple-Samsung battle, Al Jeezera Television Network, TV Interview, September 2012
- In Apple’s Patent Case, Tech Shifts May Follow, The New York Times
- Samsung Has Several Avenues of Appeal, Wall Street Journal, September 2012
- Samsung copied iPhone, lawyer for Apple says in patent trial, LA Times, September 2012
- Apple’s patent victory spells changes in smartphones for consumers, The Washington Post, September 2012
- Apple v. Samsung: Did the jury blow the Galaxy Tab verdict?, Fortune/CNN Money, September 2012
- Apple, Samsung fight will set tone for designs, Boston Globe, September 2012
- Apple vs. Samsung: Three possible outcomes, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, August 2012
- Apple/Samsung An In-Depth Analysis, Fox Business, TV Interview, Aug. 23, 2012
- Apple v. Samsung: When Will The Jury Deliver A Verdict, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, August 2012
- Apple v Samsung: Five Experts, Five Questions, ComputerWorld, August 2012
- Carani Doesn’t Expect Apple/Samsung Suit Settlement, Bloomberg Television, TV Interview, Aug. 21, 2012
- In Apple’s Patent Case, Tech Shifts May Follow, New York Times, Page 1, Section B1, Aug. 20, 2012
- Why Would Apple Settle, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, August 2012
- Samsung Prospects Dim vs. Apple: What’s Next, Android Designers?, InformationWeek, August 2012
- Samsung’s Best Defense: Everybody Copies, Even Apple, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, August 2012
- Samsung’s Tablet Non-Infringement Defense: With Pretrial Rulings, Is the Writing On The Wall? Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, August 2012
- Apple’s $2 Billion Claim Comes From A Twist in U.S. Patent Law, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, July 2012
- Apple-Samsung Finger Pointing at Patent Trial, LA Times, August 1, 2012
- Apple, Samsung Take Road Less Traveled, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, August 1, 2012
- Apple-Samsung Case Shows How Far U.S. Design Patents Have Come, Corporate Counsel Magazine, August 1, 2012
- Patent Trial of the Century, Apple v. Samsung: Design Patents Take Center Stage, Al Jazeera Television Network, TV Interview, July 30, 2012
- Apple win may bolster tablet design, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, July 2012
- Apple’s Secret Weapon, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, (June 2012)
- Securing Intellectual Property for Furniture Design, Furniture & Accessories Magazine, May-June 2012
- Apple v. Samsung: Smart phone and tablet market at stake, National Law Journal, January 2012
- Success By Design: The Three Dimensional Career of Intellectual Property Attorney Christopher V. Carani, 2012 Super Lawyer Magazine (Illinois), January 2012
- Apple v. Samsung: Intelligence of Apple’s U.S. Design Patent Offensive, BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 82 PTCJ 906, October 2011
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Design Patents Get a Helping Hand From Federal Circuit – Vanguard v. Kappos,, BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 81 PTCJ 687, March 2011
- Federal Circuit Upholds Design Patent, The National Law Journal, January 2011
- Gorham v. White: A Retrospective, Suffolk University Law School, January 2011
- Vanguard Identification Sys., Inc. v. Kappos: Federal Circuit Upholds Design Patent, The Wall Street Journal, January 2011
- Designs Come Out of the Shadows, Managing Intellectual Property, October 2010
- Court Decision Should Make Knock-Off Designs Tougher to Defend, National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA), Shoe Retailing Today, July/August 2010
- Design Patents Sharpen Teeth With Major Victory From Federal Appeals Court, Office Furniture & Design Magazine, Summer 2010
- Don’t Knock It, Footwear Plus Magazine, June 2010
- Design patents get boost from Federal Circuit, The National Law Journal, May 2010
- Infringers Beware!: Design Patents Sharpen Teeth With Major Court Victory, Apparel Magazine, May 2010
- Profile on Chris Carani: Design Patents and All That Jazz, Chicago Lawyer Magazine, April 2010Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the design patent case Richardson v. Stanley Works, Inc., 2009-1354 (Fed. Cir. 2010). Mr. Carani authored an amicus brief on behalf of the AIPLA in support of the petition for rehearing en banc
- Press Release: Thomas Reuters (West) Publishing Selects Carani’s Law Review Article as one of the Year’s 20 Best Law Review Articles, March 2010
- International Seaway v. Walgreens: Court Says ‘Ordinary Observer’ Is Sole Test For Design Patent Validity Analysis, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal, December 2009
- Design Law & Furniture Patent Enforcement, Office Furniture & Design Magazine, Fall 2009
- Egyptian Goddess Puts Teeth in U.S. Design Patents, Executive Counsel Magazine, Volume 6, Number 4, September/October 2009
- Design Protection and Enforcement for the Kitchen and Bath Industry, KB&B Magazine, July 2009
- Design Law & Footwear: Landmark Case Fundamentally Alters Design Patent Enforcement, Shoe Retailing Today, National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA), July-Aug. 2009
- “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: Shock and Aftershock, An Analysis of the En Banc Decision and Its Effect on Design Patent Litigation,” United States Patent & Trademark Office, Design Day 2009, Alexandria, VA, April 2009
- Designs Defined, Inside Counsel Magazine (January 2009)
- Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: En Banc Federal Circuit Court Searches For The Rosetta Stone For Design Patent Jurisprudence, Intellectual Property Today, October 2008
- Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: En Banc Federal Circuit Court Puts Teeth Back In Design Patents, Intellectual Property Today, September 2008
- Federal Circuit Scraps Point of Novelty Test, IP Law 360, September 2008
- En Banc Court Weighs Eliminating Litton’s Point of Novelty Infringement Inquiry, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1871, June 2008
- Federal Circuit Examines Design Patent Test, IP Law 360, June 2008
- Principal Counsel of Record for Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) before the United States Supreme Court in the design patent case Calmar, Inc. v. Arminak & Assoc., No. 07-1263 (U.S. Supreme Court 2008). On May 5, 2008, Mr. Carani filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of IDSA in support of the petition for Writ of Certiorari
- “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: Will The En Banc Federal Circuit Court Find The Rosetta Stone for Design Patent Jurisprudence,” Illinois Continuing Legal Education credit pending, Chicago, Illinois, March 2008
- Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the precedential design patent case Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc., 2006-1562 (Fed. Cir. 2007). On February 5, 2008, Mr. Carani filed a brief on behalf of AIPLA as an Amicus Curiae at the En Banc stage. This case represents the first time the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has addressed a design patent case en banc
- Design Patents Get Their Day in Court, The American Lawyer, January 2008
- Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the precedential design patent case Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc., 2006-1562 (Fed. Cir. 2007). AIPLA filed a brief in the matter as an Amicus Curiae at the petition for rehearing stage
- Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the precedential design patent case Lawman v. Winner, 05-1253 (Fed. Cir. 2006). AIPLA filed a brief in the matter as an Amicus Curiae
- Looks Matter: Protect Your Product Designs with Intellectual Property While Creating Valuable Assets, The Super Show, Sporting Goods Convention, International Business Intelligence Series, Orlando, FL, January 2005
- Design Patents: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Sports Product Innovation Network, 2005
- Design Patents: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Sports Products Innovation Network, 2005 (Chinese Translation)
- Technology Transfers In and Out of China, Global Intellectual Property Asset Management Report, October 2004
- What Every U.S. Corporation Should Know About China’s Patent Protection and Enforcement, Association of Patent Law Firms, Chicago, IL, September 2004
Presentations
- Panelist: “Design Patents: Meeting Obviousness and Novelty Requirements,” Strafford Webinar, December 20, 2023
- Moderator: “En Banc Federal Circuit Case LKQ v. GM, Design Patent Obviousness,” IPLAC Webinar, December 7, 2023
- Panelist: “The Average Consumer: Informed User,” 2023 AIPPI World Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, October 24, 2023
- Panelist: “Capriciously Functional Designs,” 2023 AIPPI World Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, October 23, 2023
- Panelist: “Key Developments in International Trademark & Design Law,” International IP Practice Seminar, UIC-John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, September 21, 2023
- Panelist: “Key Developments in International Trademark & Design Law,” International IP Practice Seminar, UIC-John Marshall Law School, September 21, 2023
- Invited Speaker: “Anatomy of a Design Patent Litigation,” 2023 USPTO Design Day, Alexandria, Virginia, May 4, 2023
- Invited Speaker: “Identifying the Article of Manufacture for Design Protection: Anticipation, Obviousness, Infringement and Damages,” 2023 American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 13, 2023
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Scope in the Wake of Federal Circuit’s Decisions in Curver and Surgisil,” 2022 Design Law Symposium, Washington D.C., October 26, 2022
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” Wisconsin State Bar Association, Sixteenth Annual Door County Intellectual Property Academy, August 11, 2022
- Invited Speaker: “EU and US Design Law – A Growing Divide,” AIPLA Webinar (with Dr. Henning Hartwig), April 20, 2022
