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Morrison Foerster is a sponsor of the 2023 Naples Roundtable, an annual conference that identifies current patent issues in need of clarification. Brian Kramer will lead a discussion on "Patent Litigation– Proposals to Ensure that All Litigants Obtain Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive Determination of Every Action."

Morrison Foerster is a sponsor of the 2023 Naples Roundtable, an annual conference that identifies current patent issues in need of clarification. Brian Kramer will lead a discussion on "Patent Litigation– Proposals to Ensure that All Litigants Obtain Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive Determination of Every Action."For more information, please visit the <a href="https://thenaplesroundtable.org/2023-institute-agenda/" target="_blank">website</a>. <hr>

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Brian is a trial lawyer focusing primarily on patent litigation, often defending companies accused of patent infringement. His work spans diverse technology areas, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic tools, and DNA sequencing techniques. He has also represented makers of ultracapacitors, video compression techniques, and wireless technology.Brian has successfully tried cases in U.S. district courts and successfully argued appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. His trial experience includes obtaining a jury verdict of non–infringement for a client sued by a rival for over $100 million, and a bench trial involving a drug with annual sales over $4 billion.Brian is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, Federal Circuit Bar Association, and American Bar Association. He is chair of the board of directors of the Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana, and past president of the board of directors of the Legal Aid Society of San Diego.In law school, he served as an associate editor of the University of Illinois Law Review and as the first managing editor of the University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy.

Brian M. Kramer

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Brian Nash co-chair's Morrison Foerster’s global IP Litigation Group and cross-disciplinary Intellectual Property Group. He is also the Managing Partner of the firm's Austin office. An established intellectual property trial attorney and a leader in the Western District of Texas, Brian has managed more than 250 cases involving intellectual property and technology in district courts across the nation, before the PTAB, at the ITC, and on appeal in the Federal Circuit, including matters involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights.Clients also turn to Brian for his ability to analyze and simplify highly technical issues through a legal lens. He combines his experience as a registered patent lawyer and his engineering degree to counsel clients in a wide range of technologies, including semiconductors, programmable logic devices, software, blockchain, e-commerce, digital media, video games, virtual reality, wireless standards, aluminum alloy composition, container fabrication, hydrocarbon exploration, search marketing, geolocation, encryption, image processing, and liquid crystal displays.Brian is a recognized, leading practitioner in the Western District of Texas, where he has handled over 80 cases, including over 50 before Judge Albright. He founded the committee to create the Honorable Lee Yeakel IP Inn of Court, the first IP-focused Inn of Court in Texas, and he currently serves as president. Further, Brian is a board member and past president for the Austin Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and is a past president of the Austin Intellectual Property Law Association.Brian served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Richard Linn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Won a dispositive claim construction ruling that resulted in a dismissal following a Markman hearing before Judge Albright on behalf of a Fortune 50 semiconductor company on a patent related to field programmable gate arrays.</li><li>Won a final written decision holding all claims unpatentable and denying patent owner’s motion to amend in an inter partes review for a Fortune 50 semiconductor company on a patent related to field programmable gate arrays.</li><li>Representing Cimarex Energy Co. in defending against a multi-patent case involving e-fracking technologies.</li><li>Advising Anheuser-Busch in an instituted derivation proceeding related to aluminum alloy composition technology that is pending at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.</li></ul>

Brian Nash

United States

The Naples Roundtable

15 Jan 2023 - 17 Jan 2023