In Managing IP’s third corner office podcast, David Simon talks about his life managing Salesforce’s intellectual property – which can involve anything from protecting cartoon characters in movies to navigating the changing Section 101 rules surrounding business methods in the US.  

Simon, who spent 15 years working for intel in various IP-related roles before becoming senior vice president for IP at Salesforce, also sets out his opinions on the PTAB, Fintiv, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and Google v Oracle. 

He also reveals how he’s increasingly using data to assess his company’s performance at the USPTO. 

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In an exclusive Managing IP podcast, AT&T intellectual property CEO Scott Frank talks about the importance of IP and the ins and outs of licensing and patent harvesting at one of the largest telecoms companies in the world.

Frank says fostering collaboration has been one of his biggest challenges during the pandemic.

He also discusses his work on the Georgia IP Alliance and the US IP Alliance, and his ambition to work with WIPO to set up the Global IP Alliance.

This is the second episode in a new podcast series brought to you by Managing IP. 

In Managing IP’s first corner office podcast, Bryan Zielinski talks about his company’s IP challenges and opportunities, AI, and more

In our MIP Awards series, Joanna Yang chats to Australian firm DCC about their work in pharma and universities on patents and their outlook during and after the pandemic 

 DCC recently won 2 of our MIP APAC Awards in 2020. Davies Collison Cave took patent prosecution firm of the year for Australia and boutique firm of the year for the whole region. With offices in Singapore and New Zealand as well as Australia they provide a valued service across the region.

We talked with DCC Group Managing Principal Michael Wolnizer, Managing Principal of Patents, David Webber and Chris Jordan who is Managing Principal of DCCs associated law firm, Davies Collison Cave Law in this engaging exploration of a successful firm operating across the region. 

With: 
Jonathan Waldrop, Partner, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP 
Darcy Jones, Partner, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP  
Marcus Barber, Partner, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP 

Hosted by: 
Patrick Wingrove, Americas Editor, Managing IP 

In the first podcast profiling winners of Managing IP’s 2021 awards, we speak to Pons IP about the impact of technology on IP legal services

Lawyers must become increasingly tech-savvy as artificial intelligence and other technologies make their mark on the IP legal services industry, a Managing IP podcast heard. 

Managing editor Ed Conlon sat down with counsel at Pons IP and blockchain specialist Signeblock to discuss the future of technology in IP protection. He was joined by Pons IP of counsel Jose Carlos Erdozain and international affairs director Isabel Cortés, as well as Signeblock CEO Marta Gutiérrez. 

Pons IP recently won the Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms) Firm of the Year award for Spain. The awards ceremony was conducted virtually this year.