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality,” Strafford Webinar, March 24, 2022
- Invited Speaker: “Product Designs and Packaging Protection: Leveraging Trade Dress, Design Patent, and Copyright,” Strafford Webinar, November 18, 2021
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Protection: Prosecution & Claiming Strategies,” 59th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, November 9, 2021
- Guest Expert: “Essential Hague for Practitioners,” PCT Learning Center, June 2021
- Moderator: “Intersections in Intellectual Property: Trends, Policies, and Strategies,” UIC-John Marshall Law School, March 12, 2021
- Moderator: “Navigating and Rectifying the Design Patent Muddle,” Berkeley Center for Law & Technology/Berkeley Technology Law Journal Symposium, February 19, 2021
- Invited Speaker: “The Hague Agreement. An International Perspective,” La Asociacion Mexicana para la Proteccion de law Propiedad Intelectual (AMPPI) and AIPPI-Mexico (Virtual), December 3, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Information Session on Temporary Protection Provided to Industrial Designs under Article 11 of the Paris Convention,” World Intellectual Property Organization (Virtual), November 26, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Online Counterfeiting and Infringements,” Strafford Webinar, November 24, 2020
- Panelist: “Blended IP,” 64nd Annual IP Conference, UIC-John Marshall Law School, Virtual, November 13, 2020
- Invited Speaker: Key Developments in International Trademark & Design Law & Policy, International IP Practice Virtual Seminar, UIC-John Marshall Law School, October 16, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Report on Key Findings of LESI´s Comparative Study on international Design Protection and Enforcement,” LESI Annual Meeting (Virtual), October 15, 2020
- Moderator: “Should the term of Protection for Unexamined Design Rights Registrations Be Shorter?” AIPPI World Congress (Virtual), October 7, 2020
- Panelist: “Designs for Medical Devices and Supplies – From Procurement to Enforcement,” AIPPI World Congress (Virtual), October 6, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Rights,” IP Watchdog CON2020, September 17, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” Practicing Law Institute, Webinar, May 29, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents: Meeting Obviousness and Novelty Requirements,” Strafford Webinar, May 12, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Case Law Review: Federal Circuit, PTAB, and District Court,” USPTO Design Day 2020, Webinar, April 23, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Protection for GUI and Virtual Designs,” Sertaç Köksaldı – 6th Intellectual Property Law Seminar, Istanbul, Turkey, (Postponed)
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Protection,” IP Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, California, April 16, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Information Session on Temporary Protection Provided to Industrial Designs under Article 11 of the Paris Convention,” World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, TBD
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality,” Strafford Webinar, March 19, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Rights,” IP WatchDog, CON2020, Dallas, Texas, March 17, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “AI and Design Rights,” ID5 Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, December 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Comprehensive Overview of U.S. Design Patent Law,” Japanese Patent Attorney Association – Kansai Division, Osaka, Japan, December 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Comprehensive Overview of U.S. Design Patent Law,” Japanese Patent Attorney Association – Tokyo Division, Tokyo, Japan, December 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Case Study of Design Protection for Electronic Devices,” Japanese Trademark Association, Tokyo, Japan, December 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Comparative Analysis of U.S. and EU Design Rights,” International IP Practice Seminar, World Intellectual Property Office, UIC-John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, November 2019
- Moderator: “IP/IT & Privacy Law,” 63nd Annual IP Conference, UIC-John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, November 2018
- Moderator: “Mock Trial of Design Rights Case,” AIPPI World Congress, London, England, September 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Advanced Tips for Litigating Design Patent Cases,” 2019 National Association of Patent Practitioners Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, July 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Functionality Doctrine in Copyright, Design Patent and Trade Dress,” AIPLA Design Rights Boot Camp, Chicago, IL, July 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Special Considerations When Litigating Design Patent Cases,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Spring Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 15, 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents: Meeting Obviousness and Novelty Requirements,” Strafford Webinar, April 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality,” Strafford Webinar, March 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Rights,” 19th Annual IP Year in Review, Boston Bar Association, Boston, Massachusetts, January 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Infringement Remedies,” 56th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, The Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas, November 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Partial Designs,” ID5 Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, November 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Trademark and Trade Dress Law – Experts Panel,” 62nd Annual IP Conference, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, November 2018
- Invited Speaker: “An Evening of Design,” Intellectual Property Association of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, October 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Hot Topics in Design Law – Experts Panel,” 2018 AIPPI World Congress, Cancun, Mexico, September 2018
- Invited Speaker: “IP Expert Panel,” 2018 National Association of Patent Practitioners Annual Conference, Washington D.C., July 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claiming Strategies,” 2018 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Overton Park, Kansas, May 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Functionality Doctrine in Trademark and Design Rights Litigation,” EUIPO, Alicante, Spain, April 26, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Functionality Doctrine in Copyright, Design Patent and Trade Dress,” AIPLA Design Rights Boot Camp. Washington D.C., April 24, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Protection,” IP Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, California, April 13, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection,” Chicago-Kent College of Law, Center for Design, Law and Technology, Chicago, Illinois, April 11, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection,” John Marshall Law School, IP Lecture Series, Chicago, Illinois, March 22, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Securing and Enforcing IP Rights in Product Design,” 2018 International Home + Housewares Show, Chicago, Illinois, March 12, 2018
- Multi-National Design Enforcement: The Road to Remedies, INTA’s 2018 Designs Conference: The Power of Design, London, England, February 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality,” Strafford Webinar, February 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Online Counterfeiting and Infringements,” Strafford Webinar, December 2017
- Invited Speaker: “New Formats and Representations for Design Rights,” ID5 Annual Meeting, Alicante, Spain, December 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Copyright Law: Functionality and Fair Use,” 61st Annual Intellectual Property Conference¸ The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, November 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents: Meeting Obviousness and Novelty Requirements,” Strafford Webinar, October 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection,” IP Colloquium, Indiana University, Mauer School of Law, The Center for Intellectual Property Research, Bloomington, Indiana, August 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality and More,” Strafford Webinar, August 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Industrial (Design) Revolution: From Spoons to Smartphones – Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” IP Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Mackinaw Island, Michigan, July 2017
- Invited Speaker: Impact of Star Athletica on Fashion and Apparel, International Trademark Association, Barcelona, Spain, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: In What Trademark Attorneys Need to Know About Design Law?, International Trademark Association, Barcelona, Spain, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: “More Than Meets the Eye: Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” 2017 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Overton Park, Kansas, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Navigating Separability After Star Athletica: Applying the New Test,” Strafford Continuing Legal Education Webinar, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Trending in IP: Tips for Avoiding (or Obtaining) Enhancements of Patent Infringement Damages,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Spring Meeting, San Diego, California, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Mock Trial of Design Patent Case: Navigating Prosecution History Estoppel,” USPTO Design Day 2017, Alexandria, Virginia, April 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Industrial (Design) Revolution: From Spoons to Smartphones – Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” John Marshall Law School, The Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, Chicago, Illinois, April 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Intellectual Property: Securing Rights, Enforcing Rights,” 2017 International Home + Housewares Show, Chicago, Illinois, March 20, 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Damages: Impact of Samsung v. Apple on Patent Prosecution, Litigation and Valuation,” Strafford Webinar, February 2017
