David S. Bloch, Partner

David Bloch is a partner in the San Francisco office of international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. He concentrates his practice on complex intellectual property litigation. Mr. Bloch received a B.A. in Political Science in 1993 from Reed College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received a Master of Public Health in 1996 from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and a J.D., with honors, in 1996 from George Washington University Law School. In 1997, Mr. Bloch was a fellow in International Trade Law at the University of European Studies in Turin, Italy. He is a member of the Bar of California and the District of Columbia. A frequent lecturer worldwide, he is the co-author of Intellectual Property in Government Contracts (Oxford), now in its second edition, and numerous articles in trade and academic publications. In 2012, he was named one of the top 75 intellectual property litigators in California by the Daily Journal; in 2013, he was named a Northern California Super Lawyer.

A complete publication list follows.

Speeches and Publications

Books

• James G. McEwen, David S. Bloch, Richard M. Gray, & John T. Lucas, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS: PROTECTING AND ENFORCING IP AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL (Oxford University Press, 2012).
• James G. McEwen, David S. Bloch, & Richard M. Gray, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS: PROTECTING AND ENFORCING IP AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Articles and Chapters

• David S. Bloch & James G. McEwen, Intellectual Property Clauses in Government Contracts, in E. Horwitz, ed., Intellectual Property Counseling & Litigation Vol. 2, Ch. 25, __ (Matthew Bender & Co., in press 2013).
• David S. Bloch & James G. McEwen, Negotiating Intellectual Property Licenses With the U.S. Government, 26 (4) CALIFORNIA BUSINESS LAW PRACTITIONER 121-131 (Fall 2011).
• David S. Bloch, Green IP in Government Contracts, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MAGAZINE 25-27 (July/Aug. 2011).
• Euan Taylor, George Chan, & David S. Bloch, Protecting IP and Major Cases on the Determination of IP Damage Awards in the People’s Republic of China, in INSIDE THE MINDS: IP CLIENT STRATEGIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC 133-148 (Aspatore Books, 2011).
• David S. Bloch, George Chan, & Euan Taylor, Chinese Intellectual Property Litigation – Theories and Remedies, in M. Moser, ed., INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW OF CHINA 315-334 (Juris Publishing, 2011).
• David S. Bloch, Intellectual Property Implications of Export Control Laws, 5:8 BLOOMBERG LAW REPORTS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2 (Feb. 22, 2011), also published at 4:3 BLOOMBERG LAW REPORTS: RISK & COMPLIANCE 27 (March 7, 2011).
• David S. Bloch & James G. McEwen, Enforcing IP Against the Government, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL (Nov. 2010).
• David S. Bloch, New Issues at the Intersection of Intellectual Property and Government Contracts, in INSIDE THE MINDS: LITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS (Aspatore Books, 2010).
• David S. Bloch, Richard M. Gray, & James G. McEwen, Demystifying IP and Technology Licenses in Government Contracts, THE LICENSING JOURNAL, 6-15 (May 2010).
• David S. Bloch, George Chan, & Euan Taylor, Chinese Intellectual Property Litigation – Theories and Remedies, in DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA Ch. 10.6 (18th ed., Juris Publishing, 2010).
• David S. Bloch, Damages in Mainland Chinese IP Litigation, 19 (4) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION 3 (Summer 2008).
• David S. Bloch, Gran Colombia Revisited: Spontaneous Currency Union in Central America, 4 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 91 (2006).
• David S. Bloch, Icarus Special Report: Net Neutrality, ICARUS, A PUBLICATION OF THE ABA SECTION OF ANTITRUST LAW, COMPUTER AND INTERNET COMMITTEE (August 2006).
• David S. Bloch & James G. McEwen, Why Software Companies Must Consider The Government Market, THE STERLING REPORT, (August 2006).
