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.
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Last Year’s Conference Videos Available
Videos from the 18th Annual IIPSJ IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar & 3rd Annual Microsoft Tech Law Summit are available on our YouTube channel.
Online Program
Thursday, March 3
9:00am-7:30pm EST
Friday, March 4
8:45am-5:40 pm EST
Full program below*
*Subject to change
Program Agenda
All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST).
We are using Zoom to host the program. Please use the links below to access the program. Passcodes are next to each link.
Link to access Thursday program Passcode: 505229
Link to access Thursday virtual career panel Passcode: 495311
Link to access Friday program Passcode: 554885
Link to access Friday program Dual Track Session B Passcode: 939159
9:00 am – 9:05 am
Introduction and Welcome
Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Senior Legal Counsel – Splunk; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
9:05 am – 10:05 am
The Impact of Racial Bias in AI, Facial Recognition, and Other Technologies
Moderator: Edward Fultz, Associate – Reed Smith; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
Chanel Cornett, Policy Counsel, Trust and Safety – Zoom; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2019
Collin Smith, Principal Corporate Counsel, Windows + Devices – Microsoft
Adonne Washington, Digital Justice Associate Counsel – Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
10:05 am – 11:05 am
CCPA and other Data Privacy Regulations
Moderator: Charity Ogbeide, Privacy & Data Protection Principal – IBM; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2018
Charnay Augustin, Senior Counsel, Marketplace – Uber; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2011
Stanton Burke, Associate – BakerHostetler; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2015
Ali A. Jessani, Senior Associate – WilmerHale
Rizwan A. Qureshi, Hiring Partner – Reed Smith; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2007
11:05 am – 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Innovative Legal Areas of Law
Jesse Fenty, IP Attorney and CEO – Fenty IP Law and Endless IP
Mo Ivory, Professor and Director of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Initiative – Georgia State University College of Law
Lorraine McGowen, Partner – Orrick
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunchtime Awards Ceremony
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm
Break
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Covid-19 and other Hot Topics
Moderator: Katina Wallace, Director Compliance Programs – Microsoft
Oladoyin Olanrewaju, Associate –Orrick
Tiffany J. Smith, Partner – WilmerHale
Kemba Walden, Assistant General Counsel – Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Rise of eSports and the Metaverse
Moderator: Dr. Anita Lam, Senior Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Mason Ashe, Founder & CEO – Ashe Sports & Entertainment Consulting, Inc.
Gordon Bellamy, Professor of the Practice of Cinematic Arts – University of Southern California; former Lead Designer – EA Sports
Derrick L. Maultsby, Associate – Frost Brown Todd LLC
Delane Parnell, Founder & CEO – PlayVS
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Paying it Forward: A Day in the Life of a Tech Lawyer
Moderator: Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Senior Legal Counsel – Splunk
Nick Austin, Principal Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Labriah Lee Holt, Manager, Southeast State Government Affairs – Microsoft; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Virtual Career Panel
Moderator: Aminah Ortiz-Simon, 2L – Howard University School of Law
Phil Hampton, Senior Partner – Polsinelli; Adjunct Professor – Howard University School of Law
Jennifer M. Hayes, Principal – Jordan IP Law; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1994
W. LaNelle Owens, Assistant General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property – Thrasio, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2004
Lita Rosario-Richardson, President & CEO – WYZ Girl Entertainment Consulting, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1986
8:45 am – 9:00 am
Introduction and Welcome
Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Tashia Bunch, Administrative Director – IIPSJ and TTAB Interlocutory Attorney – USPTO; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2006
9:00 am – 10:30 am
IP Year in Review
Thomas L. Irving, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Douglas A. Rettew, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Break
10:45 am – 11:45 am
New Issues in IP Licensing and Litigation: A View From In-House Counsel
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Nadia Baksh, Associate Counsel – Visa; Howard University School of Law Class of 2017
Devon Grant, Senior Patent Counsel – Visa; Howard University School of Law
Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2010
Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President – Patent Group – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law Class of 2005
Ulysses Williams III, Intellectual Property Counsel – Pall Corporation; Howard University School of Law Class of 2016
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Break
12:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Welcome Remarks
Esther H. Lim, Patent Chair of IIPSJ Annual Conference; Partner & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Donald R. Dunner Judicial Panel [non-CLE]
Moderator: L. Scott Burwell, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Hon. Raymond T. Chen, Judge – United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Judge – United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Hon. Scott R. Boalick, Chief Administrative Patent Judge – Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Hon. David P. Shaw, Administrative Law Judge – United States International Trade Commission
Hon. Susan G. Braden, Former Chief Judge (ret.) – United States Court of Federal Claims
1:20 pm – 2:20 pm
Cannabis and the Law: A Look at Trademark Law and Social Justice Implications
Laury Lucien, Managing Member – Major Bloom
William “Bill” Thomashower, Counsel – Pryor Cashman
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm
Break
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Dual Track Sessions
Session A: Hot Topics in Post-Corona In-House Practice
Moderator: Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President, Patent Group – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2005
Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2010
Ghani Hamadi, Sr. Counsel, Patent Law – FedEx Corp.
Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property – Freddie Mac
Jyoti Uppuluri, Head of Patent Portfolio Strategy, Reality Labs – Meta
Session B: CASE Act Implementation Panel
Maya Burchette, Attorney Advisor – Copyright Claims Board | U.S. Copyright Office
Terrica Carrington, VP of Legal Policy & Copyright Counsel – Copyright Alliance
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Dual Track Sessions
Session A: The Unified Patent Court: Strengthening the Global Patent System
Devon Grant, Senior Patent Counsel – Visa; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Diego Black, Partner – Withers & Rogers, LLP
Brianna L. Kadjo, Counsel – Perkins Coie
Session B: Updates on College Athletes NIL & Celebrities Right of Publicity
Jonathan Goins, Principal – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Ron Katz, Author, Sports Ethics and Leadership (Routledge, 2017)
4:30 pm – 4:35 pm
Break
4:35 pm – 5:35 pm
Ethics Session
Aisha Cassis, Deputy Executive Attorney – D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2005
5:35 pm – 5:40 pm
Closing Remarks
Lateef Mtima, Founder – IIPSJ; Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law
Thank You to Our Sponsors, Partner Schools, and Institutional Partners!
Tech Law Summit & Annual CLE 2021
Online Program
Thursday, March 4
8:30-6:30 EST
Friday, March 5
8:30-4:30 EST
Full program appears below
CLE Information
This program generally qualifies for up to 6 hours of CLE credit in VA, NY, CA, and OH. Additional states may be available upon request.
3rd Annual Microsoft Tech Law Summit
&
18th Annual IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar
Conference Videos Now Available
Videos from the 18th Annual IIPSJ IP and Social Justice CLE Seminar & 3rd Annual Microsoft Tech Law Summit are now available on our YouTube channel.
This year we we have decided to host the Microsoft Tech Law Summit and the IP and Social Justice CLE together so that the audiences of each program can benefit from the program of the other.
The Microsoft Tech Law Summit aims to educate minority legal professionals on the issues and opportunities in the tech industry in an effort to help infuse the legal workforce with a diverse pipeline to ensure fair, transparent and accountable development of AI as a service and other new technologies that empower everyone.
The IP and Social Justice CLE program provides annual updates in IP law, a panel of sitting federal judges, and discussions of 
IP, diversity, and social justice concerns. Each year we are privileged to work with some of the nation’s leading IP judges, attorneys, and scholars in our CLE program.
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Program Agenda
Thursday March 4
8:30-8:40
Introduction and Welcome
Tashia Bunch, Administrative Director – IIPSJ and Trademark Legal Policy Staff Attorney – USPTO; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2006
Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Principal Corporate Counsel – Microsoft; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
8:40-11:00
Tech Law Summit Panels
8:40-9:00
Opening Remarks
Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law and Founder – IIPSJ
9:00-10:00
AI 101 WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Tiffany Dayemo, Microsoft Legal Fellow 2019-2020; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2019
Qudus Olaniran, Senior Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Collin Smith – Microsoft
LaDale George, Partner – Perkins Coie LLP
Rob Uriarte, Partner – Orrick
10:00-10:05
Break
10:05-11:05
CCPA and Cybersecurity – WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Stanton Burke, Associate – Baker & Hostetler LLP; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2017
Jim Sfekas, Senior Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Partner – Perkins Coie LLP
Shannon McNeal, Associate – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Ashley Lin, Associate – Perkins Coie LLP
11:05-11:10
Break
11:10-5:30
Intellectual Property and Social Justice CLE Panels
11:10-12:10
IP Rights on Social Media Platforms – WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Jill Louis, Partner – Perkins Coie LLP
Jhaniel James, Associate – Womble Bond Dickinson
Mark Johnson, Corporate Counsel, Commercial Licensing & Business Planning – Microsoft
Ricardo Bonilla, Principal – Fish & Richardson
12:10-12:15
Break
12:15-1:30
Welcome Remarks
Esther Lim, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Donald R. Dunner Judicial Panel
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Bryan C. Diner, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Hon. Sharon Prost, Chief Judge – United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Leonard P. Stark, Chief Judge – United States District Court for District of Delaware
Hon. Susan G. Braden, Former Chief Judge (ret.) – United States Court of Federal Claims
Hon. David P. Shaw, Administrative Law Judge – United States International Trade Commission