- Co-Chair: “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? Copyright’s Separability Doctrines,” Richard Linn Inn of Court, Chicago, Illinois February 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents and the U.S. Supreme Court,” 2016 Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality and More,” Strafford Webinar, November 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents & E-Commerce,” 2016 Design Law Conference, Washington D.C., October 2016
- Invited Speaker: “IP & Fashion,” AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress, Milan, Italy, September 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Protecting and Enforcing Design IP in the Global Marketplace,” Global Intellectual Property Academy, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia, August 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Right Brain Meet Left Brain: How to Litigate A Design Patent Case,” 2016 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Kansas State Bar Association, Overland Park, Kansas, May 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Intellectual Property: 5 Do’s and 5 Don’t for Product Designers” Annual Conference, Industrial Designer’s Society of America, New York, New York, April 2016
- Roundtable Participant: “Thought Leaders Conference on the Future of U.S. Design Law” Annual Conference, University of Pennsylvania Law School, the University of Pennsylvania Integrated Product Design Program and the Industrial Designers Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2016
- Invited Speaker: “IP for Houseware Designs” International Home and Housewares Show, Chicago, Illinois, March 2016
- Program Coordinator/Speaker: “Designs – Into the Future: Leveraging the Value of Design Rights as Key Protection & Enforcement Tools,” Joint INTA and AIPPI Conference, Singapore, February 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents: Patent Law’s New Frontier,” Fourth Annual Patent Law Experts Conference, Naples, Florida, February 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Design IP for Medical Devices,” Industrial Designers Society of America, Medical Design Conference, Tampa, Florida, October 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Industrial Designs: Form Over Function,” AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2015
- Invited Speaker: “As Guide to U.S. Design Patent Prosecution and Enforcement,” CLE Speaker, Washington State Intellectual Property Association, Seattle, Washington , September 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Developing and Protecting Trade Dress: Leveraging Trademark Law to Protect the Look and Feel of Product Design,” Webinar, August 2015
- Adjunct Faculty: “Design IP Enforcement,” WIPO Summer School, United States Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandra, Virginia, July 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Design Patent Prosecution,” United States Patent & Trademark Office Forum, Chicago, Illinois, June 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Ornamental Does Not Mean Non-Functional,” International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Swiss IP Day, Berne, Switzerland, May 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Design IP for UX Design,” New York Technology Council, New York, New York, May 2015
- Invited Speaker: “The Intersection of Design Patent and Trade Dress Law,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Spring Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 2015
- Instructor: IDSA Expert Witness Training Seminar, Industrial Designers Society of America, Alexandria, Virginia, May 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Looks Matter: How to Protect Product and Packaging Design with Intellectual Property,” International Home and Housewares Show, Chicago, Illinois, March 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent and Trade Dress Litigation: More Than Meets The Eye,” American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Webinar, January 2015
- Invited Speaker: “U.S. Design Patent Law: A Comparative Analysis with Korean Design Law,” Korean Intellectual Property Office, Daejeon, Korea, January 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents and Prior Art Under AIA” Design Law 2014, George Washington Law School and Indiana University School of Law, Washington D.C., November 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Injunctions and Damages for Design Patent Claims vs. Utility Patent Claims,” Law Seminars International, Calculating and Proving Patent Damages Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2014
- Selected Counsel: “Mock International Arbitration,” AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress, Toronto, Canada, September 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Case Law Trends For Design Patent Damages,” Law Seminars International, Litigating Patent Damages Conference, San Francisco, May 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Case Law Trends For Design Patent Damages,“ Law Seminars International, Litigating Patent Damages Conference, San Francisco, May 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Written Description Requirement As Applied to Design Patents,” 2014 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Kansas State Bar Association, Overland Park, Kansas, May 2014
- Invited Speaker: “From Spoons to Smartphones: Strategic Considerations for Product Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” Annual Conference, Industrial Designer’s Society of America, Chicago, Illinois, April 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Recent Developments in Design Patent Law,” AIPLA Webinar, April 2014
- NY Invited Speaker: “The Proper Role of Functionality in Design Patent Law,” Suffolk University, Symposium: Design Patents Modernizing and Old Property Interest, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013
- Invited Speaker: “The Proper Role of Functionality in Design Patent Law,” Suffolk University, Symposium: Design Patents Modernizing and Old Property Interest, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013
- Invited Speaker: “A Practitioner’s Guide to Design Patents,” American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Webinar, November 2013
- Invited Speaker: “New Developments in Design Law,” Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Annual IP Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, November 2013
- Invited Speaker: “The Industrial (Design) Revolution: Perspectives on Recent Developments in Canada and the U.S.,” Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, September 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Protecting Your Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace,” Global Intellectual Property Academy, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Detroit, Michigan, September 2013
- Invited Speaker: “International Design Protection Strategies,” AIPPI Forum & ExCo, Helsinki, Finland, September 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Hot Topics: US Design Patents,” Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, Global IP & Innovation Summit, Shanghai, China, September 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Advanced Strategies for U.S. Design Patent Litigation,” Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Design IP in the Mobile Device Space: The Growth of Enforcement and Current Avenues of Protection,” American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Apple v. Samsung: Strategic Consideration for Product Design,” Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute,” IP Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Mackinaw Island, Michigan, July 2013
- Invited Speaker: “U.S. Design Patents: Out from IP Backwaters,” 7th Door County Intellectual Property Academy,” IP Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, July 2013
- Invited Speaker: “So You Want to Improve Your Design IP? Here’s How,” Chicago Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section, Chicago, Illinois, May 2013
- Invited Panelist: “Design Patents: A Year in Review,” United States Patent Office, Design Day 2013, Washington, D.C., April 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Protecting and Enforcing Design for Mobile Devices,” Office of Harmonization and Internal Markets (OHIM) and World Intellectual Property Organization, 10th Anniversary Celebration of Registered Community Design Rights, Alicante, Spain, April 2013
- Invited Panelist: “The Scope of Design Patents,” Design Patents in the Modern World Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, California, April 2013
- Invited Panelist: “Current Issues in FRAND Patent Litigation: A Global Perspective,” Northwestern University School of Law, Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 8th Annual IP Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, March 2013
- Invited Speaker: “A US Practitioners’ Guide to European Union Design Law Webinar,” American Bar Association, Webinar, February 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Industrial Designers Guide to Protecting and Enforcing Product Design,” Industrial Designers Society of America (Chicago Chapter), Chicago, Illinois, November 2012
- Invited Speaker: “The Future of Design Protection,” organized by University of Oxford in connection with Center for Intellectual Property Research, Indiana University, sponsored by Microsoft Corporation and McAndrews, Oxford, England, November 2012
