Background
Vapnek, Paul W. was born on February 22, 1929 in New York, New York, United States.
Vapnek, Paul W. was born on February 22, 1929 in New York, New York, United States.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 1951). University of San Francisco (Juris Doctor, 1964). Pi Tau Sigma. Member, McAuliffe Law Honor Society.
Worked at TOWNSEND and TOWNSEND and CREW Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Trademarks, Copyrights, Intellectual Property Litigation, Professional Responsibility. Admitted to the bar, 1965, California. 1977, United States. Supreme Court.
Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Pi Tau Sigma. Member, McAuliffe Law Honor Society.
Author: "Intellectual Property Law Practice in the 1980"s: Dealing with the Expectations of a More Informed Clientele," 14 AIPLA Quarterly Journal 91, 1986. "The Lawyer and Unfair Competition," 10 New Matter 1.
"Infringement and Remedies Provisions of the New Copyright Law," 1 Committee/Ent 333, 1979.
"Invention Developers: Public and Private Litigation and Legislative Solutions," 6 APLA Quarterly Journal 109, 1978. Company-author, "Conflicts of Interest and Disqualification in Intellectual Property Litigation," 32 California Western Law Review 257, 1996. Editor-in-Chief, California Compendium on Professional Responsibility, State Bar of California, 1983.
Law Clerk to Judge William
T. Sweigert, United States. District Court, San Francisco, 1964-1965.
Assistant Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1974-1988. Lecturer, Patent Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1993.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Director, 1982-1983).
The State Bar of California (Member, 1976-1983 and Chair, 1980-1981, Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Member: Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Section, 1983-1986. Commission to Revise the Rules of Professional Conduct, 1985-1988, 1989-1991).
American Bar Association.
American Intellectual Property Law Association. San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1982-1983).
Legal Aid Society of San Francisco (Director, 1993).
Bar Association of San Francisco (Director, 1982-1983). The State Bar of California (Member, 1976-1983 and Chair, 1980-1981, Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Member: Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Section, 1983-1986.
Commission to Revise the Rules of Professional Conduct, 1984-1988, ).
American Bar Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association.
San Francisco Patent and Trademark Law Association (President, 1982-1983).