Goldstein Patent Law

Rich Goldstein will be serving as the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (AIPLA) ‘point of contact’ for this event, which is being presented by AIPLA, the New York Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (NYIPLA), and the Fashion Law Institute of Fordham University School of Law, on April 26, 2013, at Fordham University.

The event will include a show of fashions by about a dozen designers, as well as legal education and pro bono consultation offerings for fashion industry professionals.

AIPLA President Jeffrey I.D. Lewis will open the event, and the panel discussion will include Professor Susan Scafidi, Fordham University School of Law, founder and director of the nonprofit Fashion Law Institute. Also on the panel will be Heather Thomson, the woman creator of the ‘Yummie by Heather Thomson’ brand and the newest cast member of “Real Housewives of New York City” on BRAVO.

Goldstein attorney Pat Werschulz was a guest lecturer at Rutgers University on Wednesday, February 20. Pat spoke on “Intellectual Property Basics for Entrepreneurs,” to the graduate students in Ernest Ruffin, Jr.’s ‘Foundations of Entrepreneurship’ course. Mr. Ruffin is Managing Director of ECSMG Consulting, LLC (www.ecsmg.com), and Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the university. The course is a core requirement of the Entrepreneurship MBA program at Rutgers.

Rich Goldstein and Ron Bynum, a leading consultant in high-performance business practices, served as co-facilitators for a plenary session at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Mid-Winter Institute 2013 gathering in Tampa, Florida.

The Mid-Winter Institute met Wednesday, January 30, through Saturday, February 2. Rich and Ron’s session, which took place Friday afternoon, February 1st, was entitled “Why Don’t They Think Like I Do?” The session led patent attorneys and business leaders through a series of exercises designed to increase cooperation and boost business performance by opening the channels of communication between in-house counsel, outside counsel, and non-attorney managers in businesses that create intellectual property.

On December 13, 2012, Rich Goldstein was honored to participate as a presenter on IP and IP-based start-ups at the National Minority Angel Network (NMAN) Entrepreneurial Growth and Wealth Creation Symposium. The symposium, which was held at the City University of New York in Manhattan, brought together thought leaders in the areas of intellectual property, finance and marketing, to present topics ranging from investment opportunities in education, real estate, and hedge funds to crowdfunding and other methods of raising capital to strategies for monetizing IP. Attendees included entrepreneurs, seasoned executives, grad students and MBAs.

As usual, this year the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association hosted it’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., where Goldstein Patent Law represented itself well. Richard Goldstein served as Vice-Chair for the Law Practice Management Committee, giving sessions focused on changing the way law firms build relationships with inside counsel, and foster environments of high performance.

One of the firm’s core values is maintaining a high performance environment, to serve our clients and challenge ourselves to excel. This year, Richard decided to take an active role in sharing this model of communication with our industry.

In December 2012, a delegation of IP attorneys representing the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association traveled to Cuba to engage face-to-face with Cuban officials, lawyers, and leaders from government and business, to discuss key issues of intellectual property protection.

Mr. Goldstein was a member of this delegation, and had the opportunity to dig deeply into administrative procedures for patent and trademark applications, and enforcement of IP rights in the Courts. The delegation was pleased to be invited to lend their IP experience to an economy on the verge of explosive economic growth.