Annual Mosaic IP Law and Policy Roundtable Conference
Mosaic IP Law and Policy Roundtable Conference
The Mosaic IP Law and Policy Roundtable connects IP scholars with political activists, practicing attorneys, community organizers, and policy makers to produce activist scholarship, to collaborate on various IP Empowerment policy initiatives and projects, and to otherwise help to shape and effectuate a progressive and contemporary IP socio-legal agenda.
About the Conference
Each IP Mosaic Conference is typically organized around a specific IP social justice legal issue, policy, or socio-economic challenge. Representative conference themes include equitable access to health, medicines, knowledge, and information; socially beneficial application of information technology and related advances to IP development and dissemination; legal protection for traditional and indigenous knowledge and expression; and promoting IP awareness, education, and entrepreneurial and socio-political empowerment in marginalized communities. The conference format is principally comprised of paper or project presentation sessions and plenary panel discussions. In addition, keynote presentations and “incubator project” and work in progress sessions are also mainstays of the conference.
Co-hosted by University of Illinois Chicago Law
2023 Theme | IP Rights and Wrongs: Advancing Social Justice and Ethics
The IP Mosaic Conference is a unique convening of a diverse collective of academics, policy leaders and activists who meet to consider and critique IP protection. IP rights should advance social justice and ethical practices. However, when rights are abused or infringed they can also foster IP wrongs. As we encounter technologies like generative AI in our daily lives it is crucial that we evaluate how our IP laws can keep pace, to protect not only creators and innovators, but consumers and the public. What social justice impacts should we be interested in when considering businesses like data aggregators and miners, producers and distributors in the global information age? How should we understand privacy issues in relation to IP? And should any ethical norms govern competition between corporations or impact scientific investigation and discovery?
Program Agenda
Friday, October 27
9:30 – 9:45 am CDT
2:30 – 2:45 pm GMT
Welcome & Remarks
Yolanda M. King, Director & Associate Professor of Law, Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ)
9:45 – 10:50 am CDT
2:45 – 3:50 pm GMT
Plenary Session: International IP and Climate Change
Moderator: Metka Potočnik, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Wolverhampton, Law School and Director of The F-List for Music CIC
Panelists:
Marion (Amy) Dietterich, World Intellectual Property Organization, Global Challenges Division
Antony Taubman, World Trade Organization, Intellectual Property Division
10:50 – 11:00 am CDT
3:50 – 4:00 pm GMT
Break
11:00 am – 12:35 pm CDT
4:00 – 5:35 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 1: IP & Tech
Moderator: Sandra Aistars, Clinical Professor of Law, and Founding Director of the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic, George Mason University Law School
Presenters:
Blake E Reid — Copyright’s First Responder Problem
Betsy Rosenblatt – Considering the Role of Fairness In Copyright Fair Use.
– 5 min break –
Lantagne – Automating Creative Effort: Free-Riding in an age of Artificial Intelligence
Liza Vertinsky – Patents, Partnerships and AI Innovation Policy.
12:35 – 1:30 pm CDT
5:35 – 6:30 pm GMT
Meal Break
1:30 – 2:55 pm CDT
6:30 – 7:55 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 2: 2023 Ben Liu Scholars
Moderator: Jasmine Abdel-Khalik, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Presenters:
Elizabeth Ivwurie – Advancing Intellectual Property Social Justice in the Nigerian Creative Industries: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Path Forward.
Anupriya Dhonchak – A Feminist Approach to Publicity Rights in India.
–5 min Break —
Kay Dunn – Misappropriating Scottish Traditional Knowledge: Empowering Community Ownership Through IP Rights.
Ondrej Woznica – Unraveling the Value Gap: How Property Metaphors Shape Copyright Policy.
2:55 – 3:05 pm CDT
7:55 – 8:05 pm GMT
Break
3:05 – 3:45 pm CDT
8:05 – 8:45 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 3: The Role of Patent Law: from Technicalities to Social Correctives?
Moderator: Betsy Rosenblatt, Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve Law School
Panelists:
Sandra L Rierson and Mimi Afshar, HBCU’s Paving the Road to Recovery from Slavery, Jim Crow, and Persistent Racial Disparities in the USPTO.
Jordi Goodman, The Uncultured PHOSITA.
5:00 – 7:00 pm
HAPPY HOUR for in-person attendees
Saturday, October 28
9:30 – 9:45 am CDT
2:30 – 2:45 pm GMT
Welcome & Remarks
Yolanda M. King, Director & Associate Professor of Law, Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ)
9:45 – 11:10 am CDT
2:45 – 4:10 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 4: IP and Social Action: Ways to Empowerment?
Moderator: Jasmine Abdel-khalik, Professor, UMKC School of Law
Presenters:
Michael P Goodyear, Queer Trademarks.
Bhamati Viswanathan, Women’s Work.
—5 min Break–
Amanda Levendowski, Hard Truths About Soft IP.
Victoria F Phillips, Intellectual Property Clinics—Helping to Empower All Creators.
11:10 – 11:20 am CDT
4:10 – 4:20 pm GMT
Break
11:20 am – 12:35 pm CDT
4:20 – 5:35 pm GMT
Plenary Session: Copyright Behind Bars: At the Intersection of Systemic Incarceration and IP Social Justice
Moderator: John R. Whitman, Ph.D., author, Executive Director, Museum for Black Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Panelists:
Jeanie Austin, Ph.D., Librarian, Jail and Reentry Services, San Francisco Public Library
Wendy Jason, Founder and Director, Justice Arts Coalition, nonprofit national network for those creating art in and around the criminal justice system (invited)
Doran Larson, Ph.D, Professor of Literature, Hamilton College and Founder and Co-Director of the American Prison Writing Archive
Viva R. Moffat, Professor of Law, Co-Director, Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver, advocating for IP rights for currently/formerly incarcerated and society
Fury Young, Founder and Co-Executive Director, Die Jim Crow, the first nonprofit record label for currently and formerly incarcerated artists
12:35 – 1:35 pm CDT
5:35 – 6:35 pm GMT
Meal Break
1:35 – 3:45 pm CDT
6:35 – 8:45 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 5: Music Creators and Socity: System Reboot or Reform to Building Better Partnerships?
Moderator: Sandra Aistars, Clinical Professor of Law, and Founding Director of the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic, George Mason University Law School
Presenters:
Meredith Rose – Streaming in the Dark: Lessons and Reforms from Behind the NDA Curtain.
