Brian Ferguson

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

Albany Law School

J.D.

1991

Union College

1988

B.S.E.E.

Willfulness and Opinions of Counsel as Affected by In Re Seagate (March 17, 2008) Intellectual Property Owners Association

Seagate Equals Sea Change (March 10, 2008) New Jersey Intellectual Property Bar Association

How Major Changes in Patent Law Will Impact Corporations (March 6, 2008) Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education, Corporate Counsel Institute

2007 Year in Review: Seismic Shifts in Patent Law (January 29, 2008) New York Bar Association Annual Meeting, Intellectual Property Division

The New Standard for Proving Willful Infringement (December 11, 2007) Keynote Speaker, Florida Intellectual Property Bar Association

Willful Infringement and Enhanced Damages in View of In re Seagate Technology (October 30, 2007) American Bar Association webcast/teleconference

Willfulness, Preliminary Injunctions, Scope of Waiver, and the Role of Opinions Post - Seagate (October 16, 2007) Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Seminar

In Re Seagate Technology, LLC: A New Standard for Willful Infringement (October 9, 2007) Keynote Speaker, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association

In re Seagate Technology - Federal Circuit Sets New Standards: Understanding the New Patient Infringement Standard and Advice of Counsel Defense (September 18, 2007) Strafford Publications audio conference

Post-decision discussion on In re Seagate (September 6, 2007)  Federal Circuit Bar Association webcast

Open Source Licensing (March 5, 2004) Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education, Advanced Computer and Internet Law Institute

Preparing and Enforcing Patents Directed to E-Commerce and Business Method Inventions (March 09, 2000) American Conference Institute, Litigating Patent Disputes