- Invited Speaker: “Apple vs. Samsung: What The Case Means to Software Development and UX Design,” New York Technology Council, New York, New York, October 2012
- Invited Panelist: “Designing the Design Patent System,” with Panelists Prof. Mark D. Janis and Tara N. Rosnell of Proctor & Gamble, The Scholarly Symposia Series, The University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio, September 2011
- Invited Speaker: “Post-Egyptian Goddess Case Law Analysis – Where do things stand?: Infringement, Claim Construction and Validity,” United States Patent & Trademark Office, Design Day 2011, Alexandria, VA, April 2011
- Invited Lecturer: “Industrial Designer’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects, Chicago, Illinois, March 2011
- Invited Lecturer: “Strategic Enforcement of U.S. Intellectual Property Rights,” In-House IP Managers Forum, London, England, January 2011
- Invited Lecturer: “Strategic IP Protection and Enforcement for Industrial Designers,” University of Illinois-Chicago, Department of Designed Objects, Chicago, Illinois, January 2011
- Keynote Speaker: “Design Law for Designers: The In’s and Out’s,” Apparel’s 2010 Tech Conference, Hosted by the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York, November 2010
- Guest Speaker: “A Night At The Museum of Designs,” Hon. Richard Linn American Inn of Court, Chicago, Illinois, October 2010
- Guest Speaker: “Claim Construction in Post-Egyptian Goddess World,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Product and Package Design Protection Using Design Patents,” Intellectual Property Owners Association, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2010
- Invited Speaker: “The Anatomy Design Patent Litigation,” American Intellectual Property Law Association Webinar, June 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Looks Matter; How to Protect Product Designs While Creating Valuable Assets,” NeoCon’s World’s Trade Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 2010
- Guest Lecturer: “Point of Ornamentality Test? Navigating Richardson v. Stanley Works,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, New York, NY, May 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Triple Play: Case Analyses of Three Recent Federal Circuit Design Patent Cases, International Seaway v. Walgreens, Crocs v. ITC, and Richardson v. Stanley Works,” Intellectual Property Owners Association, April 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Who is the ‘Ordinary Observer’ in Design Patent Jurisprudence?” Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, April 2010
- Guest Lecturer: “Industrial Designer’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects, Chicago, Illinois, March 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Comparative Analysis Between U.S. Design Patent System and European Community Design Registration System,” Office of Harmonization and Internal Markets (OHIM) and World Intellectual Property Organization, Alicante, Spain, September 2009
- Guest Speaker: “An Analysis of Post-Egyptian Goddess Case Law,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, San Diego, CA, May 2009
- Invited Speaker: “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: Shock and Aftershock, An Analysis of the En Banc Decision and Its Effect on Design Patent Litigation,” United States Patent & Trademark Office, Design Day 2009, Alexandria, VA, April 2009
- Guest Faculty Member: “Litigating Design Patents Under Egyptian Goddess,” American Bar Association, Chicago, IL, December 2008
- Guest Faculty Member: “Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: Fundamental Change for Design Patent Law,” Practicing Law Institute, New York, NY, October 2008
- Guest Panelist: “Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: Design Patent Law And The Shape Of Things To Come,” Federal Circuit Bar Association, Washington, D.C., October 2008
- Guest Lecturer: “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: The Most Important Design Patent Case Since 1871,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2008
- Guest Lecturer: “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: The En Banc Federal Circuit Court Searches For The Rosetta Stone for Design Patent Jurisprudence,” Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida, Miami, FL, October 2008
- Guest Lecturer: “The Path to Meaningful Design Patent Protection,” Industrial Designer Society of America, Chicago, Illinois, February 2008
- Guest Lecturer: “The Big Five: The Federal Circuit’s Five Most Recent Design Patent Opinions – What’s Going On?,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “U.S. Design Law: Driven to Tears, Driven to a Sui Generis Design Registration System,” Intellectual Property Owners Association, New York, New York, September 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “Mediation, Improvisation, and All That Jazz,” Chicago Bar Association and the Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago, IL, May 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “Design Patent Litigation: Design Patent’s Point of Novelty Test,” Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL, February 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “What’s the Point?: A Comprehensive Analysis of Design Patent’s Point of Novelty Test,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “The State of Design Patent Infringement in View of Federal Circuit’s Opinion in Lawman Armor v. Winner,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2006
- Guest Lecturer: “Claim Construction and the Application of Markman to Design Patent Litigation,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2005
- Guest Lecturer: “The Industrial Design Trinity: Copyrights, Trade Dress and Design Patents,” Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL, April 2004
- Guest Lecturer: “Design Patent Litigation: The Functionality Doctrine,” Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL, July 2003
- Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Northwestern University, School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Chicago, Illinois (2015-present)
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Chicago, Illinois (2018-present)
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle, Award of Merit (2023)
- Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists (2019-2023)
- Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (Individual – Intellectual Property Litigation) (Illinois 2015-19)
- Super Lawyers (Intellectual Property Law) (Illinois, 2014-2023) (Rising Star 2007-2013)
- Leading Lawyers (Intellectual Property Law) (Illinois, 2013-2019)
- IP Stars (Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Designs) (2019-2023)
- “Top 100” attorneys in Illinois by Thomson Reuters (2018)
- American Inn of Court, Outstanding Program Award (2011), Night at the Museum of Designs, Co-Chair, Outstanding Program Award (2023), Design Law-Dress for Success, Co-Chair
- Chicago Law Bulletin, the nation’s oldest daily law bulletin, “Top 40 Attorneys Under 40” (Illinois)
- Chick Evans Scholarship issued by the Western Golf Association (4-year full-ride scholarship)
- AIPPI, Chair of Design Rights Committee, 2015-present, Chair of AIPPI’s 2016 Resolution on the issue of Design Functionality (2016)
- AIPPI-US, President (2020-22); Member of Board of Directors (2014-present); Vice President AIPPI-US (2018-2020)
- American Bar Association, Chairperson of Committee on Design Rights (2010-2013); liaison to World Intellectual Property Office Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (2010-present)
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, (Chair Committee on Industrial Design, 2006-10; Vice-Chair, 2004-2006)
- Advisory Design Council for The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (2010-present)
- Richard Linn American Inn of Court, Barrister Member
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (Design Rights Committee Member)
- International Trademark Association (Design Rights Committee)
- Industrial Designer’s Society of America (Ambassador of Excellence Member; Affiliate Member)
- Justinian Society of Italian-American Lawyers
- Former Federal Law Clerk Society
- Chicago Jazz Institute
- Società Modenese di Mutuo Soccorso
Books
- Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection, Editor, Wolters Kluwer N.V., September 2017 (2nd edition)
- Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection, Editor, Wolters Kluwer N.V., September 2017 (1st edition)
Articles
- All or Nothing at All: Design Patent’s Ornamentality Requirement and the Failings of Feature Filtration, 37 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 101 (2022)
- Design Patent Functionality: A Sensible Solution, Landslide Magazine, Feature Article, American Bar Association, Volume 7, Number 2, November-December 2014
- The New “Extra-Ordinary” Observer Test for Design Patent Infringement-On a Crash Course With the Supreme Court’s Precedent in Gorham v. White, 8 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 354 (May 2009)
- ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’: SCOTUS to Determine What’s Fair in Warhol v. Goldsmith, IPWatchdog, August 2022, co-authored with Dunstan H. Barnes, PhD, Meghan Trick
- US Design Laws and Regulations, 2022 International Comparative Legal Guide for Design Law, April 2021, co-authored with Dunstan H. Barnes, PhD, Amber J. Carpenter, Sarine Hagopian
- US Copyright Laws and Regulations, International Comparative Legal Guide for Design Law, November 2021, co-authored with Dunstan H. Barnes, PhD, Amber J. Carpenter, Sarine Hagopian
- Designs – Protecting Fashion in the United States with IP Rights, 2021 Designs, A Global Guide, World Trademark Review, April 2021
- Designs – Protecting Fashion in the United States with IP Rights, 2020 Designs, A Global Guide, World Trademark Review, January 2020