Olufunmilayo Arewa, Margaret Chon, and Jacqueline Lipton – Incentive to Create or to Exploit? Music Creation and Copyright Abuse.
–5 min Break —
Metka Potočnik – Misogyny in Music: a Feminist Reading of Performers’ Rights.
Benjamin Bierman – The Music Business, the Other 99 Percent.
–5 min Break —
Sean O’Connor – Copyright as a Matter of Style.
Gilden and Subotnik – Copyright’s Capacity Gap.
3:45 pm CDT
8:45 pm GMT
Closing Remarks
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ)
Friday, October 28
9:30 – 9:45 am
Welcome & Remarks
Dean Joseph Kearney, Dean and Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ)
9:45 – 11:00 am
Plenary Session: International IP and Social Justice
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
Madhavi Sunder – IP for Next Pandemic
Metka Potočnik – Multitude of Voices in International IP: World Intellectual Property Organization and Accredited Observers
11:00 – 11:05 am
Break
11:05 am – 12:20 pm
Panel 1: Toward Reparative IP Policy
Moderator: Kali Murray, Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
Presenters:
Cathay Smith — Cancelling Dr. Seuss
Timothy McFarlin – A Copyright Restored: Mark Twain, Mary Ann Cord, and How to Right a Longstanding Wrong
Trevor Reed – Restorative Justice for Indigenous Culture
12:20 – 12:50 pm
Break
12:50 – 2:35 pm
Panel 2: 2022 Ben Liu Scholars
Moderator: Jasmine Abdel-Khalik, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Presenters:
Adithya Variath – TWAIL and Protecting Traditional Knowledge: Perspectives on Decoloniality and Social Justice in IP Law
Jordana Goodman and Khamal Patterson – Access to Justice for Black Inventors
–Break —
Tiffany Nichols – Patenting Automated Race and Ethnicity Classifications: Discerning Epistemic Understandings of Race and Ethnicity Through Patent Literature
Arunima Shastri and Batra – Patentability of Inventions Done In Metaverse and the Regulatory Measures That Need To Be Undertaken
2:35 – 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 – 4:00 pm
Plenary Session 2: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith Amici
Moderator: Tuneen Chisolm, Associate Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law
Panelists:
Tiffany Sandra Aistars, Clinical Professor of Law, and Founding Director of the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at GMU Law
Loletta Darden, Visiting Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director, Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, George Washington University Law School
Philippa Loengard, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School
Kevin Madigan, Copyright Alliance
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
Betsy Rosenblatt, Professor of Law, The University of Tulsa, College of Law
Jeff Sedlik, Photographer, Professor, Art Center College of Design
4:00 – 4:10 pm
Break
4:10 – 5:00 pm
Panel 3: Traditions or Traps? Patent Inventor Access under Review
Moderator: Loletta Darden, Visiting Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director, Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, George Washington University Law School
Presenters:
Sharon Bar-Ziv, Orit Fischman-Afori, Miriam Marcowitz-Bitton – Where The Gender Gap Meets Academic Patenting: An Empirical Study
Colleen Chien – Redefining Progress To Include Diversity In Innovation And Inventorship
5:00 – 6:00 pm
HAPPY (& SOCIAL) HOUR ONLINE
Saturday, October 29
9:30 – 9:40 am
Opening Remarks
• Kali Murray, Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
• Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
9:40 – 11:55 am
Inaugural Student IP Scholars Roundtable
Moderator: Tuneen Chisolm, Associate Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law
Panelists
Zuri Ward – North Carolina Central University School of Law – Umbrella: Combating Systemic Racism by Providing Black Creators Accessible Tools to Safeguard their Intellectual Property
Commenter – tbd
Drew Emerson – Howard University School of Law – Legal Solutions To Combat The Misapplication of DMCA Claims To Video Game Streaming
Commenter – tbd
Taniya Moore – Howard University School of Law – Protecting Nostalgia: Should Copyright Protection Include A Parallel To Trademark Law’s Incontestability Status?
Commenter – tbd
11:55am – 12:00 pm
Break
12:00 – 1:45 pm
Panel 3: Distribution of Power and IP Stakeholders
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
Presenters:
Metka Potočnik — Collectivity without Solidarity, Inclusion or Democracy: a Feminist Critique of Collective Rights Management of Copyright
Patricia Aufderheide & Brandon Butler — Copyright and Other Obstacles to Text- and Datamining Research: The Need for a Right to Research
–Break–
Niharika Salar & Bernd Justin Jütte — Geographical Indications: Community Rights in a global IP system
Faith Majekolagbe, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law — Copyright and Equitable Access to Education and Learning for All in Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Times: Towards a Global Fair Use Right?
1:45 – 1:55 pm
Break
1:55 – 3:10 pm
Plenary Session: Wikimedia and Access to Knowledge
Moderator: Shreyanka Mirchandani Changaroth, Wikimedia Race and Knowledge Equity Fellow
Panelists:
Margaret Chon, Donald and Lynda Horowitz Professor for the Pursuit of Justice, Seattle University School of Law
Faith Majekolagbe, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law and Fellow, Harvard University Berkman Klein Center
Colleen Chien, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
Brett Frischmann, Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law
J. Jan Osei-Tutu, Associate Dean for Diversity, Culture & Inclusion and Professor of Law, Florida International University Law School
Betsy Rosenblatt, Professor of Law, The University of Tulsa College of Law
3:10 – 4:55 pm
Panel 5: IP Boundary Dynamics
Moderator: Jasmine Abdel-Khalik, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Panelists:
Tiffany Lukas Goncalves — Preserving the Right of Access to Copyrighted works based on Data Regulation
Sharon Sandeen — The Employee’s Right to Learn
–Break –
Dustin Marlin – The Nightmare of Dream Advertising
Ram Mohan and Aditya Gupta — Mutation of the Trademark Doctrine: A case study in Barbie
4:55 pm
Closing Remarks
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
Thank you to our Conference Planning Committee!
Conference Planning Committee
Jasmine Abdel-Khalik, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Kali Murray, Marquette University Law School
Sandra Aistars, George Mason University Law School Janewa Osei-Tutu, Florida International University
Tuneen Chisolm, Howard University School of Law Metka Potocnik, University of Wolverhampton, Law School
Yolanda King University of Illinois Chicago Law Betsy Rosenblatt, The University of Tulsa, College of Law
Lateef Mtima, Howard University School of Law Kara Swanson, Northeastern University School of Law
Since 2014, IIPSJ has sponsored the IP Mosaic Conference. Through the IP Mosaic, IIPSJ collaborates with a law school host to provide a venue in which to explore the social ordering function of IP protection in the total political economy, particularly the law’s social justice obligations in promoting human rights and actualization, cultural and technological progress, and self-determination and nation-building.
