Education
Columbia University, J.D.
The City University of New York, Ph.D. - Chemistry
The City College (C.U.N.Y.), B.S. Chemistry
Biography
Paul Ginsburg received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the City University of New York and his law degree from Columbia University where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the City College of New York and to Sigma Xi at CUNY.
Before joining Ostrolenk Faber LLP, Dr. Ginsburg spent most of his career in law firms and as corporate counsel representing large and small pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical and consumer products companies. He recently retired from Pfizer Inc., where he served as Head of the New York Patent Department and represented Pfizer on the intellectual property committees of the National Association of Manufacturers, the Chemical Manufacturers Association and the Biotechnology Industry Organization. Dr. Ginsburg has lectured widely on pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent prosecution and licensing at the Practicing Law Institute and Columbia Law School and before other groups.
Selected Publications
“Biotech Patent Licensing – Reviewing Current Collaborative Trends Between Academics and Companies”, European Centre for Pharmaceutical Information “Biotech Patent Licensing Briefing”, October 18, 1999, London, UK.
“Case Study – Pfizer Inc v. Perigo (with Grover F. Fuller Jr.), Bickel & Brewer Seminar on “Litigating The Patent Case: A Forum For Corporate Counsel”, New York, N.Y., September 30 – October 1, 1999.
Symposium Panelist, “A Brave New World: Shaping The Future Of Biotechnology Law”, Columbia University School of Law, New York, N.Y., April 15, 1998. Short review of 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102, 103 and 112, and discussion of patentability of expressed sequence tags and licensing of research tools.
“Technology Transfer And Protection Of Intellectual Property” (with John Richards), Executive Enterprises Seminar on “Growing Internationally: Successful Strategies For Implementing And Managing A Foreign Operation”, New York, New York, June 3-4, 1996.
“Biotechnology Protection And Licensing”, Practicing Law Institute Seminar on Technology Licensing and Litigation, New York, New York, March 7-8, 1996. Paper (with Garth Butterfield and Lorraine Ling) appears in Practicing Law Institute's Technology Licensing and Litigation 1996 at pages 235-285.
“Patentability and Technology Transfer Issues Relating to the NIH Patent Applications”, Practicing Law Institute Seminar on Technology Licensing and Litigation, New York, New York, February 28 - March 1, 1994. Paper appears in Practicing Law Institute's Technology Licensing and Litigation 1994 at pages 441-471.
Faculty Member, Chemical Arts Section, Practicing Law Institute Advanced Claim Drafting and Amendment Writing Workshop, December 13-14, 1993, New York, New York.
“Advanced Claim Drafting and Amendment Writing for Chemical Inventions”, with John P. White. Chapter in Practicing Law Institute's Advanced Claim Drafting and Amendment Writing Workshop 1993 at pages 355-391.
“Patentability and Technology Transfer Issues Relating to the NIH Patent Applications”, Practicing Law Institute Seminar on Technology Licensing and Litigation, New York, New York, March 2, 1993. Paper appears in Practicing Law Institute's Technology Licensing and Litigation 1993 at pages 641-669.
“The NIH Patent Applications and Technology Transfer”, Eighth Annual Biotechnology Law Institute, Prentice Hall Law & Business, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1992. Article in course materials reprinted in The Journal of Proprietary Rights, 4, 18-22 (1992).
Symposium Panelist, “Very Broad Markush Claims; A Solution or a Problem?”, ACS Division of Chemical Information, Washington, D.C., August 29, 1990. Proceedings printed in the Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 31, 10-30 (1991).
Awards and Honors
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia University
Sigma Xi, The City University of New York
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, The City College (C.U.N.Y.)
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