Background
Ram, Michael J. was born on December 18, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Ram, Michael J. was born on December 18, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Lafayette College (Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1962). Newark College of Engineers (M.S.Ch.E, 1963. D.S.Ch.E., 1966); Seton Hall University (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Worked at Arant, Kleinberg, Lerner & Ram, LLP (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in All State and Federal Courts Regarding Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Antitrust, Unfair Competition and Intellectual Property Law, Entertainment and Music Litigation and General Business Litigation. Transactional Matters For Corporate and Entertainment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1972, New Jersey.
1973, New York; 1986, California. United States. District Court, Central District of California. Registered to practice before the United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Author: "Patent Fraud. A New Defense?," Journal of the Patent Office Society, Volume 54, No.
6, pp. 363-382, June, 1972. Collaborator on Paper: United States. Government Policies Relating to Technology Licensing, Practicing Law Institute Symposium on Current Trends in Domestic and International Licensing, 1974.
"Noninfringing Sales of An Infringing Medical Device - Lilly v. Medtronics," Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, Volume 12, No. 9, pp. 36-39, September, 1990.
"United States. Patent System - Important Differences to Non-United States. Manufacturers," - International Medical & Diagnostic Industry, Volume 1, No. 4, pp. 22-25, November-December, 1990.
"Managing Intellectual Property: Fourjays Publications, London, England, Editorial Advisory Board. "Noninfringing Sales of Infringing Medical Devices - Lilly v. Medtronics," Patent World, May 1991.
"Due Diligence Clauses - Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't," AUTM Western Regional Meeting, July 1992. Speaker: "Licensing Your Invention to a Corporation," Invention Convention, September 1990, September 1991 and September, 1992. "Recent Changes in International Licensing," Orange County World Trade Center, February, 1991.
Guest Lecturer: "Licensing for Entrepreneurs," University of California, Los Angeles Extension Division, April 1991 and April 1992. Legal Aspects of Technology Transfer, U.C. Berkley Extension Division, Fall, 1994, Spring/Fall, 1995. Co-Chair, Publications Committee LES, 1991.
Chapter Author, Drafting Business Contracts, Continuing Education of the Bar, 1994, 1996. Practice Consultant, California Civil Practice, Bancroft Whitney, 1993. Contributing Editor, Trade Secret Law, Continuing Education of the Bar, 1996.
Sub-committee Chairman, Intellectual Property Section, American Bar Association. Workshop Leader, LES National Meeting, "Valuing New Technology for Licensing," October, 1996. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of California. Licensing Executives Society. American Chemical Society.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association. Military: Captain, United States.
Army, 1965-1967 (Also of Counsel, Brunell & Associates). Arant, Kleinberg, Lerner & Ram, LLP provides full intellectual property services in a broad range of technologies. Particular areas of emphasis are prosecution and defense of patent, trademark, copyright, trade dress and unfair competition claims, entertainment and business litigation, protection of multi-media, computer, electronics, and medical technology and business transactions relating to the protection, commercialization and licensing of copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secret property, United States and international patent and trademark prosecution.
Author: "Patent Fraud. A New Defense?," Journal of the Patent Office Society, Volume 54, No. 6, pp. 363-382, June, 1972.
Collaborator on Paper: United States. Government Policies Relating to Technology Licensing, Practicing Law Institute Symposium on Current Trends in Domestic and International Licensing, 1974. "Noninfringing Sales of An Infringing Medical Device - Lilly v.
Medtronics," Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, Volume 12, No. 9, pp. 36-39, September, 1990. "United States. Patent System - Important Differences to Non-United States.
Manufacturers," - International Medical & Diagnostic Industry, Volume 1, No. 4, pp. 22-25, November-December, 1990. "Managing Intellectual Property: Fourjays Publications, London, England, Editorial Advisory Board.
"Noninfringing Sales of Infringing Medical Devices - Lilly v. Medtronics," Patent World, May 1991. "Due Diligence Clauses - Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't," AUTM Western Regional Meeting, July 1992.
Speaker: "Licensing Your Invention to a Corporation," Invention Convention, September 1990, September 1991 and September, 1992. "Recent Changes in International Licensing," Orange County World Trade Center, February, 1991. Guest Lecturer: "Licensing for Entrepreneurs," University of California, Los Angeles Extension Division, April 1991 and April 1992.
Legal Aspects of Technology Transfer, U.C. Berkley Extension Division, Fall, 1994, Spring/Fall, 1995. Co-Chair, Publications Committee LES, 1991. Chapter Author, Drafting Business Contracts, Continuing Education of the Bar, 1994, 1996.
Practice Consultant, California Civil Practice, Bancroft Whitney, 1993. Contributing Editor, Trade Secret Law, Continuing Education of the Bar, 1996. Sub-committee Chairman, Intellectual Property Section, American Bar Association.
Workshop Leader, LES National Meeting, "Valuing New Technology for Licensing," October, 1996.
Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California. Licensing Executives Society.
American Chemical Society. American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association.
Military: Captain, United States. Army, 1965-1967 (Also of Counsel, Brunell & Associates).
