Intellectual Property Law and Chapter 11 Essentials Explored in Two New Products from the ABI Bookstore

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 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

AND CHAPTER 11 ESSENTIALS EXPLORED IN TWO NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE
ABI BOOKSTORE!

September 17,
2007,
w:st='on'>Alexandria,
w:st='on'>Va. — Two new titles are now
available for purchase from the American Bankruptcy Institute’s
bookstore to help bankruptcy professionals navigate important areas of
their practice. Bankruptcy and its Impact on Intellectual
Property covers the basics of IP law, including a description of
property rights, license and assignment issues and infringements.
Intellectual property (patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade
secrets) can become a significant asset of a debtor’s estate and
special rules apply, depending on whether the assets are defined as
property of the estate or an executory contract. The manual, written by
Patricia S. Rogowski of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP
(Wilmington,
w:st='on'>Del.) and Craig B. Young of Connolly Bove
Lodge & Hutz LLP (
w:st='on'>Washington,
w:st='on'>D.C.), outlines what parties can do in

a bankruptcy to protect intellectual property rights, including the
debtor-in-possession’s ability to assign IP licenses.

Also available is theChapter

11-'101:' The Essentials of Chapter 11 Practice CD-Rom, a
compilation and expansion of a series of articles first written for the
ABIJournal,
ABI’s flagship
periodical, during 2004 and 2005. Updated and assembled in a handy
electronic format, the work is an essential but fast read for new
restructuring professionals from attorneys to financial restructuring
advisors. More than 20 chapters of topics are covered by authors
Jonathan P. Friedland of Schiff Hardin LLP
(Chicago), Michael L. Bernstein of
color='black'>Arnold & Porter LLP (
w:st='on'>Washington,
w:st='on'>D.C.), Prof. George W. Kuney of

size='3'>Universityof
Tennessee’s
College of
w:st='on'>Law (Knoxville,

Tenn.) and Prof.

w:st='on'>JackAyer of the
color='black'>UC Davis School of Law (
w:st='on'>Chico,
w:st='on'>Calif.), with extensive
supplemental materials from actual cases.

Both the softbound, 100-page
Bankruptcy and its Impact on Intellectual Property manual and
Chapter 11-'101:' The Essentials of Chapter 11 Practice CD-Rom
are available for purchase. Click here to order from the online
ABI Bookstore.

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