First Annual Mosaic Conference: Diverse Voices in IP Scholarship

The goal of the Mosaic Conference is to bring together IP scholars, policy makers, and activists of diverse and multicultural backgrounds and perspectives to explore socially progressive and non-traditional ideas in IP law, policy, and social activism. Throughout the global community, intellectual property regimes play a critical role in human development, socio-economic empowerment, and the preservation and promotion of social justice. Many IP regimes, however, have been structured or interpreted to reflect only the interests of an entrenched status quo; socially cognizant IP theses are often ignored or rejected as tangential or antithetical to commoditization-centered theories of IP protection, often impeding broader social utility concerns including equitable access to IP protection and output and stimulating innovation. Through the First Annual Mosaic Conference, IP scholars and practitioners will come together with policy makers, social activists, and others to present ideas for progressive and activist-oriented scholarship for assessment as to social relevance, legal significance, and doctrinal integrity.

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11th Annual IIPSJ CLE

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10th Annual IIPSJ CLE

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2012 CLE

9th Annual IIPSJ CLE -- March 8-9, 2012

The 9th Annual IIPSJ CLE will be held on March 8-9, 2012 ). The chair of the program is Esther Lim (Finnegan Law Firm partner) (Patent Day), with co-chairs Leigh Ann Lindquist (Partner at Sughrue Mion PLLC) (Copyrights and Trademark Day) and Lateef Mtima (IIPSJ Director). As in the past, Thursday will have panels on copyrights and trademarks and Friday will be on patents.

A special thanks to our CLE sponsors.

A pdf version of the program schedule is available to be downloaded.

Thursday March 8, 2012 (Day 1)
Copyrights and Trademarks

8:45 - 9:00 Introduction and Welcome

Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law and Director of IIPSJ Howard University School of Law

Leigh Ann Lindquist, Partner Sughrue Mion PLLC

MORNING SESSION: 9:00 - 12:35

9:00 - 10:00 Contemporary Developments in IP Protection (Part I): From Deceptive Mis-Description to the Rise of Color Marks

Phil Hampton, Partner

Dickstein Shapiro LLP

Toni Hickey, Senior Counsel

Foley & Lardner, LLP

 

10:00 - 11:00 Contemporary Developments in IP Protection (Part II): From Supreme Court Jurisprudence to IP Transactional Issues

Shubha Ghosh, Professor of Law

University of Wisconsin School of Law

Jonathan Goins, Partner

Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, LLP

Morning Break

 

11:10 - 12:10 Contemporary Developments in IP Protection (Part III): From the Current State of Trademark Dilution to Motion and Gesticulation Marks

Julia Anne Matheson, Partner

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Douglas (Chip) Rettew, Partner

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

LUNCHEON PROGRAM: 12:10 - 1:55

 

Google Intellectual Property and Social Justice Luncheon:
Preserving Minority Culture in the Digital Information Age

Spencer Boyer, Professor of Law (Moderator)

Howard University School of Law

James Grooms, Senior Counsel

JAZZ At Lincoln Center

Lita Rosario, President & CEO

WYZ GIRL Entertainment Consulting, LLC

AFTERNOON SESSION: 2:00 - 5:10

2:00 - 3:00 Athletes’ IP Rights in Their Personas

Ronald Katz, Partner (Moderator)

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Robert Carey, Partner

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP

Michael Hausfeld, Chairman

Hausfeld LLP

3:00 - 4:00 Copyright and Other Protection for Fashion Design and Products

Karyn Temple Clagget, Senior Counsel

Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office

Kenya Wiley, Founder and Editor-in-Chief

Fashion Cloture

Afternoon Break

4:10 - 5:10 Effective (and Ethical!) IP Representation

William Thomashower, Partner

Schwartz & Thomashower, LLP

Friday March 9, 2012 (Day 2)
Copyrights and Trademarks

Chair:

Esther Lim, Partner

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

 

8:45 - 9:00 Introduction and Welcome

Esther Lim, Partner

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law and Director of IIPSJ

Howard University School of Law

 

Morning Session: 9:00 - 12:15

9:00 - 10:00 Interpreting and Implementing the America Invents Act and Considering Related Ethical Issues (1 Hour Ethics Credit)

Jennifer Hayes, Partner (Moderator)

Sughrue Mion PLLC

Raymond Chen, Solicitor

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Thomas Irving, Partner

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Sung Kim, Senior Attorney

Microsoft Corporation

 

10:00 - 11:00 Patent Litigation and Licensing Trends: Perspectives on Non-Practicing Entities

 

Christian Na, Deputy General Counsel (Moderator)

Circor International, Inc.

