McKool Smith Attorneys Featured in 21st Annual Intellectual Assets and Technology Law Institute

Dallas – Attorneys from Dallas’ McKool Smith, P.C., are playing key roles in the 21st Annual Intellectual Assets and Technology Law Institute, the popular continuing legal education program taking place October 5 & 6, 2006, at the Marriott Dallas Las Colinas Hotel in Irving, Texas.

McKool Smith is a sponsor of the Institute, and three of the firm’s lawyers are leading discussions on a variety of important topics concerning intellectual property and technology law.

Firm principal Thomas L. Crisman is the moderator of the program, which focuses on data and security interests in IP issues; patent law policy, politics and litigation; updates on trademarks, licensing and copyright law; ethical considerations of investing in Internet communications; legal hotspots in e-commerce; and protecting domain names.

Mike McKool Jr., a principal and founder of McKool Smith, delivered the luncheon presentation on Thursday, Oct. 5, concerning the ethical implications of attorney Internet blogs and other communications on the World Wide Web. Mr. McKool is trial counsel for some of the world’s largest corporations, including airlines, energy companies, telecommunications firms and investment banking houses.

“Our attorneys are proud to be involved as sponsors and faculty members of this longstanding conference,” Mr. McKool says. “The business leaders and in-house counsel who attend will come away with new information to help their companies.”

The Friday luncheon presentation from Lewis T. LeClair, a principal with McKool Smith, covers the ethical considerations of attorneys’ investing in clients’ businesses and other business relationships with clients. Mr. LeClair has been a trial lawyer for nearly 30 years, focusing his practice on commercial litigation.

Full information about the Institute can be found at www.infolaw.org.

McKool Smith has more than 85 attorneys in Dallas, Austin, and Marshall, Texas, handling commercial and intellectual property litigation for national and international clients. The firm is recognized as one of the premier litigation law firms in the United States, having earned significant victories for clients such as Electronic Data Systems, BearingPoint, Ericsson, Cisco Systems, Medtronic and National Instruments.

If you would like more information about the McKool Smith law firm or the 21st Annual Intellectual Assets And Technology Law Institute, please contact Bruce Vincent at 800-559-4534 or bruce@legalpr.com.