Chronology of Activities Future Activities 2017   Previous Activities Speaker, Economist: Global Summit on Illict Trade, Brussels, Begium (February) Delivered week-long Customs IPR enforcement program to Uzbek Customs officers, Tashkent, Uzebistan (April) 2017 Edition of Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights published (May) http://csis.org/event/government-sponsored-patent-pools-addressing-innovation-mercantilism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJliZc5rTnU&feature=related http://cldp.doc.gov/programs/cldp-in-action/details/937 www.galaxysystemsinc.com/ipr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVODQH6bA4I https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.260283074010566.62208.256549097717297&type=1 2016 Speaker, AIPLA Annual Meeting, "Leveraging Information from Foreign Seizures to Protect Rights at the U.S. Border", Washington, D.C. (October) Co-author 2016 Edition of Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, published by Thomson Reuters - West (May) Speaker, USAID Training for Africa-based Program Managers, Washington, D.C. (January) 2015 Webinar presenter, TRIPS at 20, Washington, DC (December) Invited Panelist, International Law Association's International Law Weekend", New York City (November) Panelist on the issue of Sovereign Patent Funds (government patent pools), Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (October) Presentation on IPR's benefits to economic growth and development to trade analysts, US Dept. of Commerce, Washington, DC (September) Presentation on Customs IP Enforcement for Greater Washington/DC Chapter of Licensing Executives Society (August) Presentation: TRIPS Era IPR Enforcement--Casting a Big Shadow Over IPR's Benefits?, International Trade Commission, Washington, DC (July) CLE Presentation at John Marshall Law School, Chicago, based on the publication of: Potato Chips to Computer Chips: The War on Fake Stuff (May) Book Publication May 2015: Potato Chips to Computer Chips: The War on Fake Stuff (Shortchanging IPR's Benefits to Economic Growth and Development?) (Thomson Reuters) Book Publication May 19: Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, 10th Annual Update (Thomson Reuters West) Assessing IPR situation in Morocco in the post EU-Morocco trade agreement environment (Morocco) (February 2015) 2014  Spring 2014, appointed to US Dept. of Commerce Industry-Trade Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Panelist, 9th National Forum on Import Compliance & Enforcement, addressing Customs IPR Enforcement (Washington, D.C.) (June) CLE Presentation: Intellectual Property, A Common Element in Trade, Development and Economic Growth (Chicago) (February) Speaker, IACC Intellectual Property Seminar (Mexico City) (February) Speaker, International Compliance Professionals Association Conference, addressing Customs, IPR Trends & Strategies (Orlando, FL) (March) 2013  Webinar Presenter, ThomsonReuters Webinars, Customs' Role in IPR Enforcement and Recent Trends (November) Panelist, American University's Washington College of Law Symposium Recent Developments in the U.S. International Trade Commission--Customs' Challenges in Enforcing ITC orders (October) Webinar Speaker, "Online Counterfeiting: Combating the Exploding Worldwide Threat", Strafford Publications (October)   Panelist, East Michigan District Export Council Conference on “Protecting Your Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace” (Troy, Michigan) (September)  Joins John Marshall Law School’s Intellectual Property Advisory Board (Chicago, IL) 2012  Conducted IPR workshop sessions for commercial judges and police, Zagreb, Croatia (October) Panelist, ABA Conference, IP Section, Chicgao, IL (August) IP Workshop presentation for Foreign Service Institute, (USPTO), Alexandria, VA (July) Presentation, Global IP Academy, US Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, US (March) Guest Lecture, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York (March) Speaker, First International AMPPI Conference (Asociacion Mexicana para la Proteccion de la Propiedad Intelectual), Mexico City (March)  2011 Conducted Customs IPR Training, Rep. of Georgia (Oct/Nov) Speaker at the Eurasian Customs Program, Commercial Law Development Program (US Dept of Commerce), Tbilisi, Georgia (Oct) Conducted a series of IPR workshops for Investigators/prosecutors and university students, Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia (Oct) Conducted IPR Awareness workshop, Global IP Academy, USPTO (July) Conducted IPR Awareness programs for government officials and business sector representatives in Banja Luka & Brcko, Bosnia-Herzegovina (July) Delivered 9 IPR Awareness presentations to university students and business sector representatives in Batumi, Kutaisi, Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia (June) Delivered a series of IPR Enforcement/Economic Development presentations, Lima & Piura, Peru (May) Speaker, USPTO-WIPO Judges IPR Enforcement