The IP Mosaic Conference was established to bring together scholars, law and policy makers, and social activists of diverse and multicultural backgrounds and perspectives to explore progressive, social justice-oriented ideas in intellectual property law, policy, and social activism. Beginning in the late twentieth century, digital information technology and other innovations sparked a paradigm shift in scholarly assessment of the social ordering function of IP protection, exposing the need to critically examine the law’s social justice obligations in promoting human rights, self-determination, cultural progress, and nation-building and evolution. IP law and policy makers traditionally value scholarly analyses in their development and interpretation of IP protection. Progressive, social justice-oriented IP scholarship, especially when infused with the experience and insights of policy makers and social activists, can provide the doctrinal basis for shaping a more socially responsible IP legal regime.
IIPSJ Institutional Partners
8th Annual IP Mosaic Conference 2022
MOSAIC IP LAW AND POLICY ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE
Through these conferences, IP scholars can work together with political activists, practicing attorneys, community organizers, and policy makers to produce activist scholarship, to collaborate on various IP Empowerment policy initiatives and projects, and to otherwise help to shape and effectuate a progressive and contemporary IP socio-legal agenda.
October 28-29, 2022
Online Conference
Eighth Annual IP Mosaic Conference
Co-hosted by Marquette University Law School
Theme: Access for All? The Role of IP in Equity, Power, and Democracy in Challenging Times
Friday, October 28
Program: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm CDT/ 7:30 am – 3:00 pm PDT/ 3:30 pm – 11:00 pm BST/ 4:30 pm – 12:00 am GMT
Virtual Happy Hour: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CDT/ 3:00 – 4:00 pm PDT/ 12:00 am – 1 am BST/ 1:00 am – 2:00 am GMT
Saturday, October 29
Program: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm CDT/ 7:30 am – 3:00 pm PDT/ 3:30 pm – 11:00 pm BST/ 4:30 pm – 12:00 am GMT
IP Mosaic Conference Schedule
9:30-9:45 am CDT
Welcome & Remarks
Dean Joseph Kearney, Dean and Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ)
9:45-11:00 am CDT
Plenary Session: International IP and Social Justice
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
Panelists:
Madhavi Sunder – IP for Next Pandemic
Metka Potočnik – Multitude of Voices in International IP: World Intellectual Property Organization and Accredited Observers
11:00 – 11:05 am CDT Break
11:05-12:20 pm CDT
Panel 1: Toward Reparative IP Policy
Moderator: Kali Murray, Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
Presenters:
Cathay Smith — Cancelling Dr. Seuss
Timothy McFarlin – A Copyright Restored: Mark Twain, Mary Ann Cord, and How to Right a Longstanding Wrong
Trevor Reed – Restorative Justice for Indigenous Culture
12:20 – 12:50 pm CDT Lunch Break
12:50-2:35 pm CDT
Panel 2: 2022 Ben Liu Scholars
Moderator: Jasmine Abdel-Khalik, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Presenters:
Adithya Variath – TWAIL and Protecting Traditional Knowledge: Perspectives on Decoloniality and Social Justice in IP Law
Jordana Goodman and Khamal Patterson – Access to Justice for Black Inventors
–Break —
Tiffany Nichols – Patenting Automated Race and Ethnicity Classifications: Discerning Epistemic Understandings of Race and Ethnicity Through Patent Literature
Arunima Shastri and Batra – Patentability of Inventions Done In Metaverse and the Regulatory Measures That Need To Be Undertaken
2:35 – 2:45pm CDT Break
2:45-4:00 pm CDT
Plenary Session 2: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith Amici
Moderator: Tuneen Chisolm, Associate Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law
Panelists:
Sandra Aistars, Clinical Professor of Law, and Founding Director of the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at GMU Law
Loletta Darden, Visiting Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director, Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, George Washington University Law School
Philippa Loengard, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law school
Kevin Madigan, Copyright Alliance
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
Betsy Rosenblatt, Professor of Law, The University of Tulsa, College of Law
Jeff Sedlik, Photographer, Professor, Art Center College of Design
4:00 – 4:10 pm CDT Break
4:10-5:00 pm CDT
Panel 3: Traditions or Traps? Patent Inventor Access under Review
Moderator: Loletta Darden, Visiting Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director, Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, George Washington University Law School
Presenters:
Sharon Bar-Ziv, Orit Fischman-Afori, Miriam Marcowitz-Bitton – Where The Gender Gap Meets Academic Patenting: An Empirical Study
Colleen Chien – Redefining Progress To Include Diversity In Innovation And Inventorship
5:00-6:00 pm CDT HAPPY (& SOCIAL) HOUR ONLINE
9:30 – 9:40 am CDT
Opening Remarks
• Kali Murray, Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
• Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
9:40-11:55 am CDT
Inaugural Student IP Scholars Roundtable
Moderator: Tuneen Chisolm, Associate Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law
Panelists
Zuri Ward – North Carolina Central University School of Law – Umbrella: Combating Systemic Racism by Providing Black Creators Accessible Tools to Safeguard their Intellectual Property
Commenter – tbd
Drew Emerson – Howard University School of Law – Legal Solutions To Combat The Misapplication of DMCA Claims To Video Game Streaming
Commenter – tbd
Taniya Moore – Howard University School of Law – Protecting Nostalgia: Should Copyright Protection Include A Parallel To Trademark Law’s Incontestability Status?
Commenter – tbd
11:55am – 12:00 pm CDT Break
12:00-1:45 pm CDT
Panel 3: Distribution of Power and IP Stakeholders
Moderators: Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
Presenters:
Metka Potočnik — Collectivity without Solidarity, Inclusion or Democracy: a Feminist Critique of Collective Rights Management of Copyright
Patricia Aufderheide & Brandon Butler — Copyright and Other Obstacles to Text- and Datamining Research: The Need for a Right to Research
–Break–
Niharika Salar & Bernd Justin Jütte — Geographical Indications: Community Rights in a global IP system
Faith Majekolagbe, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law — Copyright and Equitable Access to Education and Learning for All in Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Times: Towards a Global Fair Use Right?
