Ladas & Parry Firm News

Scott Lebson of our New York Office recently wrote an article entitled "Trade secrets as collateral: a US perspective" which has been published by the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. His article can be accessed here.

Richard Berg of our Los Angeles Office has decided to work on a part time basis and effective May 1, 2007, he became a retired partner and of counsel to the firm. See his note about semi-retirement for more information.

Fred Meyers of our Chicago Office was invited be an honorary Judge for the 2007 Regional Oral Arguments for the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition - held February 24, 2007 in Chicago. The competition attracted 54 student teams from Law schools throughout the country. It is an honor to be included amongst distinguished Jurists and leading practitioners who hear arguments from young future practitioners.

Janet Cord, Lanning Bryer and Daniel Zendel have been selected as Manhattan "Super Lawyers", the annual guide published by Law & Politics that recognizes the best lawyers in the New York City area.

Janet Cord of our New York Office has been named Chair of the Finance Committee of the Women's Bar Association for the State of the New York.

Fred Meyers of our Chicago Office was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) for a two-year term.

We are saddened to have to inform our colleagues and friends that Ian Kaufman, a recently-retired partner in our New York Office, passed away in New York, New York on October 3, 2005, after a prolonged battle with cancer. Ian was a well known trademark attorney who lectured widely and served on the Executive Committee of AIPPI. He enjoyed traveling, fine cuisine and was a patron of the arts.

Clifford Mass of our New York Office represented the applicants in the reported decision of Ex parte Van Tunen, 67 USPQ2d 1518 (BPAI 2003), wherein the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences reversed an examiner's decision of unpatentability for alleged lack of enablement. The claims in the application were directed to a process for the restoration of a plant phenotype that is altered due a transgene that, when expressed, inhibits expression of an endogenous plant gene.

Ladas & Parry partners and associates regularly speak at intellectual property related conferences. We have a speaking engagements page which lists upcoming speaking engagements. Ladas & Parry partners are also actively involved in helping lead professional associations.

Our Los Angeles-based partners Mavis Gallenson and Richard Berg regularly conduct workshops on Modern PCT Practice for Silicon Valley Seminars.

John Richards of our New York Office was ranked by Managing Intellectual Property as one of the World's Leading Patent Attorneys.

Daniel Zendel of our New York Office was ranked by Trademark Insider in the top 15 trademark attorneys in the United States.

Lanning Bryer, another partner in our New York Office, is an editor and author of a number of books including "Intellectual Property Assets in Mergers and Acquisitions", "World Wide Trademark Transfers" and "Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace", drawing on his wide experience in dealing with the "property law" aspects of transactions involving the sale or licensing of intellectual property rights around the world. Lanning heads the Mergers, Acquisitions and Licensing Practice Group in our New York Office. Lanning has also been appointed Book Reviews Editor of the Trademark Reporter, the law journal of the International Trademark Association.