Lee Cheng, General Counsel

Newegg, Inc.

  1. Delano Jordan, Shareholder

Jordan IP Law, PC

 

Morning Break

11:15 - 12:15 Judges’ Views on Trying Patent Cases

Donald Dunner, Partner, Partner (Moderator)

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Honorable Susan Braden

United States Court of Federal Claims

Honorable Theodore Essex

United States International Trade Commission

Honorable Liam O’Grady

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Honorable James Smith, Chief Administrative Patent Judge

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, United States

Patent and Trademark Office

LUNCHEON PROGRAM: 12:15 - 1:30
SUGHRUE MION PLLC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM LUNCHEON

Keynote Presentation: The Inclusiveness Imperative–How Inclusiveness Facilitates Competitiveness

 

Joseph West, President & CEO

Minority Corporate Counsel Association

 

Afternoon Session: 1:30 - 4:45

1:30 - 2:00 Special Afternoon Presentation: Greatest Challenges Facing Patent Prosecutors, Patent Litigators, and Patent Licensors

 

Honorable Randall Rader, Chief Judge

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

 

2:00 - 3:00 Key Issues Facing the Federal Circuit

Barbara McCurdy, Partner (Moderator)

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Honorable Richard Linn

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Honorable Sharon Prost

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

 

Afternoon Break

3:15 - 3:45 Update from the World Intellectual Property Organization

Matthew Bryan, Director

Patent Cooperation Treaty Legal Division Innovation and

Technology Sector, WIPO

3:45 - 4:45 The Changing State of Patent Law: Recent Developments and Strategic Implications

George Chen, Partner (Moderator)

Bryan Cave LLP

Clint Gerdine, Attorney Advisor

United States International Trade Commission

Sarah Jabbari, Senior Counsel

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.

Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property

Freddie Mac

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2014 CLE

11th Annual IIPSJ/Finnegan CLE Program - March 13-14, 2014

Thursday and Friday, March 13-14, 2014

You are invited to attend the Eleventh Annual Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ) CLE Seminar. The two-day program will be held at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center (NASA), One Tranquility Base, Huntsville Alabama, 35805, and is presented by IIPSJ and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, and hosted by The University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Business Administration.

The continuing convergence of the major forms of IP protection makes it essential that IP lawyers keep pace with important developments in multiple areas of IP practice. Today’s IP attorneys must stay abreast of relevant changes in the law and major progressions in IP jurisprudence.

Moreover, the need for fresh, innovative approaches to new IP challenges spurs the demand for diversity in the IP bar. To meet the evolving needs of today’s IP practitioners, creators, developers, and distributors, IIPSJ presents a comprehensive two-day program, through which seasoned attorneys can enhance their skills, experienced minority and women attorneys can reach wider audiences, and aspiring IP practitioners can enjoy a unique and affordable opportunity to become familiar with key IP principles and important controversies of the day.

Day One - Copyright, Trademark, and Publicity Rights Program
Thursday, March 13, 2014—8:45 am - 5:15 pm

Day Two - Patent Program
Friday, March 14, 2014—8:45 am – 5:00 pm

Distinguished Guests
Honorable Susan G. Braden - United States Court of Federal Claims

Honorable Ruben Castillo - United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Honorable Dana Sabraw - United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Honorable Marvin Wiggins - Alabama Circuit Court
Register

Day One: Copyright, Trademark, and Publicity Rights Program

Day Two: Patent Agenda

Program Chairs
Chair: Esther H. Lim, Partner -Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Co-Chair: Lateef Mtima, Director of IIPSJ and Professor of Law -Howard University School of Law

Administrative Chair: Tashia Bunch, IIPSJ Chair of Professional and Public Programs - Howard University School of Law

Administrative Co-Chair: Dr. John R. Whitman, Visiting Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Leadership - College of Business Administration of The University of Alabama in Huntsville 

Location
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
One Tranquility Base
Huntsville, Alabama 35805 

Travel and Accommodations 

CLE Credit
The seminar has been approved for CLE credit since 2003; 2014 credit applications have been filed for Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. 