1:45 – 1:55 pm CDT Break
1:55-3:10 pm CDT
Plenary Session: Wikimedia and Access to Knowledge
Moderator: Shreyanka Mirchandani Changaroth, Wikimedia Race and Knowledge Equity Fellow
Panelists:
Margaret Chon, Donald and Lynda Horowitz Professor for the Pursuit of Justice, Seattle University School of Law
Faith Majekolagbe, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law and Fellow, Harvard University Berkman Klein Center
Colleen Chien, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
Brett Frischmann, Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law
J. Jan Osei-Tutu, Associate Dean for Diversity, Culture & Inclusion and Professor of Law, Florida International University Law School
Betsy Rosenblatt, Professor of Law, The University of Tulsa College of Law
3:10-4:55 pm CDT
Panel 5: IP Boundary Dynamics
Moderator: Jasmine Abdel-Khalik, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Presenters:
Lukas Goncalves — Preserving the Right of Access to Copyrighted works based on Data Regulation
Sharon Sandeen — The Employee’s Right to Learn
–Break –
Dustin Marlin – The Nightmare of Dream Advertising
Ram Mohan and Aditya Gupta — Mutation of the Trademark Doctrine: A case study in Barbie
4:55 pm CDT
Closing Remarks
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, IIPSJ
About the IP Mosaic Conference
Each IP Mosaic Conference is typically organized around a specific IP social justice legal issue, policy, or socio-economic challenge. Representative conference themes include equitable access to health, medicines, knowledge, and information; socially beneficial application of information technology and related advances to IP development and dissemination; legal protection for traditional and indigenous knowledge and expression; and promoting IP awareness, education, and entrepreneurial and socio-political empowerment in marginalized communities. The conference format is principally comprised of paper or project presentation sessions and plenary panel discussions. In addition, keynote presentations and “incubator project” and work in progress sessions are also mainstays of the conference.
The Pragmatic Intersection of Scholarly Analysis and Law and Policy Development
IP protection is intended to play an important role in engendering human development and actualization toward the greater societal good. The traditional tools and experience of scholarly analysis, reflection, and discourse, however, are not always readily adaptive toward targeted social action, or what is sometimes referred to as “public intellectualism”. Through the IP Mosaic Conference, IP scholars engage with social activists, practicing attorneys, and policy makers to produce “activist scholarship”, to collaborate on various “IP Empowerment” policy initiatives and projects, and to otherwise help to shape and effectuate a progressive and contemporary IP socio-legal agenda.
Conference Planning Committee
Jasmine Abdel-Khalik, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Janewa Osei-Tutu, Florida International University
Tuneen Chisolm, Howard University School of Law Metka Potocnik, University of Wolverhampton, Law School
Nicole Morris, Emory Law Srividhya Ragavan, Texas A&M School of Law
Lateef Mtima, Howard University School of Law Betsy Rosenblatt, The University of Tulsa, College of Law
Kali Murray, Marquette University Law School Kara Swanson, Northeastern University School of Law
Since 2014, IIPSJ has sponsored the IP Mosaic Conference. Through the IP Mosaic, IIPSJ collaborates with a law school host to provide a venue in which to explore the social ordering function of IP protection in the total political economy, particularly the law’s social justice obligations in promoting human rights and actualization, cultural and technological progress, and self-determination and nation-building. 
The IP Mosaic Conference was established to bring together scholars, law and policy makers, and social activists of diverse and multicultural backgrounds and perspectives to explore progressive, social justice-oriented ideas in intellectual property law, policy, and social activism. Beginning in the late twentieth century, digital information technology and other innovations sparked a paradigm shift in scholarly assessment of the social ordering function of IP protection, exposing the need to critically examine the law’s social justice obligations in promoting human rights, self-determination, cultural progress, and nation-building and evolution. IP law and policy makers traditionally value scholarly analyses in their development and interpretation of IP protection. Progressive, social justice-oriented IP scholarship, especially when infused with the experience and insights of policy makers and social activists, can provide the doctrinal basis for shaping a more socially responsible IP legal regime.
Institutional Partners
Tech Law Summit & Annual CLE 2023
5th Annual HBCU Tech Law Summit
&
20th Annual IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar
About the Summit
The HBCU Tech Law Summit aims to educate minority legal professionals on the issues and opportunities in the tech industry in an effort to help infuse the legal workforce with a diverse pipeline to ensure fair, transparent and accountable development of AI as a service and other new technologies that empower everyone.
About the CLE
The IP and Social Justice CLE program provides annual updates in IP law, a panel of sitting federal judges, and discussions of IP, diversity, and social justice concerns. Each year we are privileged to work with some of the nation’s leading IP judges, attorneys, and scholars in our CLE program. For this year’s program, we intend to apply for CLE credit that can be used in the following jurisdictions: CA, VA, OH, and NY. Additional states may be added.
Attendance is free for all. Fees below are for those also seeking CLE credit.
$250 – General Public
$100 – HBCU Alumni
$ 50 – Government Attorneys
Free – Non-profit, academics, & need-based requests
Thank you to all our sponsors, speakers, and attendees for their support of the 2023 conference! Check out the following post-event wrap up blogs:
Program Agenda
All times are listed in Eastern Time (ET).
9:00 am – 9:05 am
Introduction and Welcome
Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Senior Legal Counsel – Splunk; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
9:05 am – 10:05 am
The Impact of Innovative Technologies on Society and the Practice of Law (Chat GPT, NFTs, AI, Metaverse, etc.)
