Paul J. Lerner (born 1946) is a patent attorney, law professor and an author, and has been admitted to practice in Connecticut, Illinois, New York, CAFC and USPTO.
Education
Lerner’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University, an Master of Business Administration from Loyola University, a Juris Doctor from DePaul University, and post-graduate legal studies at John Marshall College of Law.
Career
Lerner was a project manager at the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute in Chicago, where he managed a technology transfer and technology forecasting team.
He then became a partner in the Hartford, CT business law firm of Pepe & Hazard LLP where he focused his practice on patent prosecution and litigation. He has led IP law departments at Olin Corp., Black & Decker Corp., and multi-national power and automation technology giant Asea Brown Boveri, Inc.
In 1999, Lerner assumed the position of Senior Vice President and General Counsel at General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property consulting firm focusing on IP strategy and valuation, IP portfolio management and valuation and of General Patent Corporation International (GPCI) a patent licensing and enforcement company focusing on assertive licensing and patent litigation on a contingency fee basis. He has also been a member of the Board of directors of GPCI since 2002. He is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).
Lerner also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property at the University of New Haven.
Lerner briefed and argued the design patent case In re Zahn, wherein the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held, as argued by Lerner, that “a design for an article of manufacture may be embodied in less than all of an article of manufacture.” The Court went on to note that the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure had an incorrect interpretation of the Court’s earlier decision in In re Blum. The Court stated its hope that this error would be corrected, as it was.
Publications (all co-authored by Alexander I. Poltorak)
* Essentials of Licensing Intellectual Property John Wiley & Sons, 2004 ISBN 0471432334
* Essentials of Intellectual Property John Wiley & Sons, 2002 ISBN 0471209422
* ОÑ?новы интеллектуальной Ñ?обÑ?твенноÑ?ти ISBN 5-8459-0636-9 Russian translation of Essentials of Intellectual Property
* Strategic Auditing: The Key to Minimizing Litigation Bills" Corporateintelligence.com, September 2000
* [http://poltorak.com/updir/17_admin_Grain%20article%20pdf.pdf Grain, Grain, Go Away] examined major developments in lost profits Intellectual Property Worldwide, May 2000
* [http://poltorak.com/updir/40_admin_Officers%20MS%20Pub%20pdf.pdf Corporate Officers and Directors Can Be Liable for Mismanaging Intellectual Property] Patent Strategy & Management, May and June, 2000
* [http://poltorak.com/updir/24_admin_Litigation%20Risk%20Analysis%20PDF.pdf Introducing Litigation Risk Analysis] Managing Intellectual Property, May 2001
Education
Lerner’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University, an Master of Business Administration from Loyola University, a Juris Doctor from DePaul University, and post-graduate legal studies at John Marshall College of Law.
Career
Lerner was a project manager at the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute in Chicago, where he managed a technology transfer and technology forecasting team.
He then became a partner in the Hartford, CT business law firm of Pepe & Hazard LLP where he focused his practice on patent prosecution and litigation. He has led IP law departments at Olin Corp., Black & Decker Corp., and multi-national power and automation technology giant Asea Brown Boveri, Inc.
In 1999, Lerner assumed the position of Senior Vice President and General Counsel at General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property consulting firm focusing on IP strategy and valuation, IP portfolio management and valuation and of General Patent Corporation International (GPCI) a patent licensing and enforcement company focusing on assertive licensing and patent litigation on a contingency fee basis. He has also been a member of the Board of directors of GPCI since 2002. He is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).
Lerner also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property at the University of New Haven.
Lerner briefed and argued the design patent case In re Zahn, wherein the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held, as argued by Lerner, that “a design for an article of manufacture may be embodied in less than all of an article of manufacture.” The Court went on to note that the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure had an incorrect interpretation of the Court’s earlier decision in In re Blum. The Court stated its hope that this error would be corrected, as it was.
Publications (all co-authored by Alexander I. Poltorak)
* Essentials of Licensing Intellectual Property John Wiley & Sons, 2004 ISBN 0471432334
* Essentials of Intellectual Property John Wiley & Sons, 2002 ISBN 0471209422
* ОÑ?новы интеллектуальной Ñ?обÑ?твенноÑ?ти ISBN 5-8459-0636-9 Russian translation of Essentials of Intellectual Property
* Strategic Auditing: The Key to Minimizing Litigation Bills" Corporateintelligence.com, September 2000
* [http://poltorak.com/updir/17_admin_Grain%20article%20pdf.pdf Grain, Grain, Go Away] examined major developments in lost profits Intellectual Property Worldwide, May 2000
* [http://poltorak.com/updir/40_admin_Officers%20MS%20Pub%20pdf.pdf Corporate Officers and Directors Can Be Liable for Mismanaging Intellectual Property] Patent Strategy & Management, May and June, 2000
* [http://poltorak.com/updir/24_admin_Litigation%20Risk%20Analysis%20PDF.pdf Introducing Litigation Risk Analysis] Managing Intellectual Property, May 2001
Mathew Beard (July 9, 1870 - February 16, 1985) is recognized by the Social Security Administration as the oldest man ever born in the USA, at 114 years and 222 days. He lived at the same time as Shigechiyo Izumi, and has had similar doubts raised as to the credibility of his age.