- Global Design Rights, A Comparative Introduction, US Chapter, Les Nouvellles, Journal of the Licensing Executives Society International, January 2020
- Graphical User Interfaces – Good Design Is Essential, 2019 Designs, A Global Guide, World Trademark Review, January 2019
- Graphical User Interfaces – Good Design Is Essential, 2019 Designs, A Global Guide, World Trademark Review, January 2019
- Oracle Wins Court Ruling Against Google in Multibillion-Dollar Copyright Case, Wall Street Journal, March 2018
- Google Loses Android Battle and Could Owe Oracle Billions of Dollars, CNN Money, March 2018
- 5 Things To Know About The Oracle v. Google Ruling, Law360, March 2018
- 2018 Designs, A Global Guide, Feature Article on Graphical User Interfaces, World Trademark Review, January 2018
- The Biggest Open Questions In Copyright Law, Law360, September 2017
- Designs: A Global Guide 2017, World Trademark Review, co-authored with Dunstan H. Barnes, PhD, January 2017
- Apple and Samsung face off in the Supreme Court today — here’s why that matters, CNBC, TV Interview, October 2016
- Even After Google’s Oracle Victory, Long Fight Still Ahead, Law360, May 2017
- Google Prevails as Jury Rebuffs Oracle in Code Copyright Case, New York Times, May 26, 2016
- Oracle-Google Trial Over Android Has Software Industry on Edge, CNBC, TV Interview, May 2016
- Ahead of the Curve, IDSA Expert Witness Seminar, IDSA Newsletter, April 2015
- Designing Within the Four Corners of the Law, Beyond Design, April 2015
- IBM Ranks Top in Annual U.S. Patents Granted for the 22nd Straight Year, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, January 2015
- T-Mobile US Inc. Alleges Huawei of Stealing Trade Secrets, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, September 2014
- Design Patent Law Stakeholders Identify Trends Distinguishing Utility Patent Rules, BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal ®, 89 PTCJ 230, November 2014
- IP Law and Sound Business Practice, Today’s General Counsel, April/May 2014
- Fashion’s ‘Apple v. Samsung’: Spanx Patent War Could Change How Brands Fight Copycats, Forbes, April 2013
- Design Patents Take Center Stage, Landslide Magazine, Feature Article, American Bar Association, Volume 5, Number 3 (January-February 2013)
- A U.S. Perspective: How Do Design and Copyright Interact?, Managing Intellectual Property Global Practice Special Edition, December 2012
- Apple’s Attack on Android, Global Patent Lawsuits, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, November 2012
- Designing Minds, Corporate Counsel Magazine, October 2012
- Design Patent Lessons from Apple v. Samsung, Managing IP Magazine, September 2012
- Apple verdict: Set to stifle or spur innovation?, CNN.com, OpEd, September 2012
- Why Samsung’s Design Infringement Defense Will Fail: The Takeaway, Managing IP.com, August 2012
- Apple’s $1 Billion Smartphone Victory, CNBC “Squawk on the Street”, TV Interview, September 2012
- Samsung Ruling to Encourage Innovation, Carani Says, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview September 2012
- Apple Patent Victory Forces Competitors to Yield, PBS “Nightly Business Report”, TV Interview, September 2012
- Samsung share price drops on Apple patent ruling, CNN TV, TV Interview, September 2012
- Apple v Samsung: The Tale of Two Cities, CNN TV, TV Interview, September 2012
- Apple v Samsung, The Impact in India, CNBC India, TV Interview, September 2012
- What to Make of the Apple v. Samsung Verdict, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, September 2012
- Carani Doesn’t Expect Apple-Samsung Suit Settlement, Bloomberg TV
- Jury To Decide Apple’s Patent Case Against Samsung, National Public Radio “Morning Edition”, Radio Interview, August 2012
- Carani: Awaiting Verdict in Apple/Samsung Trial, Bloomberg TV, TV Interview, September 2012
- Apple Wins Major Patent Case Against Samsung, Fox Business, TV Interview, September 2012
- Billions at stake in Apple-Samsung battle, Al Jeezera Television Network, TV Interview, September 2012
- In Apple’s Patent Case, Tech Shifts May Follow, The New York Times
- Samsung Has Several Avenues of Appeal, Wall Street Journal, September 2012
- Samsung copied iPhone, lawyer for Apple says in patent trial, LA Times, September 2012
- Apple’s patent victory spells changes in smartphones for consumers, The Washington Post, September 2012
- Apple v. Samsung: Did the jury blow the Galaxy Tab verdict?, Fortune/CNN Money, September 2012
- Apple, Samsung fight will set tone for designs, Boston Globe, September 2012
- Apple vs. Samsung: Three possible outcomes, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, August 2012
- Apple/Samsung An In-Depth Analysis, Fox Business, TV Interview, Aug. 23, 2012
- Apple v. Samsung: When Will The Jury Deliver A Verdict, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, August 2012
- Apple v Samsung: Five Experts, Five Questions, ComputerWorld, August 2012
- Carani Doesn’t Expect Apple/Samsung Suit Settlement, Bloomberg Television, TV Interview, Aug. 21, 2012
- In Apple’s Patent Case, Tech Shifts May Follow, New York Times, Page 1, Section B1, Aug. 20, 2012
- Why Would Apple Settle, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, August 2012
- Samsung Prospects Dim vs. Apple: What’s Next, Android Designers?, InformationWeek, August 2012
- Samsung’s Best Defense: Everybody Copies, Even Apple, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, August 2012
- Samsung’s Tablet Non-Infringement Defense: With Pretrial Rulings, Is the Writing On The Wall? Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, August 2012
- Apple’s $2 Billion Claim Comes From A Twist in U.S. Patent Law, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, July 2012
- Apple-Samsung Finger Pointing at Patent Trial, LA Times, August 1, 2012
- Apple, Samsung Take Road Less Traveled, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, August 1, 2012
- Apple-Samsung Case Shows How Far U.S. Design Patents Have Come, Corporate Counsel Magazine, August 1, 2012
- Patent Trial of the Century, Apple v. Samsung: Design Patents Take Center Stage, Al Jazeera Television Network, TV Interview, July 30, 2012
- Apple win may bolster tablet design, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, July 2012
- Apple’s Secret Weapon, CNN Money/Fortune Magazine, (June 2012)
- Securing Intellectual Property for Furniture Design, Furniture & Accessories Magazine, May-June 2012
- Apple v. Samsung: Smart phone and tablet market at stake, National Law Journal, January 2012
- Success By Design: The Three Dimensional Career of Intellectual Property Attorney Christopher V. Carani, 2012 Super Lawyer Magazine (Illinois), January 2012
- Apple v. Samsung: Intelligence of Apple’s U.S. Design Patent Offensive, BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 82 PTCJ 906, October 2011
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Design Patents Get a Helping Hand From Federal Circuit – Vanguard v. Kappos,, BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 81 PTCJ 687, March 2011
- Federal Circuit Upholds Design Patent, The National Law Journal, January 2011
- Gorham v. White: A Retrospective, Suffolk University Law School, January 2011
- Vanguard Identification Sys., Inc. v. Kappos: Federal Circuit Upholds Design Patent, The Wall Street Journal, January 2011
- Designs Come Out of the Shadows, Managing Intellectual Property, October 2010
- Court Decision Should Make Knock-Off Designs Tougher to Defend, National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA), Shoe Retailing Today, July/August 2010
- Design Patents Sharpen Teeth With Major Victory From Federal Appeals Court, Office Furniture & Design Magazine, Summer 2010
- Don’t Knock It, Footwear Plus Magazine, June 2010
- Design patents get boost from Federal Circuit, The National Law Journal, May 2010
- Infringers Beware!: Design Patents Sharpen Teeth With Major Court Victory, Apparel Magazine, May 2010
- Profile on Chris Carani: Design Patents and All That Jazz, Chicago Lawyer Magazine, April 2010Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the design patent case Richardson v. Stanley Works, Inc., 2009-1354 (Fed. Cir. 2010). Mr. Carani authored an amicus brief on behalf of the AIPLA in support of the petition for rehearing en banc
- Press Release: Thomas Reuters (West) Publishing Selects Carani’s Law Review Article as one of the Year’s 20 Best Law Review Articles, March 2010
- International Seaway v. Walgreens: Court Says ‘Ordinary Observer’ Is Sole Test For Design Patent Validity Analysis, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal, December 2009
- Design Law & Furniture Patent Enforcement, Office Furniture & Design Magazine, Fall 2009
- Egyptian Goddess Puts Teeth in U.S. Design Patents, Executive Counsel Magazine, Volume 6, Number 4, September/October 2009
- Design Protection and Enforcement for the Kitchen and Bath Industry, KB&B Magazine, July 2009
- Design Law & Footwear: Landmark Case Fundamentally Alters Design Patent Enforcement, Shoe Retailing Today, National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA), July-Aug. 2009
- “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: Shock and Aftershock, An Analysis of the En Banc Decision and Its Effect on Design Patent Litigation,” United States Patent & Trademark Office, Design Day 2009, Alexandria, VA, April 2009
- Designs Defined, Inside Counsel Magazine (January 2009)
- Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: En Banc Federal Circuit Court Searches For The Rosetta Stone For Design Patent Jurisprudence, Intellectual Property Today, October 2008
- Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: En Banc Federal Circuit Court Puts Teeth Back In Design Patents, Intellectual Property Today, September 2008
- Federal Circuit Scraps Point of Novelty Test, IP Law 360, September 2008
- En Banc Court Weighs Eliminating Litton’s Point of Novelty Infringement Inquiry, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1871, June 2008
- Federal Circuit Examines Design Patent Test, IP Law 360, June 2008