Moderator: Rizwan A. Qureshi, Hiring Partner – Reed Smith; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2007
Charnay Augustin, Senior Counsel, Marketplace – Uber; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2011
Julien Bowers, Senior Counsel – Perkins Coie, Georgetown University Law Center, Class of 2010
Alex Butterworth, Senior Counsel, Delivery – Uber; Western Australia College of Law, Class of 2010
Stanton Burke, Associate Attorney – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2017
10:05 am – 11:05 am
The Impact of Data Privacy & Security on Society and the Practice of Law
Moderator: Natalie Roisman, Executive Director – Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy; University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Adonne Washington, Policy Counsel – Future of Privacy Forum; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
Loyaan A. Egal, Chief of Enforcement – Federal Communications Commission; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Anup Suresh, Principal, Registered Patent Attorney, & Data Security Officer – Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.; Loyola Law School, Class of 2007
11:05 am – 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Keynote Fireside Chat with Kemba Eneas Walden
Moderator: Charlie Bingham, Founder of HBCU IP & Tech Law Summit and Senior Legal Counsel of Partners & Strategic Alliances – Splunk; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
Kemba Eneas Walden, Principal Deputy National Cyber Director – Office of the National Cyber Director; Georgetown University Law Center, Class of 2002
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunchtime Awards Ceremony
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm
Break
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Impact of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain on Society and the Practice of Law
Moderator: Edward Fultz, Mid-Level Associate – Reed Smith, Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
Tiffany J. Smith, Partner – WilmerHale; The George Washington University Law School, Class of 2008
Valerie Dahiya, Partner – Perkins Coie, Seattle University School of Law, Class of 2005
Alexis Liistro, Patent Attorney – Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.; New England Law, Class of 2009
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Impact of IP & Diversity in the Legal Profession on Society and the Practice of Law
Moderator: Aneesh Mehta, Head of Product Legal – Microsoft India; Rutgers Law School
Ricardo Bonilla, Principal – Fish & Richardson; Texas Tech University School of Law, Class of 2012
Dr. Anita Lam, Sr. Corporate Counsel – Microsoft; The George Washington University Law School
Sean Suber, Partner – Winston & Strawn LLP; University of Virginia School of Law, Class of 2014
Nyajuok Deng, Attorney – Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2018
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Paying it Forward: A Day in the Life of a Tech Lawyer
Moderator: Natasha Walwyn Robinson – Splunk; Suffolk University Law School, Class of 2008
Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Senior Legal Counsel – Splunk; Howard University School of Law 2008
Michele G. Cober, Director – External Affairs – Verizon; Howard University School of Law 2008
Daphne Forbes, Assistant General Counsel – Microsoft; American University Washington School of Law
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
8:45 am – 9:00 am
Introduction and Welcome
Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Tashia Bunch, Program Director – IIPSJ; TTAB Interlocutory Attorney – USPTO; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2006
Esther H. Lim, Patent Chair of IIPSJ Annual Conference; Partner & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
9:00 am – 10:30 am
IP Law Year in Review
Thomas L. Irving, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Douglas A. Rettew, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
10:30 am – 10:40 am
Break
10:40 am – 11:50 am
Donald R. Dunner Judicial Panel [non-CLE]
Moderator: L. Scott Burwell, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Honorable Leonard P. Stark, Judge – United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Honorable Scott R. Boalick, Chief Administrative Patent Judge – Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Honorable Bryan F. Moore, Administrative Law Judge – United States International Trade Commission
Honorable Susan G. Braden, Former Chief Judge (ret.) – United States Court of Federal Claims
11:50 am – 12:50 pm
Social Justice Luncheon
12:20 – 1:05 pm Highlights from the Innovator Diversity Pilots Conference
Margo A. Bagley, Associate Dean for Research and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law – Emory University School of Law
Colleen Chien, Professor of Law – Santa Clara University School of Law
Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
1:05 – 1:50 pm Unleashing American Innovation Act
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Scott Wilson, Director, Government Affairs – Spotify
Bradley Watts, Vice President for Patents and Innovation Policy – U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center
1:50 pm – 2:00 pm
Break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Dual Track Sessions
Session A: Leading with IP and Adding Value to Corporations
Moderator: Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law – Penn State Dickinson Law
Andrew Cooper, Associate General Counsel – Meta
Claire W. Desmond, Senior Counsel, IP & Advertising – Under Armour
Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2010
Yen Florczak, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel – 3M Company (invited)
Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property – Freddie Mac
Session B: How Fair Is Fair Use? A Discussion About Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith
Moderator: Sachi Schuricht, Managing Associate – Orrick
Sandra Aistars, Clinical Professor of Law, and Founding Director of the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at George Mason University Law School
Mel Bostwick, Partner – Orrick
Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Dual Track Sessions
Session A: In House Counsel Discussion on Trade Secret Law
Michael Forzano, Chief IP Counsel Pall – Pall Corporation
Ulysses Williams III, Intellectual Property Counsel – Pall Corporation; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2016
Anthony P. Curtis, Registered Patent Attorney – Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Session B: Updates on College Athletes NIL & Celebrities Right of Publicity
Jonathan Goins, Principal – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Ron Katz, Author, Sport, Ethics and Leadership (Routledge, 2017)
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Break
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Ethics Session
Aisha Cassis, Deputy Executive Attorney – D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2005
William Thomashower, Counsel – Pryor Cashman LLP
Thank you to our event sponsors!
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Last Year’s Conference Videos Available
Videos from prior programs are available on our YouTube channel.
Tech Law Summit & Annual CLE 2022
4th Annual HBCU Tech Law Summit
&
19th Annual IP and Social Justice CLE Program
Thank you for registering for the 4th Annual HBCU Tech Law Summit & 19th Annual IP and Social Justice CLE Program!
Program Materials
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Last Year’s Conference Videos Available
Videos from the 18th Annual IIPSJ IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar & 3rd Annual Microsoft Tech Law Summit are available on our YouTube channel.
Online Program
Thursday, March 3
9:00am-7:30pm EST
Friday, March 4
8:45am-5:40 pm EST
Full program below*
*Subject to change
Program Agenda
All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST).
We are using Zoom to host the program. Please use the links below to access the program. Passcodes are next to each link.
Link to access Thursday program Passcode: 505229
Link to access Thursday virtual career panel Passcode: 495311
Link to access Friday program Passcode: 554885
Link to access Friday program Dual Track Session B Passcode: 939159
9:00 am – 9:05 am
Introduction and Welcome
Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Senior Legal Counsel – Splunk; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
9:05 am – 10:05 am
The Impact of Racial Bias in AI, Facial Recognition, and Other Technologies
Moderator: Edward Fultz, Associate – Reed Smith; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
Chanel Cornett, Policy Counsel, Trust and Safety – Zoom; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2019
Collin Smith, Principal Corporate Counsel, Windows + Devices – Microsoft
Adonne Washington, Digital Justice Associate Counsel – Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
10:05 am – 11:05 am
CCPA and other Data Privacy Regulations
Moderator: Charity Ogbeide, Privacy & Data Protection Principal – IBM; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2018
Charnay Augustin, Senior Counsel, Marketplace – Uber; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2011
Stanton Burke, Associate – BakerHostetler; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2015
Ali A. Jessani, Senior Associate – WilmerHale
Rizwan A. Qureshi, Hiring Partner – Reed Smith; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2007
11:05 am – 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Innovative Legal Areas of Law
Jesse Fenty, IP Attorney and CEO – Fenty IP Law and Endless IP
Mo Ivory, Professor and Director of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Initiative – Georgia State University College of Law
Lorraine McGowen, Partner – Orrick
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunchtime Awards Ceremony
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm
Break
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Covid-19 and other Hot Topics
Moderator: Katina Wallace, Director Compliance Programs – Microsoft
Oladoyin Olanrewaju, Associate –Orrick
Tiffany J. Smith, Partner – WilmerHale
Kemba Walden, Assistant General Counsel – Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Rise of eSports and the Metaverse
Moderator: Dr. Anita Lam, Senior Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Mason Ashe, Founder & CEO – Ashe Sports & Entertainment Consulting, Inc.
