Speeches

Well-known for his expertise in the design and legal communities, Perry Saidman has delivered numerous keynote addresses both in the U.S. and abroad. Notable engagements are listed below. If you are interested in having Perry speak at an upcoming event, please contact us.

• Full List of Notable Speeches
  
  
• The Death of Gorham v. White - Killing it Softly With Markman, All Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property, Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio, September 9-10, 2004.
  
  
• Current Design Protection in the U.S. and Europe - U.S. View, 10th Summer IPL Conference, American Bar Association - Section of Intellectual Property Law, San Diego, CA, June 18, 2003.
  
  
• Design Patents - The Inside Skinny- How To Get Design Patents That Will Maximize Your Chances Against Knock-Offs, Eighteenth Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association, University of Houston Law Center, Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law, Galveston, Texas, September 27, 2002.
  
  
• How to Protect Client Ideas When You Can't Get a Utility Patent - The Latest Skinny on Trade Dress and Design Patent Protection For Product Designs in the Wake of the Supreme Court's Wal-Mart and TrafFix Decisions, The 27th Annual Intellectual Property Law Seminar, Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan, July 14, 2001.
  
  
• I'll See Your Two Pesos and Raise You . . . Two Pesos, Wal-Mart and Traffix: Where is the U.S. Supreme Court Heading and How Will it Affect Trademark Practitioners?, The Trademark Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association and The Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, April 2, 2001.
  
  
• Design Protection in the U.S.A., FICPI 4th Open Forum Session entitled "Lost Property", Florence, Italy, October 22, 1998.