Workshop, USPTO’s Global IP Academy, Alexandria, Virginia (May) Speaker, USPTO China Road Show, Alexandria, Virginia (April) Panelist, ABA’s International Law Section Conference, Washington, D.C. (April) Delivered a series of IPR presentations in Banja Luka, Mostar & Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (March) Conducted IPR system assessment, Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia (February) Presentation delivered: IPR and links to economic development, Global IP Academy, USPTO (February)  2010  IPR Project—Presentation: Role of Government Agencies, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Nov) Presentation on IPR and links to economic development, USPTO, GIPA, Arlington, VA (Nov) IPR Project support, Sarajevo, Bosnia (October) Conducted Customs IPR Enforcement seminars and round-table discussions in Kiev, Ukraine, for industry representatives (September) Speaker, US State Dept program, IPR & Development Training in Belize and Chile (August) Speaker, USPTO’s Annual Foreign Service Institute Training (July) Speaker, USPTO’s Foreign Government Officials’ IPR Enforcement Training (July) Speaker, USPTO Global IP Academy Program for ASEAN Government officials (June) Speaker and panel moderator, CALCE/SMTA Counterfeit Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona (June) Speaker, InsideCounsel 10th Annual Super Conference, Chicago (May) IPR Development Project, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (May) Speaker/Panelist, Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Speaker Series, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (April)  IPR Development Project, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina (March)  2009  Speaker, CALCE/SMTA Symposium on Avoiding, Detecting, and Preventing Counterfeit Electronic Parts, University of Maryland (December 2009)  Invited speaker at USPTO's IP Academy for foreign government officials to address IPR as a tool of economic development, USPTO, Arlington, VA (December 2009) Conducted digital video IPR workshop for Bolivian law students on links between IPR and economic development at the request of the US State Dept., US Embassy, Bolivia (November 2009)  Conducted IPR workshops related to Serbia's WTO accession, Belgrade, Serbia (October 2009)                              Speaker at International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) and the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Counterfeit Electronic Parts Working Group workshop: "Counterfeit Electronic Parts, Awareness, Avoidance, Detection and Mitigation", Los Angeles (October 2009) Panelist, WIPO Forum on Intellectual Property For Small & Medium Enterprises, Geneva, Switzerland (Sept. 2009) USPTO, Global IP Academy presentation for US Foreign Service Officers (July 2009) Panelist at Global Enforcement: Fighting Counterfeiting in the US, Canada, Europe and China (Toronto, Canada) (June, 2009) Conducted a series of IP Awareness Seminars & Workshops for government and business representatives, university and high school students at the invitation of the US State Dept. in Zagreb,Croatia; Pristina, Kosovo; and Skopje, Macedonia (April 2009) Witness, US House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hearing on Global IP Piracy & Counterfeiting (April 2009) Presenter at the Virginia Inventors Forum, Richmond, VA (April 2009) Presenter, USPTO, Global IP Academy (March 2009) Presenter for Asia regional program by USPTO (Hong Kong, Jan. 2009)  2008  Conducted a series of IPR enforcement workshops for Customs, Prosecutors, Judges and other government officials in Kazakhstan (Astana, Almaty, Pavlodar) (Oct. 1-17, 2008) Speaker, Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section, Fall CLE Seminar, Williamsburg, VA (Sept. 2008) Intellectual property training for US Foreign Service Officers, Foreign Service Institute (July 2008) Provide intellectual property (IP) training to Chinese Customs officers, Shanghai Customs College (June 2008) Assessment of the intellectual property system in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (June 2008) Speaker, Electronic Industry Supply Chain Conference, Las Vegas (May 2008) Panelist, John Marshall Law School (Branding the Land), Chicago (April 2008) Speaker, World Retail Congress, Barcelona (April 2008) Speaker, Authentics Foundation Summit on Counterfeiting, Brussels (March 2008) Presenter, USPTO Global IP Academy (March 2008) Moderator, U.S. House of Representatives IP Caucus Panel on IP Enforcement (Feb. 2008)  2007  Speaker, US PTO Global IP Academy (November 2007) Panelist, International IP Standards, VideoConference for Sierra Leone officials (November 2007) Speaker, Ocean Tomo Conference (counterfeiting and China) Chicago (October 2007) Panelist, AIPLA Conference--IP Border Measures, Washington, D.C. (October 2007) Speaker, US PTO Global IP Academy (September 2007) Speaker, US PTO's China Program, Kansas City (September 2007) Speaker, China Customs College, Shanghai (August 