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IP Rights In Bankruptcy:

An Update From The Trenches

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The major role intellectual property, or "IP," plays in our economy makes intellectual property licenses an especially significant type of executory contract.

Whether you are representing the debtor or the non-debtor party, a licensor or a licensee, it's important to know what can happen to IP licenses when a bankruptcy is filed.

In this Audio CD (recorded June 2007), Cooley Godward Kronish Bankruptcy and Restructuring partners Bob Eisenbach, publisher of In The (Red): The Business Bankruptcy Blog, and Richard Kanowitz, who litigated the leading Footstar decision, will guide you through the thicket of issues presented when IP rights meet bankruptcy.

Your CD recording covers:

· How IP law impacts a debtors ability to assume and assign licenses
· The Hypothetical, Actual, and new Footstar tests for determining whether a debtor can assume an IP license
· What constitutes consent to assignment on an IP license
· How non-exclusive and exclusive licenses are treated
· Whether trademark licenses are treated like patent and copyright licenses in bankruptcy
· How the Bankruptcy Codes special licensee protections work
· What trademark licensees in particular can do to protect themselves from bankruptcy
· How infringement claims fare in bankruptcy
· What IP owners can do to protect their rights in the event of a bankruptcy sale
· The latest trends on IP and bankruptcy issues

Speaker(s):

	Richard S. Kanowitz Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Richard S. Kanowitz is a partner in the Firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice. Mr. Kanowitz joined Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman in 2000, which was merged into Cooley Godward Kronish LLP in 2006. Mr. Kanowitz is resident in the New York office. Mr. Kanowitzs practice focuses on corporate reorganization and bankruptcy litigation and has represented corporate debtors in a multitude of businesses including telecommunication services, manufacturing and retail. He also represents official committees of unsecured creditors, secured and unsecured creditors and landlords in national Chapter 11 cases. Recent representations include: The official committee of tort claimants in the Chapter 11 cases of Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, pending in the Southern District of New York. The official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 cases of specialty footwear retailer Footstar, Inc., in the Southern District of New York. The creditors' committee was instrumental in securing a 100% distribution plus 4.25% interest per annum for general unsecured creditors under the terms of the confirmed plan of reorganization. Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. and its 14 affiliated debtors in their successful Chapter 11 case in the Southern District of New York. Optel, Inc. and its 23 affiliates in their Chapter 11 case in the District of Delaware. Old UGC, Inc. in its Chapter 11 case in the Southern District of New York. The representation of the Enron Employee-Related Issues Committee in pursuing the recovery of over $53 million in accelerated deferred compensation payments made to top hat Enron employees within the 90 days of Enrons bankruptcy filing. Mr. Kanowitz was named by Turnarounds & Workouts as one of the Outstanding Young Bankruptcy Lawyers in 2004. Mr. Kanowitz earned a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1992, where he served as a member of the Hofstra Law Review. He received his B.A. with Distinction and Class Honors from the University of Michigan in 1989. Mr. Kanowitz is admitted to practice before the New York State Bar and New Jersey State Bar. He is a member of the bars of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, the U.S District Courts in the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey.
	Robert L. Eisenbach Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Robert L. Eisenbach III is a partner in the Cooley Godward Kronish Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice group. He joined the Firm in 1986 and is partner in charge of the San Francisco office. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, and recognized as one of Northern Californias Super Lawyers®, Mr. Eisenbach focuses his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring matters. He frequently represents unsecured creditors committees in Chapter 11 cases in a range of industries, including semiconductor and storage technology, biotechnology, healthcare and retail. In addition, Mr. Eisenbach regularly guides companies and their boards of directors through Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings. He is often asked by purchasers to help them navigate the unique issues involved when buying assets from financially troubled or bankrupt companies. He has represented clients in a wide variety of bankruptcy-related litigation, director and officer liability litigation, complex commercial litigation and intellectual property cases. Mr. Eisenbachs recent representations include: Old UGC, Inc., The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Deltagen, Inc., a public biotech company, in the Northern District of California; Major landlords in the Chapter 11 reorganizations of Redback Networks, Inc., and Cable & Wireless USA, Inc., in the District of Delaware; The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of San Jose Medical Clinic, Inc., in the Northern District of California; The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Music Semiconductors, Inc., in the Northern District of California; and other clients as creditors in bankruptcy cases throughout the United States, including Enron, WorldCom, Teleglobe, Ultimate Electronics, and others. Mr. Eisenbach publishes In The (Red): The Business Bankruptcy Blog, as a way for CEOs, CFOs, boards of directors, credit professionals, in-house counsel and others to stay informed about important business bankruptcy issues and developments. He has served as Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Technology-Oriented Bankruptcies of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Associations Business Law Section .

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