Event

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

2:00-2:30

Dean’s Message

Deidré A. Keller, Dean and Professor of Law – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law

2:35-3:35

Dual Track Presentations

Track 1

2:35-3:35

Issues in Entertainment Law – WATCH RECORDING

Moderator: Lita Rosario, President & CEO – WYZ Girl Entertainment Consulting, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1986

Robert J. Bernstein – Law Office of Robert J. Bernstein

John Simson, Counsel – Fox Rothschild LLP

Track 2

2:35-3:35

Effective Strategies for IP, Operations, and Teams Post-Covid 19

Moderator: Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President – Patent Group – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law Class of 2005

Njeri Mutura, Senior Corporate Attorney, Legal Affairs Lead – Microsoft

Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property – Freddie Mac

Carrie Sindelar, General Counsel, Intellectual Property Operations – Honeywell International Inc.

Mina Stricklin, Assistant General Counsel – Design Patent – Nike

3:35-3:40

Break

3:40-4:40

Racism and Branding

Moderator: Shelley Fullwood, Supervising Trademark Attorney – NCCU Law Intellectual Property Clinic

William Thomashower, Counsel – Pryor Cashman LLP

Makalika Naholowaa, Chief of Staff for the General Counsel – Microsoft

W. LaNelle Owens, Assistant General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property – Thrasio, LLC;  Howard University School of Law, Class of 2004