Blake Dawson - Proposal for a Plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

David Chin of Blake Dawson reports that Japan, the EC, the US and Switzerland have proposed a plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to establish a new standard of intellectual property rights enforcement to combat global counterfeiting and piracy. In response to the proposal, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has released a discussion paper on whether or not Australia should become involved in negotiations or membership of the ACTA.

Blake Dawson - Proposal for a Plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

Allens Arthur Robinson IP

Allens Arthur Robinson’s IP Practice has received the following awards:

* Leading Australian IP Firm 2008 – Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers
* Leading Australian Patent Litigation Firm 2007 – Managing Intellectual Property
* Leading Australian Trademark and Copyright Litigation Firm 2007 – Managing Intellectual Property
* Leading Australian IP Firm 2007 – PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook
* Leading Australian IP Firm 2007/08 – Asia Pacific Legal 500

Allens Arthur Robinson’s intellectual property practice gives you access to a streamlined service from some of the world’s top intellectual property practitioners. They are known for their pragmatic, commonsense approach. Allens Arthur Robinson combines the skills of our commercial and litigation intellectual property lawyers with those of their integrated Patent & Trade Marks Attorneys firm allowing them to offer a comprehensive intellectual property service. Allens Arthur Robinson has successfully acted for clients in major litigation proceedings relating to infringement of patents, trade marks, copyright and designs rights, as well as breaches of confidence and information technology rights. Their experience extends throughout the region, particularly in China, but also in Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, the Philippines and South Korea. Clients include Pfizer, Sony and FOXTEL.

IP Partners in Allens Arthur Robinson

Justine Beaumont (Special Counsel)
Chris Bird
Andrew Butler
Fred Chilton
Dr Trevor Davies
John Dieckmann (Special Counsel)
Jim Dwyer
Tim Golder
Richard Hamer
Philip Kerr
Sarah Matheson
Jackie O’Brien
Miriam Stiel
Andrew Wiseman
David Yates

Patent Attorney/ Engineer Sydney - CISRA Canon Australian Research and Development Centre

CISRA, Canon’s Australian R&D centre, develops next generation imaging technology by leveraging the research strength of intelligent, innovative professionals and advanced facilities; helping to make Canon’s products famous throughout the world.

The IP Department is part of the IP & Legal Division, which comprises of a highly motivated team of individuals who deal with intellectual property and legal matter for CISRA.

CISRA is looking for a Patent Attorney/ Engineer to take an active role in assisting with the day to day functioning of the patent department at a decision making level, ensuring the commercial needs of CiSRA are met by facilitating patent activities in line with CiSRA patent objectives and Canon Inc.(Japan) patent requirements.

What are your responsibilities?

* Client portfolio management
* Developing and advising on strategy
* Patent advisory work
* Conducting patent searches, drafting patents, attending to filing of patents, prosecution and advising on infringement matters
* Reporting directly to a Deputy General Manager of IP and Legal

In addition to your technical qualifications in engineering/ computer science or related discipline, you will be competent in US patent law and rules. A flexible, client focused approach combined with, a strong interest in intellectual property law, strong consultation, communication and organisational skills are essential. This is an excellent opportunity for career advancement with competitive remuneration.

Corporate Counsel (Santa Clara) - NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA Corporation is the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies. The company creates innovative, industry-changing products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. The NVIDIA® brands include GeForce®, Tesla™, and Quadro®. These product families are transforming visually-rich and computationally-intensive applications such as video games, film production, broadcasting, industrial design, financial modeling, space exploration, and medical imaging.
Additionally, NVIDIA invents and delivers industry-shaping technologies, including NVIDIA SLI™ technology, a revolutionary approach to scalability and increased performance; and NVIDIA PureVideo™ high-definition video technology.
Position Summary
This is a mid - level attorney position responsible for providing legal services with principal focus on supporting one or more business groups . This attorney will have more broadly defined responsibilities supporting the company’s transactional team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Serve as a primary point of contact on legal matters originating from one or more business organizations
• Manage commercial contracting activities for such business organizations, including drafting and negotiating world wide commercial terms for sale of hardware and software products, inbound and outbound hardware supply/license agreements, sales distribution agreements, all manner of marketing agreements, including joint marketing, and sponsorships, and marketing legal review of communications.
• Provide commercially relevant legal counsel and training to one or more business organizations in areas such as commercial law, privacy, copyright, antitrust/competition law, advertising/consumer protection law, intellectual property law
• Implement appropriate processes and policies to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and to avoid disputes
• Assist in dispute resolution and management
• Prepare and provide training to clients in supported business organizations

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
• Approximately 3-8 years of applicable commercial contracting experience, ideally with some direct experience supporting business organizations (combined law firm and in-house experience preferred)
• Exceptional communication skills written and verbal, organizational abilities and proven attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and produce quality work product in a fast-paced, stimulating environment
• Demonstrated excellent business judgment and the ability to form strong working relationships with demanding internal clients while maintaining firm adherence to proper legal standards
• Prior experience with technology company with international operations a plus
• Software licensing experience desired
• A sense of humor and commitment to professionalism
• Excellent academic credentials
• J.D. and California Bar membership

About the Legal Department:

NVIDIA’s legal department currently includes 10 attorneys, 5 of whom are Directors (2 in the Patent group, 1 in Sales/Marketing, 1 in Corporate and 1 in Asia). They are assigned to cover different areas of the company’s businesses and functional groups, and work in a collaborative virtual team network. All attorneys are based in Santa Clara and support the Company worldwide, except for one Director who is based in Japan and covers the offices in Asia. The attorneys strive to be the trusted advisors of their business partners and are closely in synch with them as they help them accomplish the business objectives in a legally compliant way.

