Annual HBCU IP & Tech Law Summit
The Annual HBCU IP & Tech Law Summit
Aiming 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 Summit
The HBCU Tech Law Summit aims to educate minority law students and 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.
2025 Theme | TBA
View last year’s schedule below. Also–check out the 2023 Summit recap.
Summit Video Series
Program Agenda
All times are listed in Eastern Time (ET).
9:00 am – 9:05 am
Introduction and Welcome
Charlie Bingham, Founder of HBCU IP & Tech Law Summit and Assistant General Counsel – CrowdStrike Inc.; 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
Julien Bowers, Partner – Perkins Coie, Georgetown University Law Center, Class of 2010
Kristen Logan, Associate – Rothwell Figg
Tony Sebro, General Counsel – Change.org
10:05 am – 11:05 am
The Impact of Data Privacy & Security on Society and the Practice of Law
Moderator: Mary Pat Dwyer, Academic Program Director – Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy; Duke University School of Law, Class of 2014
Adonne Washington, Policy Counsel – Future of Privacy Forum; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
Anup Suresh, Principal and Registered Patent Attorney – Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.; Loyola Law School, Class of 2007
William G. Pagán, Patent Attorney & Co-Owner – Coats & Bennett, PLLC ; North Carolina Central University School of Law, Class of 2014
11:05 am – 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
The Impact of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain on Society and the Practice of Law
Moderator: Tonya Evans, Professor of Law – Penn State Dickinson Law; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1998
Alexis Liistro, Patent Attorney – Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.; New England Law, Class of 2009
Isabel Dai, Counsel – WilmerHale; Fordham University School of Law, Class of 2016
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch Break
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Awards Ceremony
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
Dale Davis, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and Deputy General Counsel – Cummins, Inc.; North Carolina Central University School of Law
LaNelle Owens, Chief Trademark Counsel – Cummins Inc.; Howard University School of Law
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Paying it Forward: A Day in the Life of a Tech Lawyer
Moderator: Lita Rosario-Richardson, Shareholder, Chair Entertainment Law Group – Shulman Rogers, P.A.; Howard University School of Law
Charlie Bingham, Founder of HBCU IP & Tech Law Summit and Assistant General Counsel – CrowdStrike Inc.; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
Michele G. Cober, Executive Director of External Affairs & Strategic Alliances – Verizon; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
Adrienne Williams, President – Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association; Seton Hall University School of Law, Class of 1998
4:30 pm
Keynote Fireside Chat with Jeffrey L. Orridge
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Jeffrey L. Orridge, Chief Executive Officer – TVO Media Education Group
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
Thank you to our event sponsors!
IIPSJ Institutional Partners
Annual IP & Social Justice CLE Seminar
Annual IP & Social Justice CLE Seminar
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.
About the Seminar
The IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar 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.
Co-hosted by Finnegan Law
Program Agenda
All times are listed in Eastern Time (ET).