Special Needs
If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify Professor Lateef Mtima at Howard University School of Law,lmtima@iipsj.org at least two weeks prior to the seminar. 

Click here for more information or contact Professor Lateef Mtima atlmtima@iipsj.org.

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IP and Civil Rights Conference with Rev. Jesse Jackson as Keynote speaker

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Program Summit 2012

IIPSJ USPTO IP Empowerment Summit 2011
IP Empowerment Summit Agenda
On December 1, 2011, the Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ) will co-present with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) the Second National IP Empowerment Summit. The IIPSJ/USPTO IP Empowerment Summit will serve the general public and intellectual property professional and activist community in educating and empowering minority and marginalized artists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and other IP stakeholders in underserved communities. The Summit will provide practical information and presentations for creators and inventors regarding the development, protection, and exploitation of their own innovative and creative works as well as works and inventions in the public domain.
(download a pdf version of the agenda)
December 1, 2011 at USPTO
Register by sending an email to summit@iipsj.org, including your name and contact information in the body of the email, and including "IIPSJ-USPTO Summit Registration" in the subject line, please.
Directions to USPTO for IP Summit
The IP Summit will be held in the Global Intellectual Property Academy(GIPA) at the USPTO in the Singapore/Venice room. GIPA is located on the 2nd Floor of the Madison Building which is located at 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria VA 22314. GIPA is on the 2nd Floor above the Public Search Library. Summit Attendees must enter through the Public Search Library which is located on the main floor of the Madison Building. If you are entering the building from the Dulany Street side, the Public Search Library will be on your left directly across from the Museum.
The lunch will take place in the Internet Café which is located in GIPA.
The reception will take place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum which is located on the 1st Floor of the Madison Building across from the Public Search Library.
Morning Program
9:00 - 9:10: Welcome Remarks/Introduction
Richard Maulsby,, Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development and Acting Chief Communications Officer, USPTO
9:10 - 9:40: Opening Keynote Address
Teresa Stanek Rea,  Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
9:40 - 10:30: IP Education Resources: The Way Forward
Joyce Ward, USPTO Education Coordinator
Elizabeth Dougherty, Acting Deputy Director in the Office of Patent Legal Administration, USPTO
Karla Perkins, Senior Staff Attorney Office of Trademark Quality Review and Training
Tom A. Turner, Librarian, Patent & Trademark Resource Centers Program, USPTO
10:30 - 11:15: IP Pro Bono Programs and Myth Busters: Bridging the IP Resource and Legal Assistance Gap
John Calvert, Senior Advisor, Office of Innovation Development, USPTO (Moderator and Lead Panelist)
Jim Patterson, Managing Partner of Patterson Thuente Christensen Pedersen, P.A
William Covey, Deputy General Counsel of Office of Enrollment and Discipline and Director of OED
11:15 - 12:15: Innovation and Commercialization
Paul Corson, Acting Director, the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), U.S. Economic Development Administration
Brett Feeney, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (OIE)
Quentin Palfrey, Senior Advisor to the CTO for Jobs & Competitiveness, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
Jason McCall, President at J. McCall & Associates, LLC, Board Member at Unity Network & Counseling Center, Former Special Assistant to the National Director of Minority Business Development Agency (USDOC)
Karina L. Edmonds, Technology Transfer Coordinator, U.S. Department of Energy
12:15 - 1:15: Luncheon Keynote Address
Lateef Mtima, Professor, Howard University School of Law and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice
Katherine Oyama, Policy Counsel, Google Inc.
Afternoon Program
1:15 - 2:15: Protecting and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in a Competitive Global Environment
Part I:  What is the Intellectual Property Enforcement (IPEC) Office & What Is its Role
Michael Lewis, Director, Intellectual Property Advisor at the Executive Office of the President
Part II:  A Broader Discussion on the Importance of IP Protection in Foreign Markets
Scott Baldwin, Attorney, Office of Policy and External Affairs, USPTO
James Housel, Director for the Global Intellectual Property Academy, Office of Policy and External Affairs
2:15 - 3:15: Trademarks and Copyrights: Preserving Minority Culture in an Economic Downturn
James Grooms, General Counsel of Jazz at the Lincoln Center
Cheryl Black, Esquire, Goodman, Allen & Filetti, PLLC
3:15 - 4:00: Sound Recordings: Copyright Transfer and Termination Considerations
Lita Rosario, President and CEO WYZ GIRL Entertainment Consulting, LLC
4:00 - 4:05: Closing Remarks/Introduction of Director Kappos
Bryant Young, Partner, Young and Associates, LLP, and Practicing Scholar in Residence, Institute of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
4:05 - 4:30: Closing Keynote Address
David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
4:30 - 6:00: Summit Reception
Information about the IIPSJ programs is on the IIPSJ main website at old.org.
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IIPSJ USPTO IP Empowerment Summit 2011