• David S. Bloch, Vertical Restraints – 2005 Update, in ANTITRUST AND UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW SECTION, STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, 2005 SUPPLEMENT TO CALIFORNIA ANTITRUST AND UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW 29 (2005).
• David S. Bloch, E.U.-U.S. Antitrust Convergence in Intel v. AMD, ICARUS, THE COMPUTER & INTERNET COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER, ABA SECTION OF ANTITRUST LAW 15 (Winter/Spring 2005).
• David S. Bloch, The End of ERISA?, in Robert W. McGee, ed., COMMENTARIES ON LAW & PUBLIC POLICY, VOL. 2, 361-383 (2004).
• David S. Bloch, Internet Jurisdiction and the Consumer-Producer Schism, 2 REVIGORATED IPR 19-34 (2004).
• David S. Bloch, Special Report: Hall v. United Air Lines, ICARUS, A PUBLICATION OF THE ABA SECTION OF ANTITRUST LAW, COMPUTER AND INTERNET COMMITTEE (March 2004).
• David S. Bloch & James G. McEwen, Like Toddlers in Big Surf: Can the Government Control the Effects of Federal Trademark Liability?, 33 PUBLIC CONTRACT LAW JOURNAL 209 (Fall 2003).
• David S. Bloch & Ian Feinberg, Vertical Restraints, 1 ANTITRUST AND UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW SECTION, STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA ANTITRUST AND UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW (THIRD) 81-123 (2003).
• David S. Bloch & Thomas TerBush, Democracy In The Cities: A New Proposal for Chinese Reform, 33 CALIFORNIA WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 171 (Spring 2003).
• David S. Bloch & William Robert Nelson Jr., Dollarization in El Salvador: The Costs of Economic Stability, 11 (4) LATIN AMERICAN LAW & BUSINESS REPORT 19 (April 30, 2003).
• David S. Bloch & William Robert Nelson Jr., Dollarization in El Salvador, 10 (5) LATIN AMERICAN FINANCE & CAPITAL MARKETS 1 (March 15, 2003).
• David S. Bloch & James G. McEwen, “Other Transactions” With Uncle Sam: A Solution to the High-Tech Government Contracting Crisis, 10 TEXAS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW JOURNAL 195 (2002).
• Ian Feinberg & David S. Bloch, Vertical Restraints, 2 ANTITRUST AND UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW SECTION, STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA ANTITRUST LAW 75-113 (2d ed. 2001).
• David S. Bloch, New Developments in the Unfair Practices Act, the Unfair Competition Act, and California False Advertising Law, 2 ANTITRUST AND UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW SECTION, STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA ANTITRUST LAW 283-303 (2d ed. 2001).
• Ian N. Feinberg & David S. Bloch, Novel Issues In U.S. Software Protection: Some Thoughts On Current Copyright And Patent Law, TOKYO INTERNET LAW JOURNAL, (March 25, 2001).
• David S. Bloch & Ian Feinberg, Antitrust and Misuse Considerations in Intellectual Property Litigation, in PRACTISING LAW INSTITUTE, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS, AND LITERARY PROPERTY COURSE HANDBOOK SERIES, PLI Order No. G0-00JH, REPRESENTING THE NEW MEDIA COMPANY 2001, 631 PLI/Pat 701 (Jan. 2001).
• David S. Bloch & James Parton III, The Intent Theory Of Extinguishment Under California Law, 30 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 221 (2001).
• David S. Bloch, Adolescent Suicide as a Public Health Threat, 12 (2) THE JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING 26 (1999).
• David S. Bloch & Elon Weinstein, Velvet Glove and Iron Fist: A New Paradigm for the Permanent War Crimes Court, 22 HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW REVIEW 1 (1998).
• David S. Bloch & William Robert Nelson Jr., Affirmative Action in a Business Setting: The Problem of Inconsistent Mandates, in Robert McGee, ed., COMMENTARIES ON LAW & PUBLIC POLICY: 1997 YEARBOOK 334 (1998).
• David S. Bloch, Give The Drummer Some! On The Need For Enhanced Protection Of Drum Beats, 14 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS LAW REVIEW 187 (1997).
• David S. Bloch & William Robert Nelson Jr., Defining “Health”: Three Visions and Their Ramifications, 1 DEPAUL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE LAW 723 (1997).
• David S. Bloch, Dangers of Righteousness: Unintended Consequences of Kadic v. Karadzic, 4 TULSA JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 35 (1996).