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 – 10:00 am
Key Highlights of 2023: Patent, Trademark, and Copyright
Frank A. DeCosta III, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Douglas A. Rettew, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Break
10:15 – 11:45m
Donald R. Dunner Judicial Panel [non-CLE]
Moderator: Gerald F. Ivey, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP (invited)
Honorable Leonard P. Stark, Judge – United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Honorable Patricia Tolliver Giles, Judge – United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Honorable Scott R. Boalick, Chief Administrative Patent Judge – Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Honorable Susan G. Braden, Former Chief Judge (ret.) – United States Court of Federal Claims
SOCIAL JUSTICE LUNCHEON PLENARY SESSIONS
12:15 – 1:00 pm
Lunch Panel I – Increasing Diversity in Innovation
Suzanne Harrison, Diversity & Inclusion – USIPA
Micheal Binns, Associate General Counsel and Head of Patent Portfolio Strategy (Family of Apps) and IP Trade Secret Protection – Meta
1:00 – 1:45 pm
Lunch Panel II – HUSL-ing In-house at JPMC
Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel, Head of Innovation, Data, Analytics and AI Legal for the Corporate and Investment Bank – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2010
Chanda Rice, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Global Technology Legal – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2009
Michael Andry, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Data and Marketing Legal for the Commercial Bank – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2013
Lawrence Cosby, Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy (Corporate) – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2008
Lola Dada-Olley, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Responsible Banking Legal Team – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2006
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Break
Dual Track Sessions
Track A – Inclusive Innovation and Cutting-Edge IP Strategies
Moderator: Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law – Penn State Dickinson Law
Claire W. Desmond, Senior Counsel, IP & Advertising – Under Armour
Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President – Lead Patent Counsel – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law Class of 2005
Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property – Freddie Mac
Honorable Paul R. Michel, Former Chief Judge (ret.) – United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Track B – How to Help the Trial Court Judge Understand Patent Law
Ulysses Williams III, Senior Counsel eComm, Patents – Walmart; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2016
Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law – Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Honorable Ryan T. Holte. Judge – United States Court of Federal Claims
Dual Track Sessions
Track A – Embracing the Future of AI, Cybersecurity, and Privacy
Moderator: Lynn Parker Dupree, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Andrew Cooper, Associate General Counsel – Meta
Eun Ah Choi, Senior Vice President, US Head of Listing Qualifications & Market Surveillance – Nasdaq
Ghani Hamadi, Sr. Counsel – Patent Law – FedEx Corp.
Chan Park, Head of U.S. Policy and Partnerships – OpenAI
Track 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)
Jeffrey L. Orridge, Chief Executive Officer – TVO Media Education Group
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
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!
IIPSJ Institutional Partners
The IP for the People Webinar Series for Grassroots Intellectual Property Awareness
The IP for the People (IP4P) Webinar Series for Grassroots Intellectual Property Awareness
IP for the People is a FREE digital, webinar series for creators, inventors, and entrepreneurs from communities of color who have historically and continually been locked out of receiving key knowledge and resources related to protecting and profiting from their ideas.
About the Webinar Series
The IP for the People (IP4P) Webinar Series for Grassroots Intellectual Property Awareness is a mostly virtual educational hub presenting short live sessions throughout the year on IP topics. This free, online series offers easy to digest and engaging talks on IP rights and navigating the IP system, highlighting tips and resources via live webinars and an on-demand video series. Each online webinar features guest presenter(s) sharing their subject matter expertise with a presentation, professional & educational resources, as well as a segment for Q&A from the audience.
Your IP Questions — Answered.
IP4P’s On-Demand library is stacked full of content if you’re looking for answers to your IP questions but don’t where to begin.
Upcoming Sessions
November 14, 2024 | Innovation & IP
Time: 7:00PM ET
Moderator: Marnitia Walker, Southern University Law Center
Webinar Presenters:
Lawrence Cosby, J.P. Morgan
Clinton Mitchell, Diplomatic Enterprises, LLC
Session Description:
During this webinar participants will learn about innovation and IP, and further, how to monetize ideas, even without seeking patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Includes audience Q&A.
Fall 2024-Spring 2025 Sessions
September 24, 2024 | 7:30PM ET
Session Co-hosted by Paul Hastings
Moderators:
Noah Hill, Southern University Law Center
Karan Dhadialla, Baker Botts
Webinar Presenters:
Dwana Dixon, Amazon
Jeong Ah Joy Lee, Cisco
Nikki Qi, Pinterest
Session Description:
During this webinar participants will learn about important IP information for entrepreneurs and why IP is so important to building a business.
Fall 2023-Spring 2024 Sessions
October 12, 2023 | 7PM ET
Webinar Presenters:
USPTO Deputy Director Derrick Brent
Jason Lott, Managing Attorney for Trademarks Customer Outreach
Session Description:
Join us for a discussion about what all entrepreneurs, small businesses, and start-ups should know about trademarks. We’ll discuss what trademarks are, the benefits of federal trademark registration, and the basics of the registration process. We’ll also talk about why it’s so important for any new business to select a trademark that is both federally registrable and legally protectable. We’ll close out the discussion with a question-and-answer session and direct you to free resources from the USPTO.