2007) Panelist, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, China IP--Future Obstacles (July 2007) Speaker, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office-WIPO, Global IP Academy, foreign government officials delegation (June 2007) Speaker, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Global IP Academy, Vietnamese judges (May 2007) Speaker, American Conference Institute's Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Integrity Conference, Las Vegas (March 2007) Speaker, 25th Anniversary International Legal Studies Program, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. (March) Panelist, US-China Business Venture Forum, Rockville, MD (January)  2006  Conducted IP workshop for the USPTO's Global IP Enforcement Academy for Saudi government officials (November 2006) ThomsonWest's Featured Key Author (October 2006) ("Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Across Borders" published August 2006) Presented workshop on IP contributions to business/economic growth at IPQC's Anti-Counterfeiting Conference in New York City (October 2006) Provided advice to government officials and business organizations and conducted IPR workshops for judges and university students in Prishtina, Kosovo (October 9-13, 2006) Speaker at the APEC-USPTO IPR Enforcement Conference in Los Angeles (Sept. 26-28, 2006) Invited by the US State Department, conducted a series of IP workshops in Manila for Philippine government officials, business representatives and university students (August 7-11) and in Brunei (August 14-15, 2006) Speaker at the US Patent and Trademark Office's IP Enforcement program for Latin American government officials (August 2006) Speaker at the US Patent and Trademark Office's China IP Enforcement program in Seattle (July 2006) Testified before the US-China Economic & Security Review Commission concerning the impact of China's counterfeiting on US consumers and intellectual property owners (June 2006) Speaker at USPTO's Academy on IPR Enforcement (Middle East Partnership Initiative) (June 2006) Panelist at the Institute for Policy Innovation's World Intellectual Property Day event (April 2006) Speaker at the US Navy OGC Conference (April 2006) Speaker at US Patent and Trademark Office's China IP Program (Atlanta, GA) (Mar 2006) Speaker at US Patent and Trademark Office's February 2006 Enforcement Academy held for government officials (customs, police, prosecutors and judges) from over two dozen countries. (Arlington, VA) (Feb 2006) Represented clients in detailing IPR enforcement obstacles in Romania before a panel of European Commission and EU member state officials (Bucharest, Romania) (Feb 2006)  Conducted 2-day IPR border enforcement workshop for Egyptian customs officers and officials of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Cairo, Egypt) (Feb 2006) Speaker at World Research Group's conference on Building and Enforcing IP Value in China (New York, NY) (Feb 2006) Panelist at Harper's Bazaar's 2nd Annual IP Summit (New York, NY) (Feb 2006) Speaker at USPTO's Global IP Enforcement Academy (Arlington, VA) (Jan. 2006)  2005  Speaker at the Office Products International conference  (Dallas, TX) (Oct 2005): Participation in an International IPR Round-table in Cleveland OH with representatives from US State Dept, US Patent and Trademark Office, Customs and Border Protection, Ford Motor Co., and Parker Hannifan (Oct. 2005) Speaker at Cleveland State University's Executive Forum (Cleveland, OH) (Oct. 2005) Participation on multiple panels at the APEC/USPTO Workshop on Developing a Successful IP Enforcement Regime (Bangkok, Thailand) (Oct. 3-5, 2005) IP Enforcement Seminars for Armenian Police, Customs, Judiciary, inter-ministerial government officials and private sector representatives (Yerevan, Armenia) (Aug 29-Sept. 14, 2005) Speaker at the USPTO IP Enforcement Academy for foreign government officials (Arlington, VA) (August 2005) Speaker at the USPTO/WIPO Academy for the Judiciary on IPR Enforcement (Arlington, VA) (July 2005) Speaker at training course for State Department Foreign Service Officers (Arlington, VA) (July 2005) Speaker for the State Dept.'s International Visitor's Leadership Program on Intellectual Property Protection (participants from 20 countries) (Washington, D.C.) (July 2005)  Panelist at USPTO/Butzel Long IP enforcement program (Detroit) (June 2005) Panelist at the American Intellectual Property Law Association conference (Philadelphia) (May 2005) Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, DaNang, Hanoi), conducted week-long series of workshops on IP and economic development and enforcement.  Audiences were from private businesses, law firms, government agencies, graduate and undergraduate university students. (April 2005) Speaker at the Canadian Standards Assoc/Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Conference on Counterfeiting (Toronto) (April 2005) Speaker at the World Research Group's conference on China (San Francisco) (March 2005)