IP Empowerment Summit Agenda

On December 1, 2011, the Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ) co-presented with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) the Second National IP Empowerment Summit. The annual IIPSJ/USPTO IP Empowerment Summit serves the general public and intellectual property professional and activist community in educating and empowering minority and marginalized artists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and other IP stakeholders in underserved communities. The Summit provides practical information and presentations for creators and inventors regarding the development, protection, and exploitation of their own innovative and creative works as well as works and inventions in the public domain.
(download a pdf version of the agenda)

December 1, 2011 at USPTO

Register by sending an email to summit@iipsj.org, including your name and contact information in the body of the email, and including "IIPSJ-USPTO Summit Registration" in the subject line, please.

Directions to USPTO for IP Summit

The IP Summit will be held in the Global Intellectual Property Academy(GIPA) at the USPTO in the Singapore/Venice room. GIPA is located on the 2nd Floor of the Madison Building which is located at 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria VA 22314. GIPA is on the 2nd Floor above the Public Search Library. Summit Attendees must enter through the Public Search Library which is located on the main floor of the Madison Building. If you are entering the building from the Dulany Street side, the Public Search Library will be on your left directly across from the Museum.

The lunch will take place in the Internet Café which is located in GIPA.

The reception will take place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum which is located on the 1st Floor of the Madison Building across from the Public Search Library.

Morning Program

9:00 - 9:10: Welcome Remarks/Introduction

Richard Maulsby, Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development and Acting Chief Communications Officer, USPTO

9:10 - 9:40: Opening Keynote Address

Teresa Stanek Rea,  Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

9:40 - 10:30: IP Education Resources: The Way Forward

Joyce Ward, USPTO Education Coordinator
Elizabeth Dougherty, Acting Deputy Director in the Office of Patent Legal Administration, USPTO
Karla Perkins, Senior Staff Attorney Office of Trademark Quality Review and Training
Tom A. Turner, Librarian, Patent & Trademark Resource Centers Program, USPTO

10:30 - 11:15: IP Pro Bono Programs and Myth Busters: Bridging the IP Resource and Legal Assistance Gap

John Calvert, Senior Advisor, Office of Innovation Development, USPTO (Moderator and Lead Panelist)
Jim Patterson, Managing Partner of Patterson Thuente Christensen Pedersen, P.A.
William Covey, Deputy General Counsel of Office of Enrollment and Discipline and Director of OED

11:15 - 12:15: Innovation and Commercialization

Paul Corson, Acting Director, the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), U.S. Economic Development Administration
Brett Feeney, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (OIE)Quentin Palfrey, Senior Advisor to the CTO for Jobs & Competitiveness, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
Jason McCall, President at J. McCall & Associates, LLC, Board Member at Unity Network & Counseling Center, Former Special Assistant to the National Director of Minority Business Development Agency (USDOC)
Karina L. Edmonds, Technology Transfer Coordinator, U.S. Department of Energy

12:15 - 1:15: Luncheon Keynote Address

Lateef Mtima, Professor, Howard University School of Law; and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice
Katherine Oyama, Policy Counsel, Google Inc.

Afternoon Program

1:15 - 2:15: Protecting and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in a Competitive Global Environment

Part I:  What is the Intellectual Property Enforcement (IPEC) Office & What Is its Role

Michael Lewis, Director, Intellectual Property Advisor at the Executive Office of the President

Part II:  A Broader Discussion on the Importance of IP Protection in Foreign Markets

Scott Baldwin, Attorney, Office of Policy and External Affairs, USPTO
James Housel, Director for the Global Intellectual Property Academy, Office of Policy and External Affairs

2:15 - 3:15: Trademarks and Copyrights: Preserving Minority Culture in an Economic Downturn