View the full session video:
October 18, 2023 | 7PM ET
Moderator: Quinn Hendricks, Student, University of Miami School of Law
Webinar Presenters:
Jennifer Cheng, CEO and Founder, PTM Therapeutics
David Flechner, Partner, Allen & Overy
Keith Spence, Partner, Johnson & Oshan Law
Session Description:
Got an idea? Want to turn that idea into a company? During this 1 hour webinar, participants will learn about:
- Types of Business Entities: Sole proprietorship, LLC, corporation – what’s the difference and why does it matter?
- Jurisdiction/Where to register your entity: Does it really have to be Delaware?
- Funding/Capitalization: I have a co-founder and some other folks are helping us grow. How should we split up the pie?
- Entity Rules and Requirements/Corporate Governance: I formed an entity. What else do I need to know?
View the full session video:
November 13, 2023 | 7PM ET
Webinar Presenters:
Katie Mladinich, Grail
Shayne O’Reilly, Meta
Diana Santos, IBM
Session Description:
Running Your Business: You’ve heard that contracts are important. What are the issues you should be aware of?
During this 1 hour webinar, participants will learn about:
- Employment agreements
- Joint venture agreements with universities
- Third party agreements
- Open source agreements
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December 5, 2023 | 7PM ET
Moderator: Chitrajit Chandrashekar
Webinar Presenters:
Wifredo Fernandez
Lata Setty
Michael Ladipo
Session Description:
Now that you have a company, how do you raise the capital to run it? During this 1 hour webinar, participants will learn about:
- Sources of Funding: We are going to be a wild success. Where do I get capital to take us there?
- Funding Instruments: People want to invest! What does that look like?
- Development Programs: How can I get thoughtful support and meaningful capital?
- Investment Terms: We’ve decided on the appropriate form of funding. What are the key terms that investors will want in exchange?
- Due Diligence: I want to be prepared once we have a signed term sheet. What can I do now to facilitate a smooth and efficient due diligence process?
View the full session video:
January 30, 2024 | 7PM ET
Webinar Presenter:
Victor Wang, Director, Cardozo / Google Patent Diversity Project; Interim Director, Tech Start Up Clinic; Visiting Clinic Professor of Law – Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Session Description:
During this 1 hour webinar participants will learn what to expect when filing patent and trademark applications with the USPTO, including examples/stories from people who went through the process.
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February 20, 2024 | 7PM ET
Webinar Presenter:
Dr. Russ Barnes, Colonel, USAF (ret.), PhD., Business Strategist, Executives and Entrepreneurs, Systro Solutions
Session Description:
During this 1 hour webinar participants will learn strategy development for establishing your small business to bring your invention to market.
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Fall 2022-Spring 2023 Sessions
Session co-sponsored by:
September 29, 2022 | 7PM ET
Session Description:
During this 1 hour webinar, we provided:
- an explanation of what intellectual property rights are;
- real-world examples of how they come up in your business ideas and creative processes;
- an interview with an author that will share how she learned more about IP law and how that has helped her;
- resources for more information, including how to get free or low cost legal help; and
- time for questions.
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October 25, 2022 | 7PM ET
Webinar Presenter:
Victor Wang, Director, Cardozo / Google Patent Diversity Project; Interim Director, Tech Start Up Clinic; Visiting Clinic Professor of Law – Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Session Description:
During this 1 hour webinar, we provided:
- patent law basics; and;
- patent strategy for entrepreneurs.
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November 17, 2022 | 7PM ET
Webinar Presenters:
Devon Grant, Senior Patent Counsel at Visa
L. Scott Burwell, Partner at Finnegan Henderson
Ayana Marshall, Patent Data Analyst at Harrity LLP
David Pointer, Partner at Thomas Horstemeyer
Session Description:
During this 1 hour webinar, participants heard from individuals with engineering backgrounds that have built careers in patent law. In addition, participants learned of resources to help them pursue opportunities in patent law.