Firm Biographies

Jen-Hsun Huang co-founded NVIDIA Corporation in April 1993 and has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors since its inception. Under his leadership, NVIDIA has become one of the largest fabless semiconductor companies in the world. NVIDIA has received numerous business and technology awards during Mr. Huang’s tenure, including Fortune’s Fastest Growing Companies, Wired Magazine’s Top 40, and Stanford Business School’s Entrepreneurial Company of the Year. Mr. Huang has served on the Board of Trustees of the RAND Corporation since 1999 and is often invited to speak on technology and business trends at industry events. Prior to founding NVIDIA, Mr. Huang was Director of Coreware at LSI Logic and a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices. Mr. Huang holds a B.S.E.E. degree from Oregon State University and an M.S.E.E. degree from Stanford University.

David Shannon joined NVIDIA in August 2002 as Vice President and General Counsel, leading the Company’s legal and intellectual property initiatives. He became Secretary in 2005. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Mr. Shannon held various counsel positions at Intel Corporation for a period of nine years, including the most recent position of Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. Mr. Shannon also practiced for eight years in the law firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, focusing on complex commercial and high-tech related litigation. Mr. Shannon holds an undergraduate degree and a law degree (with honors) from Pepperdine University.

Kimberly Winer joined NVIDIA in April 2006 as a Director. She is responsible for legal support for WW Sales, Marketing, and Emerging Businesses. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Ms. Winer held several counsel positions at Sun Microsystems for a period of seven years in their hardware, software and microprocessor divisions. She also practiced for several years in the Los Angeles offices of Graham & James, where she specialized in intellectual property disputes and transactions. Kimberly holds an undergraduate degree from Florida State University (summa cum laude) and a law degree from Loyola Law School (Order of the Coif).

Interested candidates should send their resumes, in Microsoft Word format, to the MLA recruiter who contacted you, or if you learned about the position in some other way, to NVIDIAcorp@mlaglobal.com.

City Santa Clara
State CA
Country USA

MLA Job ID: 358420
Position Type: InHouse
Min Experience (yrs): 3
Listing Office: San Francisco
Contact Name:
Email Address: Nvidiacorp@mlaglobal.com
Location: Santa Clara, CA

Patent Litigation Associate (Tokyo)

Top litigation firm seeks mid-level patent litigation associate for its new Tokyo office; Japanese fluency is essential

A highly-profitable top litigation-only firm is seeking a mid-level patent litigation associate for its new Tokyo office. Japanese fluency is required and qualification as a benrishi would be advantageous. Candidate should have either a LLM or JD degree from the U.S. and should have experience working for an international law firm. Compensation will be competitive.

City Tokyo
State INTL
Country Japan
MLA Job ID: 358462
Position Type: Law Firm
Practice: Intellectual Property
Listing Office: Hong Kong
Contact Name: Tokyo Office
Email Address: Tokyo@mlaglobal.com
Contact Phone: (813) 3442-7324
Location: Tokyo, Japan

Senior Trade Mark Officials’ Forum

The Forum is designed specifically for senior trade marks officials and other government stakeholders. The event provides a unique opportunity for officials to share ideas, learn from each other and jointly consider options for dealing with present and future challenges facing trade marks offices.

Session topics include:

* Trademark Challenges for SME’s
* Opposition - Different Approaches
* Strategies for Meeting Demand
* Perspectives on the Future

The following speakers have been confirmed as attending:

* Juan Ramón Rubio (OHIM)
* Liew Woon Yin (IPOS)
* Nancy Omelko (USPTO)
* Lynne G. Beresford (USPTO)
* Solrun Dolva (Norwegian Patent Office)
* Debbie Rønning (Norwegian Patent Office)
* Jesper Kongstad (Danish Patent and Trademark Office)
* Kristine Riskær (Danish Patent and Trademark Office)
* Lisa A. Power (CIPO)
* Stephen Selby (Intellectual Property Department, Hong Kong)
* Puangrat Asavapisit (Department of Intellectual Property, Thailand)
* Rachel Dawson (Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)) Assistant Commissioner of Trade Marks
* António Campinos (Portuguese Patent and Trademark Office –INPI)
* AN Qingu (Trademark Office – State Administration for Industry and Commerce (CTMO))
* Ernesto Rubio (WIPO)
* Jorge de Paula Costa Avila – National Institute of Industrial Propery – Brazil
* Yuichiro Takenami - Japan Patent Office

Senior Trade Mark Officials’ Forum

Record international patent filings for 2006 with significant increase by in North-East Asia

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT) has reported a record 145,300 PCT applications (6.4% increase from the previous year).

WIPO noted that the most significant growth came from countries in Northeast Asia for the third year running, which was topped by applications from the US, Japan, Germany, Republic of Korea and France. Unsurprisingly, Philips Electronics NV against published the most number of applications in 2006 (followed by Matsushita, Siemens, Nokia and Bosch).

Link to WIPO Report: Record Year for International Patent Filings with Significant Growth from North East Asia