James Grooms, General Counsel of Jazz at the Lincoln Center
Cheryl Black, Esquire, Goodman, Allen & Filetti, PLLC

3:15 - 4:00: Sound Recordings: Copyright Transfer and Termination Considerations

Lita Rosario, President and CEO WYZ GIRL Entertainment Consulting, LLC

4:00 - 4:05: Closing Remarks/Introduction of Director Kappos

Bryant Young, Partner, Young and Associates, LLP, and Practicing Scholar in Residence, Institute of Intellectual Property and Social Justice

4:05 - 4:30: Closing Keynote Address

David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

4:30 - 6:00: Summit Reception

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2011 CLE

The next IIPSJ CLE will be held in March 2011. The chair of the program is Esther Lim (Finnegan Law Firm partner) (Patent Day), with co-chairs Leigh Ann Lindquist (Partner at Sughrue Mion PLLC) (Copyrights and Trademark Day) and Lateef Mtima (IIPSJ Director). As in the past, Thursday will present panels on copyrights and trademarks and Friday will be on patents.

Photos from the IIPSJ 2011 CLE have been posted,

A special thanks to our 2011 CLE sponsors.

A pdf version of the program schedule can be downloaded.

Thursday, March 10, 2011 (Day 1)
Copyrights and Trademarks

8:45 - 9:00 Introduction and Welcome

Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law and Director of IIPSJ Howard University School of Law

Leigh Ann Lindquist, Partner Sughrue Mion PLLC

Morning Session: 9:00 - 12:35

9:00 - 9:45 Year In Review: Trademark and Copyright Update

Phil Hampton, Partner
Dickstein Shapiro LLP

Judge Jyll Taylor, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Invited

William Thomashower, Partner
Schwartz & Thomashower LLP

9:45 - 10:30 Counterfeiting: Update on Government
Investigations and Combating Online Counterfeiting

Philip Furgang, Partner
Furgang & Adwar, LLP

Richard Halverson,
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Unit Chief for Outreach & Training at the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Investigator, ICE, Department of Homeland Security

Elke Suber, Legal and Corporate Affairs
Microsoft Corporation

10:30 - 11:30 Trademark Bullying: Fact or Fiction

John Clifford, Partner
Merchant & Gould P.C.

Sarah Crispi, Director of Legal Affairs
Discovery Communications

Leigh Ann Lindquist, Partner (Moderator)
Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Morning Break

11:45 - 12:35 Social Media Tips: Protecting IP Rights
and Complying with the FTC

Tashia Bunch, Associate
Fish & Richardson

Heidi Constantine
Metropolitan Life - Invited

Stacey Ferguson, Attorney
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of
Advertising Practices
intellectual property

Luncheon Program: 12:35 - 1:45
Venable LLP Intellectual Property and Social Justice Symposium Luncheon

Intellectual Property and the Pursuit of Civil Rights: Issues
and Challenges for the Digital Information Age

Michael J. Remington, Partner
Drinker Biddle

Derek Slater, Policy Manager
Google, Inc.

Lateef Mtima, Professor (Moderator)
Howard University School of Law

Afternoon Session: 1:45 - 5:30

1:45 - 2:30 Athletes' Game-changing Rights of Publicity

Robert Carey, Partner
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP

Michael Hausfeld, Chairman
Hausfeld LLP

Ronald Katz, Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

2:30 - 3:15 Music Licensing in the Digital World: New
Problems and Traditional Licensing Mechanisms

Stephanie Furgang Adwar, Partner
Furgang & Adwar, LLP

Lita Rosario, President and CEO
WYZ GIRL Entertainment Consulting, LLC

Eric Schwartz, Partner

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Spencer Boyer, Professor (Moderator)
Howard University School of Law

3:15 - 4:15 Brand Protection for the Exploding Brand

Julia Anne Matheson, Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Douglas (Chip) Rettew, Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Afternoon Break

4:30 - 5:30 Ethical Issues in IP Representations
(1 hour Ethics Credit)

William Thomashower, Partner
Schwartz & Thomashower LLP

Patents - Friday, March 11, 2011 (Day 2)

8:30 - 8:45 Introduction and Welcome

Esther Lim, Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law and Director of IIPSJ
Howard University School of Law