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February 8, 2023 | 7PM ET
Session Description:
Tune in to hear students from Howard University Law School provide information for student athletes about intellectual property. In particular, presenters will discuss publicity rights, which include name, image, and likeness followed by a Q&A session.
For more information on this topic, check out our webpage: Student Athlete Name Image Likeness
April 26, 2023 | 7PM ET
Webinar Presenters:
Shreyanka Mirchandani Changaroth, Wikimedia Race and Knowledge Equity Fellow, IIPSJ
Kim Tignor, Executive Director, IIPSJ
Lita Rosario-Richardson, Income Shareholder, Shulman Rogers
Crystal Waters, House Music Icon
Session Description:
During this 1 hour webinar, participants:
- Learned about intellectual property in creative work, especially in the field of arts and entertainment, and including digital content;
- Gained a deeper understanding of copyright issues surrounding creative work and publicity rights relating to their image; and
- Received real-world insight from a panel of experts and creators.
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May 23, 2023 | 7PM ET
Moderators:
Lisa Nguyen, Partner, Allen & Overy
Leeandria Williams, Legal Intern, IIPSJ
Webinar Presenters:
Micheal Binns, Associate General Counsel and Head of Patent Portfolio Strategy (Family of Apps) and IP Trade Secret Protection, Meta
Danielle Coleman, Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, Global Litigation, VMware
Jessica Thomson, Patent Counsel, The Walt Disney Company
Session Description:
During this 1 hour session, participants learned:
- IP must-haves when you are building your business
- Strategies to protect the core of your business with limited capital
- Turning your IP into a product
- Protecting your IP when you are pitching to investors
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Thank you to our Webinar Presenters!
Guest Presenters
Victor Wang
Director, Cardozo/Google Patent Diversity Project & Acting Director, Tech Startup Clinic
Cardozo School of Law
Presented: Fall 2022 – Patent Law for Engineers
Devon Grant
Senior Patent Counsel
Visa
Presented: Fall 2022 – Careers in Patent Law for Engineers
Scott Burwell
Partner
Finnegan Henderson
Presented: Fall 2022 – Careers in Patent Law for Engineers
Ayana Marshall
Patent Data Analyst
Harrity LLP
Presented: Fall 2022 – Careers in Patent Law for Engineers
David Pointer
Partner
Thomas Horstemeyer
Presented: Fall 2022 – Careers in Patent Law for Engineers
Lita Rosario-Richardson
Income Shareholder
Shulman Rogers
Presented: Spring 2023 – IP Basics for Creators
Crystal Waters
House Music Icon
Presented: Spring 2023 – IP Basics for Creators
Micheal Binns
Associate General Counsel and Head of Patent Portfolio Strategy (Family of Apps) and IP Trade Secret Protection
Meta
Presented: Spring 2023 – Intellectual Property (IP) for Entrepreneurs
Danielle Coleman
Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, Global Litigation
VMware
Presented: Spring 2023 – Intellectual Property (IP) for Entrepreneurs
Jessica Thomson
Patent Counsel
The Walt Disney Company
Presented: Spring 2023 – Intellectual Property (IP) for Entrepreneurs
IIPSJ Institutional Partners
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 Marquette University Law School
2024 Theme | Looking Forward, Looking Back: IP Social Justice & Promoting Human Ingenuity
The IP Mosaic Conference is a unique convening of a diverse collective of academic scholars, policy leaders, and activists who meet to consider and critique IP protection. As we look back on 10 years of the IP Mosaic Conference and revisit the place where it all began, we reflect on the progress we’ve made in the last decade and consider where we go from here. One major evolution in IP law and policy is that the social justice obligations and effects of the IP regime are not questioned and this fundamental principle is now part of the prevailing scholarly and political discourse. In this Tenth Anniversary convening of IP Mosaic we will endeavor to consider what else has changed over the past decade? What remains the same? Has the way we think about humanity and creativity, and how IP protection can serve to foster human actualization towards society’s ultimate benefit changed? And what does progress look like moving forward?