- Principal Counsel of Record for Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) before the United States Supreme Court in the design patent case Calmar, Inc. v. Arminak & Assoc., No. 07-1263 (U.S. Supreme Court 2008). On May 5, 2008, Mr. Carani filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of IDSA in support of the petition for Writ of Certiorari
- “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: Will The En Banc Federal Circuit Court Find The Rosetta Stone for Design Patent Jurisprudence,” Illinois Continuing Legal Education credit pending, Chicago, Illinois, March 2008
- Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the precedential design patent case Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc., 2006-1562 (Fed. Cir. 2007). On February 5, 2008, Mr. Carani filed a brief on behalf of AIPLA as an Amicus Curiae at the En Banc stage. This case represents the first time the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has addressed a design patent case en banc
- Design Patents Get Their Day in Court, The American Lawyer, January 2008
- Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the precedential design patent case Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc., 2006-1562 (Fed. Cir. 2007). AIPLA filed a brief in the matter as an Amicus Curiae at the petition for rehearing stage
- Principal Counsel of Record for American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in the precedential design patent case Lawman v. Winner, 05-1253 (Fed. Cir. 2006). AIPLA filed a brief in the matter as an Amicus Curiae
- Looks Matter: Protect Your Product Designs with Intellectual Property While Creating Valuable Assets, The Super Show, Sporting Goods Convention, International Business Intelligence Series, Orlando, FL, January 2005
- Design Patents: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Sports Product Innovation Network, 2005
- Design Patents: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Sports Products Innovation Network, 2005 (Chinese Translation)
- Technology Transfers In and Out of China, Global Intellectual Property Asset Management Report, October 2004
- What Every U.S. Corporation Should Know About China’s Patent Protection and Enforcement, Association of Patent Law Firms, Chicago, IL, September 2004
- Panelist: “Design Patents: Meeting Obviousness and Novelty Requirements,” Strafford Webinar, December 20, 2023
- Moderator: “En Banc Federal Circuit Case LKQ v. GM, Design Patent Obviousness,” IPLAC Webinar, December 7, 2023
- Panelist: “The Average Consumer: Informed User,” 2023 AIPPI World Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, October 24, 2023
- Panelist: “Capriciously Functional Designs,” 2023 AIPPI World Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, October 23, 2023
- Panelist: “Key Developments in International Trademark & Design Law,” International IP Practice Seminar, UIC-John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, September 21, 2023
- Panelist: “Key Developments in International Trademark & Design Law,” International IP Practice Seminar, UIC-John Marshall Law School, September 21, 2023
- Invited Speaker: “Anatomy of a Design Patent Litigation,” 2023 USPTO Design Day, Alexandria, Virginia, May 4, 2023
- Invited Speaker: “Identifying the Article of Manufacture for Design Protection: Anticipation, Obviousness, Infringement and Damages,” 2023 American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 13, 2023
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Scope in the Wake of Federal Circuit’s Decisions in Curver and Surgisil,” 2022 Design Law Symposium, Washington D.C., October 26, 2022
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” Wisconsin State Bar Association, Sixteenth Annual Door County Intellectual Property Academy, August 11, 2022
- Invited Speaker: “EU and US Design Law – A Growing Divide,” AIPLA Webinar (with Dr. Henning Hartwig), April 20, 2022
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality,” Strafford Webinar, March 24, 2022
- Invited Speaker: “Product Designs and Packaging Protection: Leveraging Trade Dress, Design Patent, and Copyright,” Strafford Webinar, November 18, 2021
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Protection: Prosecution & Claiming Strategies,” 59th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, November 9, 2021
- Guest Expert: “Essential Hague for Practitioners,” PCT Learning Center, June 2021
- Moderator: “Intersections in Intellectual Property: Trends, Policies, and Strategies,” UIC-John Marshall Law School, March 12, 2021
- Moderator: “Navigating and Rectifying the Design Patent Muddle,” Berkeley Center for Law & Technology/Berkeley Technology Law Journal Symposium, February 19, 2021
- Invited Speaker: “The Hague Agreement. An International Perspective,” La Asociacion Mexicana para la Proteccion de law Propiedad Intelectual (AMPPI) and AIPPI-Mexico (Virtual), December 3, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Information Session on Temporary Protection Provided to Industrial Designs under Article 11 of the Paris Convention,” World Intellectual Property Organization (Virtual), November 26, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Online Counterfeiting and Infringements,” Strafford Webinar, November 24, 2020
- Panelist: “Blended IP,” 64nd Annual IP Conference, UIC-John Marshall Law School, Virtual, November 13, 2020
- Invited Speaker: Key Developments in International Trademark & Design Law & Policy, International IP Practice Virtual Seminar, UIC-John Marshall Law School, October 16, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Report on Key Findings of LESI´s Comparative Study on international Design Protection and Enforcement,” LESI Annual Meeting (Virtual), October 15, 2020
- Moderator: “Should the term of Protection for Unexamined Design Rights Registrations Be Shorter?” AIPPI World Congress (Virtual), October 7, 2020
- Panelist: “Designs for Medical Devices and Supplies – From Procurement to Enforcement,” AIPPI World Congress (Virtual), October 6, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Rights,” IP Watchdog CON2020, September 17, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” Practicing Law Institute, Webinar, May 29, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents: Meeting Obviousness and Novelty Requirements,” Strafford Webinar, May 12, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Case Law Review: Federal Circuit, PTAB, and District Court,” USPTO Design Day 2020, Webinar, April 23, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Protection for GUI and Virtual Designs,” Sertaç Köksaldı – 6th Intellectual Property Law Seminar, Istanbul, Turkey, (Postponed)
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Protection,” IP Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, California, April 16, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Information Session on Temporary Protection Provided to Industrial Designs under Article 11 of the Paris Convention,” World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, TBD
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality,” Strafford Webinar, March 19, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Rights,” IP WatchDog, CON2020, Dallas, Texas, March 17, 2020
- Invited Speaker: “AI and Design Rights,” ID5 Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, December 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Comprehensive Overview of U.S. Design Patent Law,” Japanese Patent Attorney Association – Kansai Division, Osaka, Japan, December 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Comprehensive Overview of U.S. Design Patent Law,” Japanese Patent Attorney Association – Tokyo Division, Tokyo, Japan, December 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Case Study of Design Protection for Electronic Devices,” Japanese Trademark Association, Tokyo, Japan, December 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Comparative Analysis of U.S. and EU Design Rights,” International IP Practice Seminar, World Intellectual Property Office, UIC-John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, November 2019
- Moderator: “IP/IT & Privacy Law,” 63nd Annual IP Conference, UIC-John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, November 2018
- Moderator: “Mock Trial of Design Rights Case,” AIPPI World Congress, London, England, September 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Advanced Tips for Litigating Design Patent Cases,” 2019 National Association of Patent Practitioners Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, July 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Functionality Doctrine in Copyright, Design Patent and Trade Dress,” AIPLA Design Rights Boot Camp, Chicago, IL, July 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Special Considerations When Litigating Design Patent Cases,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Spring Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 15, 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents: Meeting Obviousness and Novelty Requirements,” Strafford Webinar, April 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality,” Strafford Webinar, March 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Rights,” 19th Annual IP Year in Review, Boston Bar Association, Boston, Massachusetts, January 2019
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Infringement Remedies,” 56th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, The Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas, November 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Partial Designs,” ID5 Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, November 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Trademark and Trade Dress Law – Experts Panel,” 62nd Annual IP Conference, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, November 2018
