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Raymond
A.
Kurz
Partner, Washington, D.C.
raymond.kurz@hoganlovells.com
Raymond Kurz is one of the firm's intellectual property group leaders. Ray has practiced exclusively in the intellectual property field over the course of his career of almost 30 years. His practice covers a broad spectrum of intellectual property matters, including lead counsel roles in complex patent, trademark, and copyright litigation; counseling; and licensing. Ray was lead counsel in the successful defense of a more than $1 billion patent case and has successfully defended and prosecuted patent and trademark cases before numerous U.S. District Courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Ray has applied his broad based intellectual property knowledge in connection with varied industries, including computer hardware, software, nuclear waste water treatment, semi-conductors, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, apparel, consumer goods, food and beverages, e-commerce, the Internet, and many other fields.
Ray's extensive intellectual property licensing practice includes matters ranging from multimillion-dollar patent licenses to movie licensing deals and trademark and copyright licenses in fields ranging from high-tech industries to character licensing to apparel.
Ray writes and speaks frequently on intellectual property issues and he is the principal author and editor of the book Internet and the Law: Legal Fundamentals for the Internet User. The following are representative of Ray's speaking engagements and publications:
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
13 November 2008
"Patent Litigation: Key Issues and Considerations," Panelist, 4th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute Meeting
7 November 2008
Keynote Speaker, 10th Annual Benelux Trademark Law Congress
14 April 2007
"Out of the Frying Pan…Into the Fire Sizzling IP Hot Topics: Patent Hot Topic Panel," 22nd Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference
14 November 2006
"How to Protect Your Trademarks When Licensing," Knock It Off! — Brands and the Counterfeiting Quandary
2006
"Section 337 Proceedings: How Complainants Win at the International Trade Commission," 2006 American Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Conference
2006
"Audits — They’re Not Just for the Internal Revenue Service: How to Conduct a Successful Intellectual Property Audit," 2006 International Trademark Association Annual Meeting
30 June 2006
"Patent Opinions and Willfulness Before and After Knorr-Bremse," International Quality Productivity Center
09 March 2006
"Mastering Subject Matter Areas: Character Licensing," Law Seminars International Conference: Mastering Complex IP Licensing
26 February 2006
"IP Litigation Options for Non-U.S. Companies — The Emergence of the U.S. ITC as a Forum of Choice," International Trade Association
2005
"Pursuing Summary Judgments: The Seven Costly Sins of Summary Judgment," 2005 American Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Meeting
04 September 2004
"Establishing an Intellectual Property Commercialization Plan," Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and Hogan & Hartson: Making it Work Outside Russia Conference
04 December 2003
"Avoid the Seven Costly Patent Sins," Merrill Lynch Medical Technology University
22 September 2003
"Domain Name Disputes: An Update," 2003 INTA Trademarks in Cyberspace Forum
October 2003
"FDA and Intellectual Property Planning," Technovest Conference
2003
"Online Counterfeiting," Speaker and Moderator, 2003 International Trademark Associations Trademarks in Cyberspace Forum
07 October 2003
"The Generic Industry – Its Role and Co-existence with the Patented Pharmaceutical Industry; A Discussion on the U.S. Policy and Legislation," International IP Association
2003
"The In-House Counsel's Bird's Eye View to the Year End and The Year Ahead"
03 September 2001
"$18.5 Million Award Over Blanket Patent Reversed," Quote by Raymond Kurz The National Law Journal
1998
"Internet and the Law Conference," Co-Chair and Lecturer
Hogan Lovells Publications
14 January 2011
"Intellectual Property Newsletter - January 2011." IP Alert, Hogan Lovells
Published Works
September 2011
"Smurfs' Lawyers Review IP and Contract Issues in Movie Deal." BNA International: World Intellectual Property Report, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
01 October 2010
"Best Practices for Preventing Sales of Gray Market Goods in the United States." INTA Bulletin, Vol. 65, No. 17, International Trademark Association
PUBLISHED WORKS PRIOR TO JOINING THE FIRM
"Whose Mind Is It Anyway? Intellectual Property Is a Key to Corporate Success." Washington Business Forward, 1999
"Lawyering in Cyberspace." Washington Lawyer, July/August 1998
“The Software Patent Revolution: Software Patents Proliferate.” Legal News, 1998
"Changes in the law regarding copyright notice in the United States." I.R.D.I. Intellectuele Rechten Droits Intellectueles, 1996-2000
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