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SUMMARY:Webinar: Pet Peeves in IP Litigation
DESCRIPTION:**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**\n\n\n\n\nJoin a candid conversation with federal judges from across the country as they share their top pet peeves in IP litigation—from patent and trademark to copyright and trade secrets. Hear what litigators should avoid (and do more of) when advocating in their courtrooms and gain practical insights to sharpen your strategy and credibility. Learn how to tailor your approach to different judges and districts for more effective advocacy. \nRegister Now!\nPresented by the FBA’s Intellectual Property Law Section. \n\nPresenters\n \nDistrict Judge Beth L. Freeman\, Northern District of California \nJudge Beth Labson Freeman is a Judge on the Federal Court in the Northern District of California\, appointed by President Obama in 2014.  Judge Freeman sits in the San Jose Division\, hearing a broad array of cases including antitrust\, civil rights\, consumer class actions\, commercial litigation and technology cases including patent\, trademark\, copyright and trade secret cases.  She serves on the Northern District’s patent local rules and jury instruction committees. Judge Freeman previously was a Superior Court Judge in San Mateo County\, California from 2001 to 2014. Judge Freeman served as Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge of the San Mateo Court. \nPrior to her appointment to the bench in 2001\, Judge Freeman was deputy county counsel in San Mateo County\, and an associate attorney at Lasky\, Haas and Cohler in San Francisco and Fried\, Frank\, Harris\, Shriver and Jacobson in Washington\, D.C. Judge Freeman is a graduate of the Harvard Law School and University of California\, Berkeley. \n \nDistrict Judge Paul J. Oetken\, Southern District of New York \nPaul Oetken has been a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York since his appointment in 2011. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1988\, where he majored in philosophy\, and received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1991. He served as a law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun on the United States Supreme Court in 1993-1994\, after clerking for Judge Richard D. Cudahy (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) and Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia). Following his clerkships\, Judge Oetken worked as an attorney at Jenner & Block in Washington\, DC. He then served as attorney-adviser in the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel from 1997 to 1999. \nIn 1999\, Judge Oetken joined the White House Counsel’s Office\, serving as Associate Counsel to President Bill Clinton until the end of President Clinton’s term in January 2001. Judge Oetken then worked as an attorney at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York from 2001 to 2004\, leaving to become head of litigation at Cablevision Systems Corporation\, where he was Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel until his appointment to the bench. Judge Oetken is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Law School and previously taught at Fordham Law School. He was appointed by the Chief Justice to serve on the Judicial Conference Committee on the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. He serves as President of the William C. Conner Inn of Court and as a Director of the Federal Judges Association. While in private practice he served on the Media Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association \n \nDistrict Judge Anuraag Singhal\, Southern District of Florida \nOn December 20\, 2019\, Raag Singhal received his judicial commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  Judge Singhal is the first Asian American in history to serve as an Article III judge in the jurisdiction of the Eleventh Circuit (Alabama\, Georgia and Florida). \nImmediately prior to becoming a federal judge\, Judge Singhal spent eight years as a State Circuit Court Judge in Broward County\, Florida\, having been appointed by then-Governor Rick Scott in 2011.  While on the state bench\, Judge Singhal served\, at times\, in the criminal\, civil and mental health divisions and was fortunate enough to sit as an Associate Judge on Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal on four occasions. \nAs a lawyer\, Judge Singhal gained experience at a civil litigation firm followed by three years as an Assistant State Attorney.  After that\, Singhal ran a successful criminal defense practice in Fort Lauderdale for eighteen years.  During that time\, he handled more than two hundred jury trials including thirty first-degree murder cases. \nJudge Singhal has had leadership roles in many law-related groups.  He is past-President of the Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Stephen H. Booher Chapter of the American Inns of Court.  He was on the Board of Directors of the Broward County Bar Association\, and is a frequent speaker at events for various local Bar groups such as the Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the Federalist Society.  Singhal was also Associate Dean of the Florida College for Advanced Judicial Studies at the time of his appointment  to the federal court system. \nJudge Singhal received his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1989 where he was very active in Moot Court activities\, and was on the winning team of the J. Braxton Craven National Moot Court Competition (4th Amendment).  He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Rice University in 1986. \n \nPadmaja Chinta\, Partner\, Dunnington\, Bartholow & Miller LLP (Moderator) \nPadmaja Chinta is a partner at Dunnington where she chairs the patent practice. She is an experienced intellectual property attorney and trial lawyer. She has counseled clients on all aspects of intellectual property and various business agreements with an emphasis on litigation. \nPadmaja has extensively litigated cases in federal courts across the country. Her cases span a broad spectrum of products with a particular focus on the technology field\, pharmaceutical field and consumer products. She has obtained significant victories in claim constructions\, summary judgment\, pre-trial\, and §101 motions to dismiss for her clients. She has successfully defended patents in IPR proceedings before the Patent Board. She has also represented clients in trade secret\, trademark\, copyright\, arbitration and contract litigation. \nPadmaja regularly speaks at various bar and IP conferences and has guest lectured at the Brooklyn Law School. She is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and a NY Super Lawyer. She is the immediate past president of the Federal Bar Association’s SDNY Chapter and is the national Chair of the IP Section. \nPadmaja graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. \n\n\nRegistration\n\nRegister Now!\n\nRegistration Fees\n\nFBA Member: $0\nNonmember: $95\n\nLive Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts. \nInternet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.  \n\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note CLE will not be offered for this event. \n\n\n\n Frequently Asked Questions\nQ: How do I access the virtual webinar?\nA: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitations 24 hours prior to the webinar. \nQ: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?\nA: Approved sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the webinar. \nQ: Who do I contact for more information?\nA: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions. \n  \n\nEmail Communication Policy\nBy registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communication from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer\nBy registering for an online FBA program\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact sections@fedbar.org
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