Morning Session: 8:45 -12:00

8:45 - 9:15 Key Patent Cases: Year in Review

Thomas Irving, Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

9:15 - 10:15 An In-House Perspective on Risk
Management and IP Strategy

Jennifer Hayes, Partner (Moderator)
Sughrue Mion PLLC

Idris McKelvey, Associate Patent Counsel
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Steven Auvil, Partner
Benesch

Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for
Intellectual Property
Freddie Mac

10:15 - 10:45 Morning Special Presentation: The State
of the Federal Circuit

Honorable Randall Rader, Chief Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Morning Break

11:00 - 11:30 Current Developments at WIPO

Matthew Bryan, Director,
Patent CooperationTreaty Legal Division,
Innovation and Technology Sector, WIPO

11:30 - 12:00 ITC Developments and Trends

Honorable Theodore Essex, Administrative Law Judge
United States International Trade Commission

Luncheon Program: 12:00 - 1:30
Sughrue Mion PLLC Intellectual Property and
Social Justice Symposium Luncheon

Resolving Patent Infringement Claim Quickly and
Inexpensively with Patent Neutrals

Honorable Paul Michel, Retired Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Afternoon Session: 1:30 - 4:00

1:30 - 2:30 A Conversation with Judges on Advocacy

Donald Dunner, Partner (Moderator)
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Honorable Richard Linn
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Honorable Liam O’Grady
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Afternoon Break

2:45 - 3:00 The Wild Wild East: Evolving IP Landscape in China

Esther Lim, Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

3:00 - 4:00 Therasense and Inequitable Conduct
(1 Hour Ethics Credit)

Tara Elliott, Principal (Moderator)
Fish & Richardson P.C.

Robert Becker, Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Raymond Chen, Solicitor
United States Patent and Trademark Office

John Evans, Ph.D., Senior Associate
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

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2003 CLE

First Annual IIPSJ CLE

October 10, 2003
Schedule (pdf version)

8:45 - 9:15 Registration
9:15 Introduction and Welcome
Introduction to Intellectual Property
9:30 - 10:30 Overview of Trademark Law and Domain Name Issues
Philip G. Hampton, II, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, LLC; Washington, D.C.
10:45 - 11:35 Overview of Copyright Law
Professor Steven D. Jamar, Howard University School of Law, downloadable paper and supporting documents
11:35 - 12:30 Overview of Patent Law
Tom Peterson, Banner& Witcoff, Wash. D.C
Angela S. Robinson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Wash. D.C
Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property
9:30 - 10:30 Inequitable Conduct, Fraud and Patent Practice
Esther H. Lim, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Wash. D.C.
10:40 - 11:30 Update on Copyright Law
Katherine C. Spelman, Steinhart & Falconer, LLP; San Francisco, California
11:30 - 12:30 Negotiating a Publishing Contract: Strategic Objectives and Ethical Considerations
Sha-Shana N.L. Crichton, Crichton & Associates, Washington, D.C.
11:35 - 12:30 Update on Trademark Law
Elke F. Suber, CIGNA Technology and Business Law, Philadelphia, PA
12:30 Luncheon & Keynote Speaker
The Hon. Judge Paul R. Michel
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Copyright/Trademark
2:15 - 3:30 Protecting Copyright and Trademark Rights in the Internet Market Place
Daniel C. Glazer, Shearman & Sterling, LLP; New York, NY
Professor Lateef Mtima, Howard University School of Law
Elke F. Suber, CIGNA Technology and Business Law, Philadelphia, PA
3:35 - 4:30 Music: From the Basics of Licensing to the Latest MP3 Issues

Dean Garfield, Stanley Pierre-Louis
David Sutphen, RIAA, Washington, D.C.
4:30 - 5:30 Practicing in the Public Interest: Reshaping IP Policy in a Digital World
Robert Kasunic, U.S. Copyright Office
Michael Shapiro, U.S. PTO
Patent
2:15 - 3:00 Patents and A Technology-Driven Corporation
Dr. Raymond S. Parker III, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bridgewater, New Jersey
3:00 - 3:45 A Patent Litigatorís View of The Doctrine of Equivalents and Prosecution History Estoppel
Errol B. Taylor, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto; New York, NY
4:00 - 4:45 The In-house Expectations of Outside Patent Counsel
Robert P. Hart, Chief IP Counsel, Harman Interníal Indust., Inc., Northridge, California
4:45 - 5:30 Pitfalls in Patent Drafting and Prosecution
Thomas Irving, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Wash. D.C

 

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