Published Decisions & Notable Cases

• Fujitsu Ltd. v. Belkin Int’l, Inc., et al., U.S. Dist. Ct., N.D. Cal., Case No. 5:10-cv-03972-LHK (2012) (jury trial win—defense verdict on all issues—on behalf of defendants and prevailing parties Belkin International and Belkin, Inc.; named one of the Daily Journal’s Top Verdicts of 2012 [Supplement, 2/13/13, at 28]).
• Novo Nordisk et al. v. Caraco Pharms. et al., ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 1670 (2012) (affirming 9-0 Hatch-Waxman Act injunction ruling on behalf of prevailing party Caraco).
  Case history:
  656 F.Supp.2d 729 (E.D. Mich. 2009) (ordering amendment of plaintiff’s use code description under the Hatch-Waxman counterclaim provisions on behalf of Caraco and Sun), rev’d, 601 F.3d 1359, reh’g en banc den., 615 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010), cert. granted, 131 S.Ct. 3057 (June 27, 2011).
  Related decisions:
  649 F.Supp.2d 661 (E.D. Mich. 2009) (denial of motion to dismiss inequitable conduct and Hatch-Waxman counterclaims on behalf of defendants and prevailing parties Caraco and Sun)
  2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4889, 2011 WL 163996 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 19, 2011) (judgment following trial in favor of Caraco on invalidity and inequitable conduct).
• Perfect 10 v. Visa International et al., 494 F.3d 788 (9th Cir. 2007), reh’g en banc den., cert. den. (assisted on appeal and successful denials of rehearing and certiorari on behalf of defendant and prevailing party MasterCard International).
• Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Boeing Co., 393 F.Supp.2d 1276 (M.D. Fla. 2005) (motion to compel production of grand jury proceedings and documents; counsel for plaintiff and prevailing party Lockheed Martin Corp.).
• Capo, Inc. v. Dioptics Med. Prods., Inc., 387 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (defendant prevailed on summary judgment in district court, but lost at appellate level; counsel for defendant and appellee Dioptics Medical Products, Inc.).
• Adobe Systems Inc. v. Stargate Software, Inc., 216 F.Supp.2d 1051 (N.D. Cal. 2002) (summary judgment; counsel for plaintiff and prevailing party Adobe Systems Inc.).
• CIVIX-DDI, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 84 F.Supp.2d 1132 (D. Colo. 2000), aff’d, 18 Fed. Appx. 892 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (combined Markman hearing and summary judgment; counsel for defendant and prevailing party Zip2 Corp.).
  

Publications Edited

• CO-EDITOR, 2 ANTITRUST AND UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW SECTION, STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA ANTITRUST LAW (2d ed. 2001).

