Tim's Travails

Tim's Travails

For more than three decades, Tim focused on intellectual property issues for government agencies and in the private sector; his assignments have taken him to 60 countries around the world. But writing books has always been his passion.

Episodes

January 8, 2026 46 mins
January 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet attorney turned award-winning noir author Christopher Chambers Today’s Topic: Author to Author • Attorney to Attorney Tim will talk with Chris about: How does being a life-long Washington, D.C., resident influence your writing? What allows you to capture the “gritty” aspects of your novels? Washington, D.C., has ...
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January 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet school safety expert, author, and podcaster Luis D. Aponte. Today’s Topic: The Real Story Behind School Safety — How to Prevent the Next School Shooting About our guest: Some people talk about school safety — Luis D. Aponte actually studies it. A Northern Virginia librarian, Air Force veteran, and author, Luis has spent seve...
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December 2025 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show, we meet Chen Wang, the co-founder and CEO of Steelike, and former Deputy Executive Director for Regulatory Affairs of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. This month’s topic: Women in Engineering Questions for Chen: How did you decide to enter this area? What were your interests and influences as a child? How did th...
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Podcast Special — If you are tracking the news, you’ll be fascinated by this interview with IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show and fellow author Joe Relk. Today’s Topic: How fiction imitates reality — now, more than ever! Some of the questions that Tim asks Joe include: Let’s talk about what’s happening today in the fall of 2025 here in the US, including the abandonment of the ...
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October 2025 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet GW Intellectual Property Law Professor Mark Traphagen Our topic: Artificial Intelligence and its impact on labor, with a focus on how AI impacts the creative/entertainment industries, including several recent developments: Anthropic’s decision to pay out $1.5 billion for downloading thousands of books in violation of copyrig...
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September 2025 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet Chun T. Wright, law firm owner and former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia This month’s topic: The adventure of travel law Tim asks Chunnie: You’ve built a legal practice that covers copyright, trademark, technology and even something called “adventure travel law.” How did you create such a unique mix an...
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August 2025 — This month on Mark Cohen, former intellectual property attaché at the US Embassy in Beijing Today’s Topic: Understanding China through a Professor’s Eyes Tim talks with Mark about: What advice would you offer someone studying Chinese today? What are the challenges facing US diplomats in China on Intellectual Property? What do you see as the trajectory for US-China relations in trade and especially in Intel...
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July 2025 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet patent attorney Thomas Moga Today’s Topic: The China Factor and what might happen next Tim will talk with Tom about: With his latest book being The China Factor, Tim has deep insights into the inner workings of international trade. Today, he’ll dive deep into the current state of affairs in 2025 and will share with the au...
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June 2025 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet Stacey Kalamaras, the founding partner of Kalamaras Law Office LLC, an intellectual property boutique in Chicago, IL. Today’s Topic: The Importance of Embracing Change On today’s episode, Tim asks Stacey:  Tell us about the importance of ensuring small businesses protect their brand/logo/trademarks. Why is it so essential...
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May 2025: Hello friends! I’m Hope Katz Gibbs, founder of Inkandescent, and I’m so happy today to introduce you to our new client and podcaster — IP attorney and author Tim Trainer. We met at Elaine’s Literary Salon just after his 3rd novel, The China Factor, was published this year. In the months since, our Inkandescent team has had the privilege of launching his new website, TimothyTrainer.com and posting entries to his blog...
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