MIP podcasts

In the first of a three-part podcast series by Adams & Adams on the IP enforcement of pharma in Africa, experts Godfrey Budeli and Jan-Haram Swanepoel talk to Prin Shasiharan of Managing IP about the practical challenges associated with fighting counterfeiting on the continent.

Counterfeit goods trade remains rife in Africa. The fundamental issues experienced include a lack of proper legislative framework, weak enforcement as a result of lack of experience and limited resources. However, the experts explain how these obstacles are not insurmountable and there are legal avenues available to effectively address the proliferation of counterfeit goods on the continent.

The experts discuss the realities of trading counterfeit COVID-19 drugs and ensuring product safety, while providing advice for business leaders and consumers contemplating evolving their operations.

Heath Hoglund, chief patent counsel at Dolby, wanted to be a judge when he was a student, but decided that audio-visual technology (and the intellectual property surrounding it) was the right field for him. 

Hoglund, who now has 15 years under his belt at Dolby and manages a team of 50 people, tells Managing IP in an exclusive podcast about the ins and outs of handling standards and IP at his company – and, in particular, about the increasing importance of patent pools. 

He also speaks about his respect for the EPO and how he and his team leverage results there to ensure smoother prosecution at other IP offices around the world. 

If that weren’t enough, Hoglund delves into the state of the IP licensing landscape.

“We still see companies that decide to hold out for whatever reason and require active litigation to drive them to licences for technologies, for which the pool programmes are [already] extraordinarily well accepted,” he says. 

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