Lectures And Presentations

• ASSOCIATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRMS, “Intellectual Property and Export Controls in China,” webinar (scheduled for June 19, 2013).
• PRACTICING LAW INSTITUTE – CLOUD COMPUTING 2013, “Export Control Issues in Cloud Computing,” San Francisco, CA (scheduled for June 10, 2013).
• D.C. BAR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SECTION, AND LITIGATION SECTION, “Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts: A Beginner’s Guide,” Washington, D.C. (scheduled for April 17-18, 2013).
• ADVANCED PATENT LAW INSTITUTE, “Managing Patent Cases in the Era of Misjoinder, Multidistrict Litigation, and Multinational Litigation,” Palo Alto, CA, December 6, 2012.
• SILICON VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL COUNSEL 24TH ANNUAL ALL HANDS MEETING, “IP in Government Contracts: an Overview of How to Protect and Enforce IP Rights When Doing Business with the Government,” Santa Clara, CA, December 6, 2012.
• PRACTICING LAW INSTITUTE – UNDERSTANDING THE IP LICENSE 2012, “Regulatory and Government Issues in Licensing,” New York, NY (October 19, 2012), Chicago, IL (November 9, 2012), and San Francisco, CA (December 11, 2012).
• BERKELEY CENTER FOR LAW & TECHNOLOGY, moderator, “RAND Revisited: Current Developments in the Law of Standards-Essential Patents,” October 26, 2012.
• BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, REPRESENTING LIFE SCIENCES COMPANIES, guest lecturer, “Paragraph IV Litigation and the Hatch-Waxman Act,” Boston, MA, October 16, 2012.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Method-of-Use Patents and Caraco v. Novo Nordisk,” teleconference, June 5, 2012.
• D.C. BAR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SECTION, AND LITIGATION SECTION, “Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts: A Beginner’s Guide,” Washington, D.C., April 17, 2012.
• IP COUNSEL FORUM, panelist, “Non-Practicing Entities (NPE): Necessary for a Competitive Market?  A Debate,” San Jose, CA, March 7, 2012.
• UTAH STATE BAR, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION, UTAH IP SUMMIT, panelist, “Recent Trends in Patent Infringement Litigation and Damages,” Salt Lake City, UT, February 17, 2012.
• SILICON VALLEY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION, “Patent Reexaminations, a Useful Litigation Tool?” Palo Alto, CA, January 26, 2012.
• ADVANCED PATENT LAW INSTITUTE, “The Novelty Wears Off: Patent Litigation at the Supreme Court,” Palo Alto, CA, December 8, 2011.
• BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, LICENSING LAW AND PRACTICE WORKSHOP, guest lecturer, “Music and multimedia licensing,” Boston, MA, November 29, 2011.
• PRACTICING LAW INSTITUTE – UNDERSTANDING THE IP LICENSE 2011, “Regulatory and Government Issues in Licensing,” Chicago, IL (November 4, 2011) and San Francisco, CA (December 13, 2011).
• ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD), DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY, COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICY, INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE ON INNOVATION POLICIES IN HONOR OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHINA’S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD’S COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICY, “Demand-side Innovation Policies” (panelist), Beijing, China, October 18-19, 2011.
• IMPROVING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE USPTO AND THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, A JOINT CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE AND THE BERKELEY CENTER FOR LAW & TECHNOLOGY, Practitioner’s Panel, “The Challenges of Examining Claims for Definiteness and Interpreting Claims in Litigation,” Berkeley, CA, June 7, 2011.
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONGRESS FOR GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, “Green IP Litigation: Protecting Green Energy Technologies,” San Francisco, CA, April 28, 2011.
• BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, LICENSING LAW AND PRACTICE WORKSHOP, guest lecturer, “University and Government IP,” Boston, MA, April 12, 2011.
• SIMULATION INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS ORGANIZATION SPRING MEETING, guest lecturer, “Challenges in Information Sharing: Export Controls,” Boston, MA, April 8, 2011.
• D.C. BAR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SECTION, AND LITIGATION SECTION, “Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts: A Beginner’s Guide,” Washington, D.C., April 7, 2011.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Understanding IP Rights in Government Contracts: Preserving IP Rights in a Complex Regulatory Environment,” teleconference, January 25, 2011.
• PRACTICING LAW INSTITUTE – UNDERSTANDING THE IP LICENSE 2010, “Regulatory and Government Issues in Licensing,” Chicago, IL (November 5, 2010) and San Francisco, CA (December 14, 2010).
• ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE COUNSEL - ACC AMERICA SFBA CLE PROGRAM, “Open Source Risk Management,” Palo Alto (June 29, 2010) and San Francisco, CA (June 30, 2010).
• D.C. BAR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SECTION, AND LITIGATION SECTION, “Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts: A Beginner’s Guide,” Washington, D.C., April 15, 2010.
• BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, LICENSING LAW AND PRACTICE WORKSHOP, guest lecturer, “Music and multimedia licensing,” Boston, MA, April 6, 2010.
• AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, “Recent Developments in Patent Law: New venue rules and the battles over how to get in to and out of Texas,” San Francisco, CA, March 22, 2010.
• PRACTICING LAW INSTITUTE – UNDERSTANDING THE IP LICENSE 2009, “Regulatory and Government Issues in Licensing,” Chicago, IL (November 6, 2009) and San Francisco, CA (December 15, 2009).
• AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, “Intellectual Property in Government Contracts,” videoconference, November 9, 2009.
• ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD), DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY, COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICY, JOINT CIIE-CSTP WORKSHOP ON DEMAND-LED INNOVATION, “Meeting Social and Public Demands through Innovative Procurement: Intellectual property issues arising  in government procurement for innovation: the case of the United States” (speaker) and “Implications for the Innovation Strategy: Panel discussion” (panelist), Paris, France, September 14-15, 2009.