Gordon Bellamy, Professor of the Practice of Cinematic Arts – University of Southern California; former Lead Designer – EA Sports
Derrick L. Maultsby, Associate – Frost Brown Todd LLC
Delane Parnell, Founder & CEO – PlayVS
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Paying it Forward: A Day in the Life of a Tech Lawyer
Moderator: Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Senior Legal Counsel – Splunk
Nick Austin, Principal Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Labriah Lee Holt, Manager, Southeast State Government Affairs – Microsoft; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Virtual Career Panel
Moderator: Aminah Ortiz-Simon, 2L – Howard University School of Law
Phil Hampton, Senior Partner – Polsinelli; Adjunct Professor – Howard University School of Law
Jennifer M. Hayes, Principal – Jordan IP Law; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1994
W. LaNelle Owens, Assistant General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property – Thrasio, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2004
Lita Rosario-Richardson, President & CEO – WYZ Girl Entertainment Consulting, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1986
8:45 am – 9:00 am
Introduction and Welcome
Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Tashia Bunch, Administrative Director – IIPSJ and TTAB Interlocutory Attorney – USPTO; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2006
9:00 am – 10:30 am
IP Year in Review
Thomas L. Irving, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Douglas A. Rettew, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Break
10:45 am – 11:45 am
New Issues in IP Licensing and Litigation: A View From In-House Counsel
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Nadia Baksh, Associate Counsel – Visa; Howard University School of Law Class of 2017
Devon Grant, Senior Patent Counsel – Visa; Howard University School of Law
Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2010
Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President – Patent Group – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law Class of 2005
Ulysses Williams III, Intellectual Property Counsel – Pall Corporation; Howard University School of Law Class of 2016
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Break
12:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Welcome Remarks
Esther H. Lim, Patent Chair of IIPSJ Annual Conference; Partner & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Donald R. Dunner Judicial Panel [non-CLE]
Moderator: L. Scott Burwell, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Hon. Raymond T. Chen, Judge – United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Judge – United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Hon. Scott R. Boalick, Chief Administrative Patent Judge – Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Hon. David P. Shaw, Administrative Law Judge – United States International Trade Commission
Hon. Susan G. Braden, Former Chief Judge (ret.) – United States Court of Federal Claims
1:20 pm – 2:20 pm
Cannabis and the Law: A Look at Trademark Law and Social Justice Implications
Laury Lucien, Managing Member – Major Bloom
William “Bill” Thomashower, Counsel – Pryor Cashman
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm
Break
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Dual Track Sessions
Session A: Hot Topics in Post-Corona In-House Practice
Moderator: Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President, Patent Group – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2005
Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2010
Ghani Hamadi, Sr. Counsel, Patent Law – FedEx Corp.
Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property – Freddie Mac
Jyoti Uppuluri, Head of Patent Portfolio Strategy, Reality Labs – Meta
Session B: CASE Act Implementation Panel
Maya Burchette, Attorney Advisor – Copyright Claims Board | U.S. Copyright Office
Terrica Carrington, VP of Legal Policy & Copyright Counsel – Copyright Alliance
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Dual Track Sessions
Session A: The Unified Patent Court: Strengthening the Global Patent System
Devon Grant, Senior Patent Counsel – Visa; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Diego Black, Partner – Withers & Rogers, LLP
Brianna L. Kadjo, Counsel – Perkins Coie
Session B: Updates on College Athletes NIL & Celebrities Right of Publicity
Jonathan Goins, Principal – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Ron Katz, Author, Sports Ethics and Leadership (Routledge, 2017)
4:30 pm – 4:35 pm
Break
4:35 pm – 5:35 pm
Ethics Session
Aisha Cassis, Deputy Executive Attorney – D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2005
5:35 pm – 5:40 pm
Closing Remarks
Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Thank You to Our Sponsors, Partner Schools, and Institutional Partners!
Tech Law Summit & Annual CLE 2022
4th Annual HBCU Tech Law Summit
&
19th Annual IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar
The 2023 Tech Law Summit and CLE Program will be held Thursday, March 2 and Friday, March 3. Program details will be available soon.
About the Summit
The HBCU Tech Law Summit aims to educate minority legal professionals on the issues and opportunities in the tech industry in an effort to help infuse the legal workforce with a diverse pipeline to ensure fair, transparent and accountable development of AI as a service and other new technologies that empower everyone.
About the CLE
The IP and Social Justice CLE program provides annual updates in IP law, a panel of sitting federal judges, and discussions of IP, diversity, and social justice concerns. Each year we are privileged to work with some of the nation’s leading IP judges, attorneys, and scholars in our CLE program. For this year’s program, we intend to apply for CLE credit that can be used in the following jurisdictions: CA, VA, OH, and NY. Additional states may be added.
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Online Program
Thursday, March 3
9:00am-7:30pm EST
Friday, March 4
8:45am-5:40 pm EST
Full program below*
*Subject to change
Attendance is free for all. Fees below are for those also seeking CLE credit.
$250 – General Public
$100 – HBCU Alumni
$ 50 – Government Attorneys
Free – Non-profit, academics, & need-based requests
Program Agenda
All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST).
9:00 am – 9:05 am
Introduction and Welcome
Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Senior Legal Counsel – Splunk; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
9:05 am – 10:05 am
The Impact of Racial Bias in AI, Facial Recognition, and Other Technologies
Moderator: Edward Fultz, Associate – Reed Smith; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
Chanel Cornett, Policy Counsel, Trust and Safety – Zoom; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2019
Collin Smith, Principal Corporate Counsel, Windows + Devices – Microsoft
Adonne Washington, Digital Justice Associate Counsel – Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
10:05 am – 11:05 am
CCPA and other Data Privacy Regulations
Moderator: Charity Ogbeide, Privacy & Data Protection Principal – IBM; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2018
Charnay Augustin, Senior Counsel, Marketplace – Uber; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2011
Stanton Burke, Associate – BakerHostetler; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2015
Ali A. Jessani, Senior Associate – WilmerHale
Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Partner – Perkins Coie LLP
Rizwan A. Qureshi, Hiring Partner – Reed Smith; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2007
11:05 am – 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Innovative Legal areas of Law
Jesse Fenty, IP Attorney and CEO – Fenty IP Law and Endless IP
Mo Ivory, Professor and Director of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Initiative – Georgia State University College of Law
Lorraine McGowen, Partner – Orrick
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunchtime Awards Ceremony
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm
Break
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Covid-19 and other Hot Topics
Moderator: Katina Wallace, Director Compliance Programs – Microsoft
Oladoyin Olanrewaju, Associate – Orrick
Tiffany J. Smith, Partner – WilmerHale
Kemba Walden, Assistant General Counsel – Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Rise of eSports and the Metaverse
Moderator: Dr. Anita Lam, Principal Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Mason Ashe, Founder & CEO – Ashe Sports & Entertainment Consulting, Inc.