Program Agenda
Friday, November 1
9:30 – 9:45 am CDT
2:30 – 2:45 pm GMT
Welcome & Remarks
Joseph D. Kearney, Dean and Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
9:45 – 10:50 am CDT
2:45 – 3:50 pm GMT
Plenary Session: The New WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge: Origins, Context and Significance
Moderator: Metka Potočnik, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Wolverhampton, Law School and Director of The F-List for Music CIC
Panelist:
Wend Wendland, Director, Traditional Knowledge Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
10:50 – 11:00 am CDT
3:50 – 4:00 pm GMT
Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm CDT
4:00 – 5:00 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 1: Creation, Access, and Dignity
Moderator: TBD
Presenters:
Michael Goodyear – Dignity and Deepfakes
Arunima Shastri and Himika Batra – Making Intellectual Property Greener: Aligning India’s Patent Regime with Environmental Sustainability through Eco-Patents
Cynthia Dahl and Vicki Phillips – Looking Forward: Data from IP Law Clinics on Their Role in Increasing Access to Justice (invited)
12:00 – 1:00 pm CDT
5:00 – 6:00 pm GMT
Meal Break
1:00 – 2:00 pm CDT
6:00 – 7:00 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 2: Creation and Identity
Moderator: TBD
Presenters:
Tim McFarlin – State-Law Authorship
Sakshi Sharma – The Scarlett Letter (of Infringement) (invited)
Sarah (Fackrell) Burstein – Ornamentality and Crime
2:00 – 2:10 pm CDT
7:00 – 7:10 pm GMT
Break
2:10 – 3:10 pm CDT
7:10 – 8:10 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 3: Traditional Knowledge and Social Justice
Moderator: TBD
Presenters:
Dalindyebo Shabalala – Taking Customary Law Seriously: Domestic Recognition of Traditional Knowledge
Kay Dunn – Empirical research for social justice in intellectual property and cultural creativity
Jack Lerner – Indigenous Expression, Social Justice, and Copyright: Lessons From Hawaiʻi’s Copyright History (invited)
5:00 – 7:00 pm CDT
HAPPY HOUR for in-person attendees
Saturday, November 2
9:30 – 9:45 am CDT
2:30 – 2:45 pm GMT
Welcome & Remarks
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ)
9:45 – 11:15 am CDT
2:45 – 4:15 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 4: Student Papers
Moderator: Tuneen Chisolm, Howard University School of Law
Presenters:
Samantha Lai – Expanding Creative Horizons: Fair Use of Celebrity Portraiture
Usayd Siddiqi – Butter Chicken to Big Data: Preventing Excessive Protection in Sui Generis Regimes
Christelle Tchaou, J.D. – Systemic Solutions for Systemic Racism: Proposing an Equitable Fair Use Defense to Patent Infringement as a Part of Reparations to Historically Underserved Communities
11:15 – 11:25 am CDT
4:15 – 4:25 pm GMT
Break
11:25 am – 12:30 pm CDT
4:25 – 5:30 pm GMT
Plenary Session: Policy
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law & Founder and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ)
Panelists:
Tony Sebro, Change.org
Meredith Rose, Public Knowledge
Ann Chaitovitz, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
12:30 – 1:30 pm CDT
5:30 – 6:30 pm GMT
Meal Break
1:30 – 2:55 pm CDT
6:30 – 7:55 pm GMT
Paper Presentation Panel 5: Intellectual Property Theory and Social Justice
Moderator: TBD
Presenters:
Eden Howard (Wednesday Eden) – The ‘Unpropertizable’ Public Domain in UK and EU Copyright Law
Metka Potočnik – Humanity of Songs
— 5 min Break —
Justin Koo – De-Colonizing Copyright Law
Akshat Agarwal – Enabling Creative Production
2:55 pm CDT
7:55 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)
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
Tuneen Chisolm, Howard University School of Law Metka Potocnik, University of Wolverhampton, Law School
Betsy Rosenblatt, The University of Tulsa, College of Law Jack Lerner, UC Irvine School 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!
IIPSJ Institutional Partners
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
Click on each of the panel titles in the agenda below to download the session materials.
Please send any questions to INFO@IIPSJ.ORG
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.
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.
