Wednesday, October 28 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. 310 Fayerweather Register for this Event Panelists: T. David Bomzer, Day Pitney LLP Mr. Bomzer is an associate in the firm's Intellectual Property Department, in the New York office. Mr. Bomzer practices in the areas of litigation, opinion writing, and prosecuting patent applications, for domestic and foreign clients relating to inventions in the mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, telecommunication, software, and business method arts. Prior to earning a J.D., from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Mr. Bomzer worked as a shock analysis and structural dynamics engineer at the Electric Boat Corporation, as a chemical process engineer with Pall Corporation, and as a structural design engineer with the Ryder Truck Company in its commercial car carrier division. Mr. Bomzer has taught engineering courses as an adjunct professor for mechanical engineering departments at various New York regional engineering schools, including Polytechnic Institute of New York University and the New York Institute of Technology. James W. Dabney, Fried Frank Mr. Dabney is a graduate of Cornell Law School. After graduating from law school he clerked for the Hon. James C. Hill, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Dabney is a partner in Fried Frank's New York office. Prior to joining Fried Frank, Mr. Dabney was a partner in the New York office of Pennie & Edmonds LLP between 1989 and 2003. Mr. Dabney has acted as lead trial and appellate counsel in numerous cases involving patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights. Mr. Dabney represented KSR International Co. in both lower courts and in arguing before the Supreme Court of the United States in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007). Mr. Dabney is consistently recognized as a leading individual by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Intellectual Property: Patent and Intellectual Property: Trademark and Copyright. Thomas Meloro, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Thomas J. Meloro is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. He is partner in the Intellectual Property and Litigation Departments of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. Mr. Meloro focuses on litigation and adversarial matters concerning patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. His litigation experience has involved the chemical and biotech industries with particular emphasis on pharmaceuticals, medical products, polymers, immunoassays, agricultural chemicals, and food chemistry. Mr. Meloro's practice includes counseling on patent validity, enforceability and infringement issues, as well as intellectual property licensing and other transactional matters. Mr. Meloro is an annual lecturer on antitrust law for Franklin Pierce Law Center's Advanced Licensing Institute and contributes an annual updated chapter for Aspen Publishing's Licensing Update. Prior to joining Willkie, Mr. Meloro was a partner at Kenyon & Kenyon LLP. General Requirements Bulletin for Admission to the Examination for Registration to Practice in Patent Cases Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Columbia University Campus Map Sponsors: Office of Preprofessional Advising, New York City Bar Association's Patent Committee, and the Columbia Pre-Law Society Register for this Event