Robert W. Payne

Attorney at Law

19 Upper Ragsdale Drive
Suite 200
Monterey CA 93940
Tel: (831)649-8800
Fax: (831)649-8835

Practice Areas:

• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Licensing

Professional and Community Activities:

• Chair of the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California (2002-2003); current Advisor to Executive Committee; Programs Chair of Litigation Committee of IP Section.
• Chair of the Patent Litigation Committee of the AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association)(2009-11)
• Former Chair of the Trade Secrets Committee of the AIPLA
• Member of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association
• Served on the Editorial Board of the AIPLA's Quarterly Journal
• Former editor of New Matter journal, the official quarterly publication of the Intellectual Property Section of the California State Bar
• Clerked for Justice Allan G. Shepard of the Supreme Court of Idaho (1975-77)

Education:

• LL.M. International Law - University College, University of London (1978)
• J.D. - University of California, Davis (1975)
• B.A. - Stanford University (1972)

Publications and Speaking Engagements:

Mr. Payne has written over fifty published articles on intellectual property subjects and has spoken to numerous professional groups on intellectual property subjects, including:

• Design Patent Litigation: Validity and Remedies, AIPLA webinar, 2010
• Departing Employees and Intellectual Property, California Bar Annual Meeting, 2010
• Beyond the Scope of the Claims -- Patent Damages and Apportionment, California Bar Ass'n's New Matter journal, 2010. Related papers published in IP Litigator magazine (2009) and for AIPLA online presentation on patent damages (2009)
• Design Patent Enforcement After 'Egyptian Goddess', New Matter journal, Spring, 2009
• The Case In Favor of Federal Circuit De Novo Review, New Matter journal, Spring 2007
• Unregistered? You Ain't Dead Yet: Common Law Trademarks and Their Territorial Reach, Calif. Bar Intellectual Property Section paper, 2005
• Departing Employees and 'Abandoned' Research, New Matter journal, Fall 2005
• Patents vs. Trade Secrets: When Should Inventions Remain Trade Secrets? AIPLA Conference Presentation Paper, January 2002
• 'Equivalence' by Any Other Name, New Matter journal, Winter 2002
• Creative Remedies for Domain Name Disputes, California Lawyer, August 1999
• Rico And The 'Net: Racketeering Attacks In Domain Name Disputes, Mealey's Litigation Report: Intellectual Property, June 1997
• Copyright Registration of a Competitor's Logo, New Matter journal, Winter 1995
• Assignment of Inventions: Time is of the Essence, The Law Works, 1994
• Protecting Trade Secrets When an Employee Leaves, California Lawyer, November, 1985

Additional Information of Interest:

• Mr. Payne is a partner in the law firm of LaRiviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP
• Admitted to practice before the Federal Circuit of the U. S. Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court
• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California
• Admitted to Practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas, the Western District of Washington, and Colorado
• Admitted to the California Bar (1976)
• Admitted to the Texas Bar (2007)
• Admitted to the Idaho Bar (1976)
• Admitted to the Washington State Bar (2000)