Gordon Bellamy, Professor of the Practice of Cinematic Arts – University of Southern California; former Lead Designer – EA Sports
Derrick L. Maultsby, Associate – Frost Brown Todd LLC
Delane Parnell, Founder & CEO – PlayVS
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Paying it Forward: A Day in the Life of a Tech Lawyer
Moderator: Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Senior Legal Counsel – Splunk
Nick Austin, Principal Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Michele G. Cober, Director – External Affairs – Verizon
Labriah Lee Holt, Manager, Southeast State Government Affairs – Microsoft; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Virtual Career Panel
Moderator: Aminah Ortiz-Simon, 2L – Howard University School of Law
Phil Hampton, Senior Partner – Polsinelli; Adjunct Professor – Howard University School of Law
Jennifer M. Hayes, Principal – Jordan IP Law; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1994
W. LaNelle Owens, Assistant General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property – Thrasio, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2004
Lita Rosario-Richardson, President & CEO – WYZ Girl Entertainment Consulting, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1986
8:45 am – 9:00 am
Introduction and Welcome
Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Tashia Bunch, Administrative Director – IIPSJ and TTAB Interlocutory Attorney – USPTO; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2006
9:00 am – 10:30 am
IP Law Year in Review
Thomas L. Irving, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Douglas A. Rettew, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Break
10:45 am – 11:45 am
New Issues in IP Licensing and Litigation: A View From In-House Counsel
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Nadia Baksh, Associate Counsel – Visa; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2017
Devon Grant, Senior Patent Counsel – Visa; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2010
Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President – Patent Group – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2005
Ulysses Williams III, Intellectual Property Counsel – Pall Corporation; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2016
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Break
12:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Welcome Remarks
Esther H. Lim, Patent Chair of IIPSJ Annual Conference; Partner & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Donald R. Dunner Judicial Panel [non-CLE]
Moderator: L. Scott Burwell, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Hon. Raymond T. Chen, Judge – United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Judge – United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Hon. Scott R. Boalick, Chief Administrative Patent Judge – Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Hon. David P. Shaw, Administrative Law Judge – United States International Trade Commission
Hon. Susan G. Braden, Former Chief Judge (ret.) – United States Court of Federal Claims
1:20 pm – 2:20 pm
Cannabis and the Law: A Look at Trademark Law and Social Justice Implications
Laury Lucien, Managing Member – Major Bloom
William “Bill” Thomashower, Counsel – Pryor Cashman
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm
Break
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Dual Track Sessions
Session A: Hot Topics in Post-Corona In-House Practice
Moderator: Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President, Patent Group – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2005
Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2010
Ghani Hamadi, Sr. Counsel, Patent Law – FedEx Corp.
Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property – Freddie Mac
Jyoti Uppuluri, Head of Patent Portfolio Strategy, Reality Labs – Meta
Session B: CASE Act Implementation
Maya Burchette, Attorney Advisor – Copyright Claims Board | U.S. Copyright Office
Terrica Carrington, VP of Legal Policy & Copyright Counsel – Copyright Alliance
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Dual Track Sessions
Session A: The Unified Patent Court: Strengthening the Global Patent System
Devon Grant, Senior Patent Counsel – Visa; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Diego Black, Partner – Withers & Rogers, LLP
Brianna L. Kadjo, Counsel – Perkins Coie
Session B: Updates on College Athletes NIL & Celebrities Right of Publicity
Jonathan Goins, Principal – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Ron Katz, Author, Sports Ethics and Leadership (Routledge, 2017)
4:30 pm – 4:35 pm
Break
4:35 pm – 5:35 pm
Ethics Session
Aisha Cassis, Deputy Executive Attorney – D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2005
5:35 pm – 5:40 pm
Closing Remarks
Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Thank You to Our Sponsors, Partner Schools, and Institutional Partners!
Last Year’s Conference Videos Available
Videos from the 18th Annual IIPSJ IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar & 3rd Annual Microsoft Tech Law Summit are available on our YouTube channel.
Tech Law Summit & Annual CLE 2021
Online Program
Thursday, March 4
8:30-6:30 EST
Friday, March 5
8:30-4:30 EST
Full program appears below
CLE Information
This program generally qualifies for up to 6 hours of CLE credit in VA, NY, CA, and OH. Additional states may be available upon request.
3rd Annual Microsoft Tech Law Summit
&
18th Annual IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar
Conference Videos Now Available
Videos from the 18th Annual IIPSJ IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar & 3rd Annual Microsoft Tech Law Summit are now available on our YouTube channel.
This year we we have decided to host the Microsoft Tech Law Summit and the IP and Social Justice CLE together so that the audiences of each program can benefit from the program of the other.
The Microsoft Tech Law Summit aims to educate minority legal professionals on the issues and opportunities in the tech industry in an effort to help infuse the legal workforce with a diverse pipeline to ensure fair, transparent and accountable development of AI as a service and other new technologies that empower everyone.
The IP and Social Justice CLE program provides annual updates in IP law, a panel of sitting federal judges, and discussions of 
IP, diversity, and social justice concerns. Each year we are privileged to work with some of the nation’s leading IP judges, attorneys, and scholars in our CLE program.