- Invited Speaker: “An Evening of Design,” Intellectual Property Association of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, October 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Hot Topics in Design Law – Experts Panel,” 2018 AIPPI World Congress, Cancun, Mexico, September 2018
- Invited Speaker: “IP Expert Panel,” 2018 National Association of Patent Practitioners Annual Conference, Washington D.C., July 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claiming Strategies,” 2018 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Overton Park, Kansas, May 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Functionality Doctrine in Trademark and Design Rights Litigation,” EUIPO, Alicante, Spain, April 26, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Functionality Doctrine in Copyright, Design Patent and Trade Dress,” AIPLA Design Rights Boot Camp. Washington D.C., April 24, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Use of Design Protection,” IP Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, California, April 13, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection,” Chicago-Kent College of Law, Center for Design, Law and Technology, Chicago, Illinois, April 11, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection,” John Marshall Law School, IP Lecture Series, Chicago, Illinois, March 22, 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Securing and Enforcing IP Rights in Product Design,” 2018 International Home + Housewares Show, Chicago, Illinois, March 12, 2018
- Multi-National Design Enforcement: The Road to Remedies, INTA’s 2018 Designs Conference: The Power of Design, London, England, February 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality,” Strafford Webinar, February 2018
- Invited Speaker: “Online Counterfeiting and Infringements,” Strafford Webinar, December 2017
- Invited Speaker: “New Formats and Representations for Design Rights,” ID5 Annual Meeting, Alicante, Spain, December 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Copyright Law: Functionality and Fair Use,” 61st Annual Intellectual Property Conference¸ The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, November 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents: Meeting Obviousness and Novelty Requirements,” Strafford Webinar, October 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Rights: Functionality and Scope of Protection,” IP Colloquium, Indiana University, Mauer School of Law, The Center for Intellectual Property Research, Bloomington, Indiana, August 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality and More,” Strafford Webinar, August 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Industrial (Design) Revolution: From Spoons to Smartphones – Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” IP Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Mackinaw Island, Michigan, July 2017
- Invited Speaker: Impact of Star Athletica on Fashion and Apparel, International Trademark Association, Barcelona, Spain, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: In What Trademark Attorneys Need to Know About Design Law?, International Trademark Association, Barcelona, Spain, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: “More Than Meets the Eye: Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” 2017 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Overton Park, Kansas, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Navigating Separability After Star Athletica: Applying the New Test,” Strafford Continuing Legal Education Webinar, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Trending in IP: Tips for Avoiding (or Obtaining) Enhancements of Patent Infringement Damages,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Spring Meeting, San Diego, California, May 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Mock Trial of Design Patent Case: Navigating Prosecution History Estoppel,” USPTO Design Day 2017, Alexandria, Virginia, April 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Industrial (Design) Revolution: From Spoons to Smartphones – Strategic Considerations for Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” John Marshall Law School, The Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, Chicago, Illinois, April 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Intellectual Property: Securing Rights, Enforcing Rights,” 2017 International Home + Housewares Show, Chicago, Illinois, March 20, 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Damages: Impact of Samsung v. Apple on Patent Prosecution, Litigation and Valuation,” Strafford Webinar, February 2017
- Co-Chair: “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? Copyright’s Separability Doctrines,” Richard Linn Inn of Court, Chicago, Illinois February 2017
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents and the U.S. Supreme Court,” 2016 Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent Claim Construction: Navigating Written Description, Ornamentality, Functionality and More,” Strafford Webinar, November 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents & E-Commerce,” 2016 Design Law Conference, Washington D.C., October 2016
- Invited Speaker: “IP & Fashion,” AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress, Milan, Italy, September 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Protecting and Enforcing Design IP in the Global Marketplace,” Global Intellectual Property Academy, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia, August 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Right Brain Meet Left Brain: How to Litigate A Design Patent Case,” 2016 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Kansas State Bar Association, Overland Park, Kansas, May 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Intellectual Property: 5 Do’s and 5 Don’t for Product Designers” Annual Conference, Industrial Designer’s Society of America, New York, New York, April 2016
- Roundtable Participant: “Thought Leaders Conference on the Future of U.S. Design Law” Annual Conference, University of Pennsylvania Law School, the University of Pennsylvania Integrated Product Design Program and the Industrial Designers Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2016
- Invited Speaker: “IP for Houseware Designs” International Home and Housewares Show, Chicago, Illinois, March 2016
- Program Coordinator/Speaker: “Designs – Into the Future: Leveraging the Value of Design Rights as Key Protection & Enforcement Tools,” Joint INTA and AIPPI Conference, Singapore, February 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents: Patent Law’s New Frontier,” Fourth Annual Patent Law Experts Conference, Naples, Florida, February 2016
- Invited Speaker: “Design IP for Medical Devices,” Industrial Designers Society of America, Medical Design Conference, Tampa, Florida, October 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Industrial Designs: Form Over Function,” AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2015
- Invited Speaker: “As Guide to U.S. Design Patent Prosecution and Enforcement,” CLE Speaker, Washington State Intellectual Property Association, Seattle, Washington , September 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Developing and Protecting Trade Dress: Leveraging Trademark Law to Protect the Look and Feel of Product Design,” Webinar, August 2015
- Adjunct Faculty: “Design IP Enforcement,” WIPO Summer School, United States Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandra, Virginia, July 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Strategic Design Patent Prosecution,” United States Patent & Trademark Office Forum, Chicago, Illinois, June 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Ornamental Does Not Mean Non-Functional,” International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Swiss IP Day, Berne, Switzerland, May 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Design IP for UX Design,” New York Technology Council, New York, New York, May 2015
- Invited Speaker: “The Intersection of Design Patent and Trade Dress Law,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Spring Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 2015
- Instructor: IDSA Expert Witness Training Seminar, Industrial Designers Society of America, Alexandria, Virginia, May 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Looks Matter: How to Protect Product and Packaging Design with Intellectual Property,” International Home and Housewares Show, Chicago, Illinois, March 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patent and Trade Dress Litigation: More Than Meets The Eye,” American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Webinar, January 2015
- Invited Speaker: “U.S. Design Patent Law: A Comparative Analysis with Korean Design Law,” Korean Intellectual Property Office, Daejeon, Korea, January 2015
- Invited Speaker: “Design Patents and Prior Art Under AIA” Design Law 2014, George Washington Law School and Indiana University School of Law, Washington D.C., November 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Injunctions and Damages for Design Patent Claims vs. Utility Patent Claims,” Law Seminars International, Calculating and Proving Patent Damages Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2014
- Selected Counsel: “Mock International Arbitration,” AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress, Toronto, Canada, September 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Case Law Trends For Design Patent Damages,” Law Seminars International, Litigating Patent Damages Conference, San Francisco, May 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Case Law Trends For Design Patent Damages,“ Law Seminars International, Litigating Patent Damages Conference, San Francisco, May 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Written Description Requirement As Applied to Design Patents,” 2014 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Kansas State Bar Association, Overland Park, Kansas, May 2014