• ASES NATIONAL SOLAR CONFERENCE, “Successful IP Strategies for Using Public and Private Funding to Develop Commercial Solar Technologies,” Buffalo, NY, May 13, 2009.
• D.C. BAR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SECTION, AND LITIGATION SECTION, “Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts: A Beginner’s Guide,” three-part series, Washington, D.C., April 20, 22, and 27, 2009.
• FORDHAM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW INSTITUTE, SIXTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW & POLICY, “Patents as Commodities -- Ocean Tomo's IP Exchange and The New Wave in Monetizing Patents,” Cambridge, England, April 16, 2009.
• IP LAW & BUSINESS – 5TH ANNUAL IP COUNSEL FORUM, “Green IP,” panel discussion, Palo Alto, CA, March 25, 2009.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Strategies for Preserving and Protecting IP Rights,” teleconference, February 25, 2009.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Understanding IP Rights in Government Contracts,” teleconference, February 18, 2009.
• IT HISTORY SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, “Opportunities and Challenges to Using IT History: Intellectual Property,” Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California, October 22, 2008.
• PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER, “Guide to Intellectual Property Workshop,” Virginia Tech Campus, Corporate Research Center, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 21, 2008.
• CHOKASAI (RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ECONOMY AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF JAPAN), “The Art of Forum Selection in Patent Infringement Cases in the United States,” Tokyo, Japan, May 13, 2008.
• D.C. BAR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SECTION, AND LITIGATION SECTION, “Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts: A Beginner’s Guide,” two-part series, Washington, D.C., April 1 and 8, 2008.
• FORDHAM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW INSTITUTE, SIXTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW & POLICY, “KSR and its Aftermath: The United States,” New York, NY, March 27, 2008.  (Presented with John Richards and Charles Eloshway [USPTO]; panelist with Brian Murphy and Federal Circuit judges Pauline Newman, Randall Rader, and Paul Michel [chief judge].)
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Policing and Protecting Copyrights in E-Commerce: Fair Use, New Infringement Theories and Secondary Liability Issues,” teleconference, December 18, 2007.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Strategies for Preserving IP Rights in Government Contracts,” teleconference, November 27, 2007.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Understanding IP Rights in Government Contracts,” teleconference, November 13, 2007.
• NATIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION – BAY AREA CHAPTER, “Intellectual Property as ‘Property’,” Sunnyvale, California, October 4, 2007.
• NATIONAL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION – SILICON VALLEY CHAPTER, “Introductory Guide to Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts,” Sunnyvale, California, May 8, 2007.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Trademark Protection and Internet Ads: Defending against threats from online searches, website metadata, and more,” April 25, 2007.
• OCEAN TOMO LIVE PATENT AUCTION, “Knowing One When You See One: Recognizing The Difference Between A Strong And Weak Case,” panel presentation, Chicago, Illinois, April 19, 2007.
• NATIONAL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION – EAST BAY CHAPTER, “Patent Licenses After MedImmune v. Genentech,” Pleasanton, California, April 19, 2007.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Policing and Protecting Copyrights in E-Commerce: Fair Use, New Infringement Theories and Secondary Liability Issues,” teleconference, February 1, 2007.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Strategies for Preserving IP Rights in Government Contracts,” teleconference, November 28, 2006.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Understanding IP Rights in Government Contracts,” teleconference, November 14, 2006.
• D.C. BAR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SECTION, AND LITIGATION SECTION, “Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts: A Beginner’s Guide,” Washington, D.C., September 25, 2006.
• STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLISHING GROUP, “Trademark Protection and Internet Advertising: Defending against threats from online searches, website metadata, and more,” teleconference, September 21, 2006.
• SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, guest lecturer, “Digital Millennium Copyright Act and On-Line Liability,” IP Litigation Techniques, April 19, 2005.
• SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, “A Wild and Crazy Day in the Life of an IP Lawyer,” Santa Clara, California, September 2, 2004.
• PALO ALTO LEGAL SECRETARIES’ ASSOCIATION, “Managing Transactions” and “Odd Fora,” Palo Alto, California, February 17, 2004.
• PALO ALTO LEGAL SECRETARIES’ ASSOCIATION, “A Primer on Intellectual Property Litigation,” Palo Alto, California, March 12, 2003.
• SAN FRANCISCO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION VICTORIA 2000 ANNUAL SEMINAR, “Novel Issues In U.S. Software Protection: Some Thoughts On Current Copyright And Patent Law,” sponsored by the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 25 - 28, 2000. (Co-authored with and presented by Ian N. Feinberg.)
• THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GOLDEN STATE ANTITRUST AND UNFAIR COMPETITION LAW INSTITUTE, “Antitrust and Misuse Considerations in Intellectual Property Litigation,” sponsored by the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the State Bar of California, San Francisco, California, October 21, 1999.  (Co-authored with and presented by Ian N. Feinberg.)
• THE THIRD ELLIOTT SCHOOL MASTERS PANEL DEBATE, “The International War Crimes Tribunal: Whose Law?  Whose Court?  Who’s Right?” sponsored by The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1998.
• JAMES M. BUCHANAN CENTER FOR POLITICAL ECONOMY COLLOQUIUM SERIES, “Bad Breath, Fear of Failure, and the Economics of Cults,” sponsored by George Mason University Department of Economics/James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, Fairfax, Virginia, April 14, 1998.
• CENTER FOR MARKET PROCESSES COLLOQUIUM SERIES, “Defining ‘Health’: Three Visions And Their Ramifications,” sponsored by George Mason University Department of Economics/Center for Market Processes, Fairfax, Virginia, October 7, 1997.

