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James Beard
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James Beard joined Turner Boyd as an associate in 2010 after receiving his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2009. While at Hastings he focused on patent law and litigation, earning a concentration certificate in Intellectual Property. He served as the Executive Editor of the Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal and as a Research Fellow for the Hastings Law & Bioscience Project. In recognition of his academic contributions, Mr. Beard was awarded the CALI and Witkin awards for his work in the Intellectual Property Law Issues in Biotechnology seminar, a CALI award for the Advanced Topics in Patent Law seminar, and an honorable mention for best Moot Court oralist. Before graduating, Mr. Beard published three articles and a note covering topics in patent law and litigation, as well as serving as an extern in the chambers of the Honorable Justice Candace Cooper of California’s Second Appellate District, Division Eight.

Admissions

Mr. Beard is admitted to practice in California state courts, the District Court for the Northern District of California, the District Court for the District of Colorado, and the Eastern District of Texas.

Education

University of California, B.A. Religious Studies and Political Science, 2006 – Distinction in General Scholarship (cum laude), Highest Honors in Religious Studies (summa cum laude)
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 2009

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Publications

Patent Marking: True AND False in 11th Annual Silicon Valley Advanced Patent Law Institute, Advanced Patent Law Institute, with Karen Boyd

Note: A Better Carrot: Incentivizing Patent Reexamination, 1 Hastings Sci. & Tech. L.J . 169 (2009).

An Analysis of CIGS Solar Cell Technology, 6 Nano. L. & Bus. 19 (2009), with Albert Halluin.

“The Limits of Licensing: Quanta v. LGE and the New Doctrine of Simultaneous Exhaustion,”2008 UCLA J. L. Tech. 3 (2008), available at www.lawtechjournal.com.

Weeds in the Docket: Patent Continuation Reform and Its Effect on the Biotechnology Industry, 90 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc’y 423 (2008), reprinted in Sri Krishna, Patent Prosecution: Theory and Practice (ICFAI University Press 2009).

Presentations

Unringing the Bell: Golan v. Holder and the Privatization of the Public Domain, San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property Inn of Court (October 2010).

Copyright Damages Take Flight: An exploration of copyright damages in the wake of Oracle v. SAP and Mattel v. MGA, San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property Inn of Court (April 2011).