New Expressions: 3D Printing & the Changing IP Landscape

Armen Nercessian focuses his practice on litigation and handles litigation matters for technology-based companies.

While in law school, Armen was a member of the Moot Court Board and served as a law clerk for the Orleans Public Defenders office. He is a member of the engineering honors societies Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu.?

Michael is the General Counsel and IP Expert at Shapeways.

He received his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College. Michael was born and raised in and around Washington, DC.

Andrew Gass is a nationally recognized thought leader on emerging issues in copyright law, antitrust law, and the intersection between the two. At Latham & Watkins, he is a partner and member of the firm’s award-winning global Antitrust & Competition Practice. At the UC Berkeley School of Law, he has taught both the basic Copyright Law course and an advanced seminar on Copyright, Competition & Technology in the nation’s top-ranked IP law program. In the American Bar Association, he is Chair of the IP Section’s Committee on Copyright and New Technologies, having previously served as Chair of the Committee on Music, Sound Recordings, and Performing Artists.

In private practice, Mr. Gass represents technology companies, broadcasters, and other clients in high-stakes litigation with competitors, suppliers, and regulators. He also counsels companies of all sizes on matters implicating copyright, antitrust, and other regulatory considerations, from product design through licensing and commercialization, merger and acquisition, and beyond.

Mr. Gass has been honored as one of five “Rising Star” competition law attorneys under age 40 by the publication Law360. His work has been lauded for its “originality,” “leadership,” and “impact” by the Financial Times, for “saving [clients] millions of dollars."