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.

Program News & Updates

9/8/2023 – The 2023 Mosaic Conference is now open for registration! Find the ‘Register’ link below.

2023 Conference Details

Co-hosted by University of Illinois Chicago Law

Date: October 27-28, 2023
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:45 PM CDT / 9:30 AM – 3:45 PM CDT
Location: UIC Law School 300 S. State St., Chicago, IL + virtual
Theme: IP Rights and Wrongs: Advancing Social Justice and Ethics

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 ReidCopyright’s First Responder Problem

Betsy Rosenblatt Considering the Role of Fairness In Copyright Fair Use.

– 5 min break –

LantagneAutomating Creative Effort: Free-Riding in an age of Artificial Intelligence

Liza VertinskyPatents, 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 DhonchakA Feminist Approach to Publicity Rights in India.

–5 min Break —

Kay Dunn Misappropriating Scottish Traditional Knowledge: Empowering Community Ownership Through IP Rights.
Ondrej WoznicaUnraveling 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 LiptonIncentive 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 BiermanThe 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 SmithCancelling 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

Registration

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

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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.

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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.

Register for the Summit

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.

Register for the CLE

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

Networking Reception

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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

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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


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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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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.

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Thursday, March 4
8:30-6:30 EST
Friday, March 5
8:30-4:30 EST

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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.

WATCH HERE

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. BernsteinLaw 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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