Other Professional Activities

• Intellectual Property Law Advisory Board, STRAFFORD PUBLICATIONS, INC. (May 2007-present).
• Collaborator, Peter S. Menell et al., PATENT CASE MANAGEMENT JUDICIAL GUIDE (Federal Judicial Center: 2d ed., 2012).
• Committee Member, COMMITTEE ON JURY INSTRUCTIONS, CALIFORNIA STATE BAR LITIGATION SECTION COMMENTS, JUDICIAL COUNCIL TASK FORCE ON JURY INSTRUCTIONS, CIVIL JURY INSTRUCTIONS, FOURTH SET (April 2003).
• Member, UNITED STATES COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMITTEE.
  

Interviews and Media Coverage

• Named one of the “Top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators in California,” DAILY JOURNAL: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUPPLEMENT (April 18, 2012).
• Erin Coe, Patent Reform Bill Hinges on USPTO Fee Diversion, Law360 (June 24, 2011), available online at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/email/html/8916bus1.html
• Paige Marie Morse, Rules of Engagement, Chemical & Engineering News, Vol. 89, No. 16, pp. 21-23 (Apr. 18, 2011), available online at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/email/html/8916bus1.html .
• Alison Frankel, Detroit Judge Finds Novo Nordisk Diabetes Drug Patent Is Invalid and Unenforceable, Questions Conduct of In-House Patent Lawyer, AmericanLawyer.com, Jan. 20, 2011, available online at http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202479006792
• Abigail Rubenstein, Judge Finds Novo’s Prandin Patent Invalid, Law360, Jan. 19, 2011, available online at http://www.law360.com/health/articles/220889
• Zusha Elinson, Gruff Around the Edges, THE RECORDER, Feb. 22, 2010, at 1, 9.
• Zusha Elinson, Crunch Time for Crunchpad, LEGAL PAD, Dec. 7, 2009.
• William-Arthur Haynes, Giant confectioner seeks to melt PEZ snowman, SILICON VALLEY/SAN JOSE BUSINESS JOURNAL, July 17, 2009, at 3.
• Tresa Baldas, If a Scratch-Off Is a Rip-Off, Litigation May Be the Prize, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, Sept. 4, 2008.
• Tresa Baldas, Web posts by lawyers under scrutiny, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, May 2, 2008.
• Zusha Elinson, Court takes up method patents, THE RECORDER, Apr. 29, 2008, at 1, 10.
• Niraj Chokshi, ‘Troll Tracker’ Tracked to Cisco IP Team, THE RECORDER, Feb. 26, 2008, at 1, 12. Same quotes featured in Nick Farrell, Patent troll tracker unmasked, THE INQUIRER, Feb. 27, 2008.
• Zusha Elinson, EBay’s IP guru finds new arena, THE RECORDER, Dec. 14, 2007, at 1, 10.
• Zusha Elinson, Discovering a Patent Troll, THE RECORDER, Nov. 29, 2007, at 1, 4.
• Bailey Somers, Winston & Strawn Adds Partners In San Francisco, IP LAW 360, Nov. 30, 2006.
• Elise Ackerman and Ryan Blitstein, Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion: Deal seen as attempt to deal with web’s copyright issues, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, Oct. 9, 2006, at 1A, 13A.
• Anna Oberthur, Google’s in the Dictionary, and It’s Looking Up ‘Genericide,’ S.F. DAILY JOURNAL, Aug. 17, 2006, at 1, 6.
• Erik E. Larson, To Google Or Not To Google: It’s Not Even A Question, IP LAW 360, Aug. 14, 2006.
• J. W. Olsen, Tame Your SLAs, COMPLIANCE PIPELINE, March 13, 2006.
• Named as one of “The Best Lawyers in the Bay Area” in BAY AREA LAWYER MAGAZINE, Sept./Oct. 2005, at 83.
• Eron Ben-Yehuda, Patent Perks: Protect and Serve, DAILY JOURNAL EXTRA, Aug. 16, 2004, at 1, 12-15.
• KEN BROWN, SAMIZDAT: AND OTHER ISSUES REGARDING THE “SOURCE” OF OPEN SOURCE CODE (Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, 2004).