If we assume that the Izumi case was false, and Beard's true, he would have been the oldest living man for a number of years. He would have become the oldest ever man, and the first to reach 112, in 1982, overtaking John Mosely Turner and Thomas Peters. This would have been followed by becoming the oldest living person upon the death of Emma Wilson in 1983.
He would then have overtaken Delina Filkins in 1984 and Martha Graham in the last few weeks of his life, to become the oldest ever person. This record would have been surpassed by either Carrie C. White or Jeanne Calment in 1989, and his male record by Christian Mortensen in 1997.
If we assume that the Izumi case was false, and Beard's true, he would have been the oldest living man for a number of years. He would have become the oldest ever man, and the first to reach 112, in 1982, overtaking John Mosely Turner and Thomas Peters. This would have been followed by becoming the oldest living person upon the death of Emma Wilson in 1983.
He would then have overtaken Delina Filkins in 1984 and Martha Graham in the last few weeks of his life, to become the oldest ever person. This record would have been surpassed by either Carrie C. White or Jeanne Calment in 1989, and his male record by Christian Mortensen in 1997.
Alon Kastiel (Hebrew: ×?לון קסטי×?ל) is a real estate entrepreneur and art investor and collector in Israel and Europe, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Kastiel owns several lofts and real estate properties in Tel Aviv and it's vicinities.
Kastiel owns several lofts and real estate properties in Tel Aviv and it's vicinities.
Avriri (Hebrew: ×?וורירי ,×?וורירי הפקות, ×§×•×œ× ×•×¢ ×?וורירי) is a new movement in cinema; a group of filmmakers from Israel, wrote a manifesto titled "The Avriri Manifesto" (Tel Aviv\2006) and a declaration of principles called "The Avriri Declaration" (October 2005).
In the group's manifesto it is stated that the main principle in making movies is that the production process of a film must be an open and social event.
One other important aspect of the Avriri perception is that the distribution of films is more important than the making of them. These filmmakers claim that a distribution campaign is a constant and non-stop action that should be done by the themselves, in all forms and formats available.
Article number one in the Avriri Manifesto suggests that "the crew (director, hairdresser, producer) behind the camera may look even better than the actors in front of the camera.". Article number two determines that "the script, in accordance to the movie's production as a social event, must have plot continuity aimed at the bystanders standing on the set, rather than to the audience sitting in the movie theatre.".
In December on 2004 the group established the independent productions company called "Avriri Productions".
Group members had lectured in many High Schools, Film Schools, cultural centers and cinematheques throughout Israel, on the manifesto and their films.
On the group's website, and in interviews given by some of its members, they are naming the short film Beautiful Tamar (2005) (by Nimrod Kamer and Yuval Zuker) as the first ever Avriri style film, and Finding Inga Bloum (2006) as the second one.
On May 2006, after the release of the first Avriri Film Collection, members Yossi Atia and Itamar Rose left the group.
Other current members of Avriri are Yoav Tal, July Fermentto, Rom Barnea and Ido Gideon.
In the group's manifesto it is stated that the main principle in making movies is that the production process of a film must be an open and social event.
One other important aspect of the Avriri perception is that the distribution of films is more important than the making of them. These filmmakers claim that a distribution campaign is a constant and non-stop action that should be done by the themselves, in all forms and formats available.
Article number one in the Avriri Manifesto suggests that "the crew (director, hairdresser, producer) behind the camera may look even better than the actors in front of the camera.". Article number two determines that "the script, in accordance to the movie's production as a social event, must have plot continuity aimed at the bystanders standing on the set, rather than to the audience sitting in the movie theatre.".
In December on 2004 the group established the independent productions company called "Avriri Productions".
Group members had lectured in many High Schools, Film Schools, cultural centers and cinematheques throughout Israel, on the manifesto and their films.
On the group's website, and in interviews given by some of its members, they are naming the short film Beautiful Tamar (2005) (by Nimrod Kamer and Yuval Zuker) as the first ever Avriri style film, and Finding Inga Bloum (2006) as the second one.
On May 2006, after the release of the first Avriri Film Collection, members Yossi Atia and Itamar Rose left the group.
Other current members of Avriri are Yoav Tal, July Fermentto, Rom Barnea and Ido Gideon.