WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dec. 2, 2022 – Paul F. McQuade, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Washington, D.C., Government Contracts and Intellectual Property (IP) & Technology practices, will present in the Practising Law Institute’s Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2022 program. The two-day hybrid event takes place Dec. 8-9 at PLI’s San Francisco Conference Center.
McQuade’s session, which will take place Dec. 9 at 2:30 p.m. PST, is titled “Regulatory and Government Issues in IP Licensing,” and will discuss issues related to research and development contracting, licensing IP to and from the U.S. Government, and related requirements and technology export controls.
McQuade is a patent attorney with substantial government contracts experience. His practice spans both typical commercial IP, with emphasis on licensing and IP-related transactions, and “government contracts IP” in the context of U.S. Government research and development and prime and subcontractor agreements. He offers strategic counselling on how best to maintain one’s IP position when doing business with the federal government and its contractors. McQuade also serves as a vice chair of the American Bar Association Public Contract Law Section’s IP Committee.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Government Contracts Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s Government Contracts Practice helps companies navigate the highly regulated acquisition and compliance processes of federal, state, local, and foreign governments and their agencies. The firm’s attorneys and governmental affairs professionals assist both experienced contractors and newcomers with a broad array of issues arising from, for example, sales of commercial off-the-shelf and customized products, services, and managed solutions to governments at all levels. The practice also focuses on meeting the transactional and U.S. regulatory needs of clients in the commercial, defense, aerospace, information technology, telecommunications, medical and health care, and other high-tech sectors.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice: With more than 260 intellectual property attorneys and patent agents in the United States, Asia, and Europe, Greenberg Traurig provides a broad range of patent, trademark and copyright protection and strategic counseling. Greenberg Traurig was named a “National Tier 1” Law Firm for IP Litigation, Patent Law and Litigation, Copyright Law, Technology Law, and Information Technology Law by U.S. News and Best Lawyers, 2023 “Best Law Firms." In addition, Greenberg Traurig was named a “Law Firm of the Year” for Trademark Law in the 2020 and 2022 editions of “Best Law Firms." The BTI Consulting Group named Greenberg Traurig’s IP Litigation Practice a ‘Litigation Standout’ in the “BTI Litigation Outlook 2023: Litigation Spending in the Uncertain Economy and Beyond.”
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2500 attorneys in 43 locations in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm reported gross revenue of over $2 Billion for FY 2021 and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law 100, Am Law Global 100, and NLJ 250. On the debut 2022 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard, it is a Top 15 firm. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab and the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program certifies that the firm’s U.S. offices are 100% powered by renewable energy. The firm is often recognized for its focus on philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web: www.gtlaw.com.