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Ronald Abrams

Of Counsel

BG Law

Ron Abrams is Of Counsel with BG Law.

Ron uses his unique experience to provide the best business solutions to BG Law clients. Over the past two decades, he has counseled small and start-up companies on intellectual property matters, including trademark protection, and he has litigated numerous trademark and trade secret cases. Ron also represents trustees in major bankruptcy cases.

For 15 years, Ron was the CFO of his own corporation. He has served as a volunteer arbitrator for the California State Bar Mandatory Fee Arbitration Department, working on cases that were published in the United States Patents Quarterly and state and federal reports, and contributed to the research and writing of a well-cited patents article.

Recent Articles by Ronald Abrams

Supreme Court Decision Deals Blow to ‘Patent Trolls’ and the ‘Best Little’ East Texas Towns That Thrive on Patent Litigation

After TC Heartland, patent infringement filings by patent trolls should be greatly reduced because they can no longer simply file and maintain cases against domestic corporations in plaintiff-friendly districts such as the Eastern District of Texas. Unfortunately for Marshall, Tyler and other East Texas towns, the torrent of lucrative patent litigation-related business traffic may slow to a trickle.

Apple May Ultimately Regret its Success in Apple v. Samsung

With over 205 billion in cash reserves at last count, Apple certainly doesn’t “need” the full nine-figure damage award. And, unless Congress steps in and amends the damage award statute, Apple will likely find itself defending its “total profits” for devices even where accused of infringing minor design features. Given the current statutory language the Supreme Court could very well agree with the Federal Circuit and find that it is bound by the clear statutory language. Clearly it is time for Congress to step in and amend Section 289, possibly to add apportionment.