Robert Berliner, Esq.

Mr. Robert Berliner is a long-time volunteer with BREATHE California of Los Angeles County, having devoted more than 30 years to involvement and support of the organization.  Mr. Berliner is also a past chair of the Board for BREATHE LA.

Mr. Berliner was a founding member of the intellectual property firm of Robbins, Berliner & Carson L.L.P. for more than 25 years, becoming a partner of the international general law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. following the 1997 merger of the two firms. Having decades of practice in all aspects of intellectual property, and having developed a network of over sixty top-rated intellectual property firms in more than 20 countries, he formed Berliner & Associates as a full service intellectual property firm specializing in patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, licensing and litigation, both in the United States and worldwide. He has close familiarity with the special needs of University patent portfolios, and in assisting in the formation and operations of early stage companies.

A member of the Intellectual Property Rights panel of the American Arbitration Association, Mr. Berliner has served as arbitrator in significant trade secret, contract, and biotech and pharmaceutical patent disputes.

Mr. Berliner is a founding Director and currently is on the Board of the Southern California Biomedical Council. He has lectured on intellectual property at the University of California at Los Angeles and taught trademark and copyright law as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Southwestern University School of Law. He is a past Chairman of the Board and current member of the Board of Breathe California of Los Angeles County. In 2007, President Bush's Council on Service and Civic Participation awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award to Mr. Berliner.

A prolific writer, Mr. Berliner is a frequent author of technology, licensing, and other intellectual property topics. Some of his most recent published works include:

• "Biotech Patents Rely on the Balance of Two Doctrines," San Diego Commerce, May 1997.

• "Biotechnology Patents at an Unexpected Crossroad," San Diego Business Journal, April 1996.

• "Evaluating Intellectual Property for Strategic Alliances," Los Angeles Business Journal, April 1996.

• "Finally, a European Trademark," Metropolitan News Enterprise, February 1996.

• "International Patent Litigation," California Business Law Practitioner, Winter 2006.