- Invited Speaker: “From Spoons to Smartphones: Strategic Considerations for Product Design IP Protection and Enforcement,” Annual Conference, Industrial Designer’s Society of America, Chicago, Illinois, April 2014
- Invited Speaker: “Recent Developments in Design Patent Law,” AIPLA Webinar, April 2014
- NY Invited Speaker: “The Proper Role of Functionality in Design Patent Law,” Suffolk University, Symposium: Design Patents Modernizing and Old Property Interest, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013
- Invited Speaker: “The Proper Role of Functionality in Design Patent Law,” Suffolk University, Symposium: Design Patents Modernizing and Old Property Interest, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013
- Invited Speaker: “A Practitioner’s Guide to Design Patents,” American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Webinar, November 2013
- Invited Speaker: “New Developments in Design Law,” Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Annual IP Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, November 2013
- Invited Speaker: “The Industrial (Design) Revolution: Perspectives on Recent Developments in Canada and the U.S.,” Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, September 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Protecting Your Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace,” Global Intellectual Property Academy, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Detroit, Michigan, September 2013
- Invited Speaker: “International Design Protection Strategies,” AIPPI Forum & ExCo, Helsinki, Finland, September 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Hot Topics: US Design Patents,” Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, Global IP & Innovation Summit, Shanghai, China, September 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Advanced Strategies for U.S. Design Patent Litigation,” Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Design IP in the Mobile Device Space: The Growth of Enforcement and Current Avenues of Protection,” American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Apple v. Samsung: Strategic Consideration for Product Design,” Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute,” IP Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Mackinaw Island, Michigan, July 2013
- Invited Speaker: “U.S. Design Patents: Out from IP Backwaters,” 7th Door County Intellectual Property Academy,” IP Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, July 2013
- Invited Speaker: “So You Want to Improve Your Design IP? Here’s How,” Chicago Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section, Chicago, Illinois, May 2013
- Invited Panelist: “Design Patents: A Year in Review,” United States Patent Office, Design Day 2013, Washington, D.C., April 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Protecting and Enforcing Design for Mobile Devices,” Office of Harmonization and Internal Markets (OHIM) and World Intellectual Property Organization, 10th Anniversary Celebration of Registered Community Design Rights, Alicante, Spain, April 2013
- Invited Panelist: “The Scope of Design Patents,” Design Patents in the Modern World Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, California, April 2013
- Invited Panelist: “Current Issues in FRAND Patent Litigation: A Global Perspective,” Northwestern University School of Law, Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 8th Annual IP Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, March 2013
- Invited Speaker: “A US Practitioners’ Guide to European Union Design Law Webinar,” American Bar Association, Webinar, February 2013
- Invited Speaker: “Industrial Designers Guide to Protecting and Enforcing Product Design,” Industrial Designers Society of America (Chicago Chapter), Chicago, Illinois, November 2012
- Invited Speaker: “The Future of Design Protection,” organized by University of Oxford in connection with Center for Intellectual Property Research, Indiana University, sponsored by Microsoft Corporation and McAndrews, Oxford, England, November 2012
- Invited Speaker: “Apple vs. Samsung: What The Case Means to Software Development and UX Design,” New York Technology Council, New York, New York, October 2012
- Invited Panelist: “Designing the Design Patent System,” with Panelists Prof. Mark D. Janis and Tara N. Rosnell of Proctor & Gamble, The Scholarly Symposia Series, The University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio, September 2011
- Invited Speaker: “Post-Egyptian Goddess Case Law Analysis – Where do things stand?: Infringement, Claim Construction and Validity,” United States Patent & Trademark Office, Design Day 2011, Alexandria, VA, April 2011
- Invited Lecturer: “Industrial Designer’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects, Chicago, Illinois, March 2011
- Invited Lecturer: “Strategic Enforcement of U.S. Intellectual Property Rights,” In-House IP Managers Forum, London, England, January 2011
- Invited Lecturer: “Strategic IP Protection and Enforcement for Industrial Designers,” University of Illinois-Chicago, Department of Designed Objects, Chicago, Illinois, January 2011
- Keynote Speaker: “Design Law for Designers: The In’s and Out’s,” Apparel’s 2010 Tech Conference, Hosted by the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York, November 2010
- Guest Speaker: “A Night At The Museum of Designs,” Hon. Richard Linn American Inn of Court, Chicago, Illinois, October 2010
- Guest Speaker: “Claim Construction in Post-Egyptian Goddess World,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Product and Package Design Protection Using Design Patents,” Intellectual Property Owners Association, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2010
- Invited Speaker: “The Anatomy Design Patent Litigation,” American Intellectual Property Law Association Webinar, June 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Looks Matter; How to Protect Product Designs While Creating Valuable Assets,” NeoCon’s World’s Trade Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 2010
- Guest Lecturer: “Point of Ornamentality Test? Navigating Richardson v. Stanley Works,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, New York, NY, May 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Triple Play: Case Analyses of Three Recent Federal Circuit Design Patent Cases, International Seaway v. Walgreens, Crocs v. ITC, and Richardson v. Stanley Works,” Intellectual Property Owners Association, April 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Who is the ‘Ordinary Observer’ in Design Patent Jurisprudence?” Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, April 2010
- Guest Lecturer: “Industrial Designer’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects, Chicago, Illinois, March 2010
- Invited Speaker: “Comparative Analysis Between U.S. Design Patent System and European Community Design Registration System,” Office of Harmonization and Internal Markets (OHIM) and World Intellectual Property Organization, Alicante, Spain, September 2009
- Guest Speaker: “An Analysis of Post-Egyptian Goddess Case Law,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, San Diego, CA, May 2009
- Invited Speaker: “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: Shock and Aftershock, An Analysis of the En Banc Decision and Its Effect on Design Patent Litigation,” United States Patent & Trademark Office, Design Day 2009, Alexandria, VA, April 2009
- Guest Faculty Member: “Litigating Design Patents Under Egyptian Goddess,” American Bar Association, Chicago, IL, December 2008
- Guest Faculty Member: “Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: Fundamental Change for Design Patent Law,” Practicing Law Institute, New York, NY, October 2008
- Guest Panelist: “Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: Design Patent Law And The Shape Of Things To Come,” Federal Circuit Bar Association, Washington, D.C., October 2008
- Guest Lecturer: “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: The Most Important Design Patent Case Since 1871,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2008
- Guest Lecturer: “Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.: The En Banc Federal Circuit Court Searches For The Rosetta Stone for Design Patent Jurisprudence,” Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida, Miami, FL, October 2008
- Guest Lecturer: “The Path to Meaningful Design Patent Protection,” Industrial Designer Society of America, Chicago, Illinois, February 2008
- Guest Lecturer: “The Big Five: The Federal Circuit’s Five Most Recent Design Patent Opinions – What’s Going On?,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “U.S. Design Law: Driven to Tears, Driven to a Sui Generis Design Registration System,” Intellectual Property Owners Association, New York, New York, September 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “Mediation, Improvisation, and All That Jazz,” Chicago Bar Association and the Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago, IL, May 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “Design Patent Litigation: Design Patent’s Point of Novelty Test,” Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL, February 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “What’s the Point?: A Comprehensive Analysis of Design Patent’s Point of Novelty Test,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2007
- Guest Lecturer: “The State of Design Patent Infringement in View of Federal Circuit’s Opinion in Lawman Armor v. Winner,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2006
- Guest Lecturer: “Claim Construction and the Application of Markman to Design Patent Litigation,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington, D.C., October 2005
- Guest Lecturer: “The Industrial Design Trinity: Copyrights, Trade Dress and Design Patents,” Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL, April 2004
- Guest Lecturer: “Design Patent Litigation: The Functionality Doctrine,” Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL, July 2003
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