Alternative Fee Arrangements in Intellectual Property Cases: Ethical Concerns for Lawyers, from the Celesq®-West IP Master Series
Program Number: 2004IP
Program Date: 01/29/2010
Description
The recent explosion in demand for alternative fee arrangements in intellectual property cases has brought to the fore issues that had previously been unimportant. How does the lawyer square his obligations under both state and PTO rules of professional conduct with the economic realities of an alternative fee? Christopher May and Christina Ondrick of McDermott Will & Emery LLP examine some of the ethical problems and issues that can arise when attorneys agree to take an intellectual property case using contingency fee agreements, blended agreements, partial ownership of the patent, and others. NOTE to TX Attorneys: This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1 credit hours, of which 1 credit hour will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit.
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Arizona, California, Colorado Eligible, Florida, Georgia, New York, Texas Participatory,
Credit Information
50 minute credit hour - 1 General CLE credit, including 1.0 Ethics credit
60 minute credit hour - 1 General CLE credit, including 1.0 Ethics credit
State Program Numbers
TX # 901201172, 1.0 Gen., including 1.0 Ethics (5/10/2010-4/30/2011)
Program Categories
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Corporate and Commercial Law
Ethics & Professionalism
In-House Counsel
Intellectual Property Law
Law Practice Management
Litigation & Litigation Skills
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Texas Participatory CLE Programs
Presenters
Christopher L. May, Esq. McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
Christopher L. May, Esq. is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, based in its Washington, D.C. office. A member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department, he focuses his practice on patent and trademark litigation. Mr. May, who is also an adjunct professor at Michigan State University where he teaches a course on general intellectual property, earned his J.D. in 2001 from the University of Chicago Law School; his M.B.A., with a concentration in entrepreneurship, from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business; his M.S. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and his B.S. in chemistry, cum laude, from Duke University. |
Christina A. Ondrick, Esq. McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
Christina A. Ondrick, Esq. is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, based in its Washington, D.C. office. A member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department, she focuses her practice on litigation and counseling relating to intellectual property, including patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and antitrust matters. Ms. Ondrick, who is a registered patent attorney with experience in patent prosecution, reexaminations and interferences before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, was previously an oil, gas and petroleum engineer. |
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