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Program Agenda
Thursday March 4
8:30-8:40
Introduction and Welcome
Tashia Bunch, Administrative Director – IIPSJ and Trademark Legal Policy Staff Attorney – USPTO; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2006
Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Principal Corporate Counsel – Microsoft; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
8:40-11:00
Tech Law Summit Panels
8:40-9:00
Opening Remarks
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law and Founder – IIPSJ
9:00-10:00
AI 101 WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Tiffany Dayemo, Microsoft Legal Fellow 2019-2020; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2019
Qudus Olaniran, Senior Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Collin Smith – Microsoft
LaDale George, Partner – Perkins Coie LLP
Rob Uriarte, Partner – Orrick
10:00-10:05
Break
10:05-11:05
CCPA and Cybersecurity – WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Stanton Burke, Associate – Baker & Hostetler LLP; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2017
Jim Sfekas, Senior Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Partner – Perkins Coie LLP
Shannon McNeal, Associate – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Ashley Lin, Associate – Perkins Coie LLP
11:05-11:10
Break
11:10-5:30
Intellectual Property and Social Justice CLE Panels
11:10-12:10
IP Rights on Social Media Platforms – WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Jill Louis, Partner – Perkins Coie LLP
Jhaniel James, Associate – Womble Bond Dickinson
Mark Johnson, Corporate Counsel, Commercial Licensing & Business Planning – Microsoft
Ricardo Bonilla, Principal – Fish & Richardson
12:10-12:15
Break
12:15-1:30
Welcome Remarks
Esther Lim, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Donald R. Dunner Judicial Panel
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Bryan C. Diner, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Hon. Sharon Prost, Chief Judge – United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Leonard P. Stark, Chief Judge – United States District Court for District of Delaware
Hon. Susan G. Braden, Former Chief Judge (ret.) – United States Court of Federal Claims
Hon. David P. Shaw, Administrative Law Judge – United States International Trade Commission
Deanne E. Maynard, Appellate & Supreme Court Co-Chair – Morrison & Foerster LLP
1:30-1:45
Break
1:45-2:45
Intellectual Property and Social Justice Discussion: Race, Creativity, and Copyright – WATCH RECORDING
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law and Founder & Director – IIPSJ
Robert Brauneis, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the IP Program – George Washington University Law School
Terrica Carrington, Vice President, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel – Copyright Alliance
2:45-3:00
Break
3:00-4:00
Dual Track Presentations
Track 1
3:00-4:00
Right of Publicity Update – WATCH RECORDING
Jonathan Goins, Principal – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Ron Katz, Counsel – GCA Law Partners, LLP
LaTessa Gray, Third Year Student – Howard University School of Law, President – IP Students Association
Track 2
3:00-4:00
Technology and Social Justice in the Era of Covid and Beyond
Moderator: Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2010
Jeremiah Chan, Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Patents – Facebook
Brian Ellis, SVP and General Counsel – Danaher Corporation
Khurram Nasir Gore, Director, Managing Associate General Counsel – Verizon
Michelle Martinez, Senior Patent and Open Source Counsel – eBay
4:00-4:15
Break
4:15-5:15
Increasing Inventor Diversity – WATCH RECORDING
Moderator: Adonne Washington, Legal Fellow – Digital Justice Initiative at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
Valencia Martin Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patents – United States Patent and Trademark Office
Toni Hickey, Deputy General Counsel & Chief IP Counsel – Cummins, Inc.
Sunah Lee, Senior Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
JaMel Nelson, Vice President- National Society of Black Engineers Patent and Trademark Professionals Chapter (NSBE-PTO) and Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office
5:15-5:30
Break
5:30-6:30
Happy Hour and Award Ceremony
Friday March 5
8:30-8:40
Introduction and Welcome
Tashia Bunch, Administrative Director – IIPSJ and Trademark Legal Policy Staff Attorney – USPTO; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2006
Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Principal Corporate Counsel – Microsoft; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
8:45-11:05
Tech Law Summit Panels
8:45-9:45
ABCs of Data Today: Analytics, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Cybersecurity – WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Warrington Parker, Partner – Crowell & Moring LLP
Kemba Walden, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit – Microsoft
Eulonda Skyles, Partner – Baker & Hostetler LLP
9:45-9:50
Break
9:50 – 10:50
The Rise of eSports: Fortnite Dance Moves and Cultural Appropriation – WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Mason Ashe, Founder & CEO – Ashe Sports & Entertainment Consulting, Inc.
Gordon Bellamy, Professor of the Practice of Cinematic Arts – University of Southern California; a former Lead Designer – EA Sports
Arthur J. McAfee, III, Sr., Vice President – Football Operations Policy, Education, and Relationship Management, NFL
Eva Pulliam, Partner – Arent Fox
Erin Leach– Managing Associate, Intellectual Property – Orrick
10:50 – 11:05
Break
11:05-4:40
Intellectual Property and Social Justice CLE Panels
11:05-12:35
Year In Review: Patent, Trademark, and Copyright – WATCH RECORDING
Thomas L. Irving, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Douglas A. Rettew, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
12:35 – 12:45
Break
12:45-2:00
Pro Bono & IP
Michael Lee, Director, Electronics Practice Group – Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox LLP
Intellectual Property and Social Justice Discussion – Centering Augmented and Virtual Realities at the Margins – WATCH RECORDING
A Discussion On How to Protect BIPOC Communities on Augmented and Virtual Reality Platforms
Moderator: Kim Tignor, Executive Director – Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice
Joe Drayton, Partner – Cooley LLP
Lauren Ruffin, Founder – Crux; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2007
Alton Glass, Founder – GRX Immersive Labs
2:00-2:30
Dean’s Message
Deidré A. Keller, Dean and Professor of Law – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law
2:35-3:35
Dual Track Presentations
Track 1
2:35-3:35
Issues in Entertainment Law – WATCH RECORDING
Moderator: Lita Rosario, President & CEO – WYZ Girl Entertainment Consulting, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1986
Robert J. Bernstein – Law Office of Robert J. Bernstein
John Simson, Counsel – Fox Rothschild LLP
Track 2
2:35-3:35
Effective Strategies for IP, Operations, and Teams Post-Covid 19
Moderator: Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President – Patent Group – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law Class of 2005
Njeri Mutura, Senior Corporate Attorney, Legal Affairs Lead – Microsoft
Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property – Freddie Mac
Carrie Sindelar, General Counsel, Intellectual Property Operations – Honeywell International Inc.
Mina Stricklin, Assistant General Counsel – Design Patent – Nike
3:35-3:40
Break
3:40-4:40
Racism and Branding
Moderator: Shelley Fullwood, Supervising Trademark Attorney – NCCU Law Intellectual Property Clinic
William Thomashower, Counsel – Pryor Cashman LLP
Makalika Naholowaa, Chief of Staff for the General Counsel – Microsoft
W. LaNelle Owens, Assistant General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property – Thrasio, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2004
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