Deanne E. Maynard, Appellate & Supreme Court Co-Chair – Morrison & Foerster LLP
1:30-1:45
Break
1:45-2:45
Intellectual Property and Social Justice Discussion: Race, Creativity, and Copyright – WATCH RECORDING
Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law – Howard University School of Law and Founder & Director – IIPSJ
Robert Brauneis, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the IP Program – George Washington University Law School
Terrica Carrington, Vice President, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel – Copyright Alliance
2:45-3:00
Break
3:00-4:00
Dual Track Presentations
Track 1
3:00-4:00
Right of Publicity Update – WATCH RECORDING
Jonathan Goins, Principal – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2002
Ron Katz, Counsel – GCA Law Partners, LLP
LaTessa Gray, Third Year Student – Howard University School of Law, President – IP Students Association
Track 2
3:00-4:00
Technology and Social Justice in the Era of Covid and Beyond
Moderator: Izu Emeagwali, Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel – J.P. Morgan; Howard University School of Law Class of 2010
Jeremiah Chan, Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Patents – Facebook
Brian Ellis, SVP and General Counsel – Danaher Corporation
Khurram Nasir Gore, Director, Managing Associate General Counsel – Verizon
Michelle Martinez, Senior Patent and Open Source Counsel – eBay
4:00-4:15
Break
4:15-5:15
Increasing Inventor Diversity – WATCH RECORDING
Moderator: Adonne Washington, Legal Fellow – Digital Justice Initiative at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2020
Valencia Martin Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patents – United States Patent and Trademark Office
Toni Hickey, Deputy General Counsel & Chief IP Counsel – Cummins, Inc.
Sunah Lee, Senior Corporate Counsel – Microsoft
JaMel Nelson, Vice President- National Society of Black Engineers Patent and Trademark Professionals Chapter (NSBE-PTO) and Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office
5:15-5:30
Break
5:30-6:30
Happy Hour and Award Ceremony
Friday March 5
8:30-8:40
Introduction and Welcome
Tashia Bunch, Administrative Director – IIPSJ and Trademark Legal Policy Staff Attorney – USPTO; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2006
Charlie Bingham, Founder of Tech Law Summit and Principal Corporate Counsel – Microsoft; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2008
8:45-11:05
Tech Law Summit Panels
8:45-9:45
ABCs of Data Today: Analytics, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Cybersecurity – WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Moderator: Warrington Parker, Partner – Crowell & Moring LLP
Kemba Walden, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit – Microsoft
Eulonda Skyles, Partner – Baker & Hostetler LLP
9:45-9:50
Break
9:50 – 10:50
The Rise of eSports: Fortnite Dance Moves and Cultural Appropriation – WATCH RECORDING
(non-CLE)
Mason Ashe, Founder & CEO – Ashe Sports & Entertainment Consulting, Inc.
Gordon Bellamy, Professor of the Practice of Cinematic Arts – University of Southern California; a former Lead Designer – EA Sports
Arthur J. McAfee, III, Sr., Vice President – Football Operations Policy, Education, and Relationship Management, NFL
Eva Pulliam, Partner – Arent Fox
Erin Leach– Managing Associate, Intellectual Property – Orrick
10:50 – 11:05
Break
11:05-4:40
Intellectual Property and Social Justice CLE Panels
11:05-12:35
Year In Review: Patent, Trademark, and Copyright – WATCH RECORDING
Thomas L. Irving, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Douglas A. Rettew, Partner – Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Ian C. Ballon, Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig, LLP
12:35 – 12:45
Break
12:45-2:00
Pro Bono & IP
Michael Lee, Director, Electronics Practice Group – Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox LLP
Intellectual Property and Social Justice Discussion – Centering Augmented and Virtual Realities at the Margins – WATCH RECORDING
A Discussion On How to Protect BIPOC Communities on Augmented and Virtual Reality Platforms
Moderator: Kim Tignor, Executive Director – Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice
Joe Drayton, Partner – Cooley LLP
Lauren Ruffin, Founder – Crux; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2007
Alton Glass, Founder – GRX Immersive Labs
2:00-2:30
Dean’s Message
Deidré A. Keller, Dean and Professor of Law – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law
2:35-3:35
Dual Track Presentations
Track 1
2:35-3:35
Issues in Entertainment Law – WATCH RECORDING
Moderator: Lita Rosario, President & CEO – WYZ Girl Entertainment Consulting, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 1986
Robert J. Bernstein – Law Office of Robert J. Bernstein
John Simson, Counsel – Fox Rothschild LLP
Track 2
2:35-3:35
Effective Strategies for IP, Operations, and Teams Post-Covid 19
Moderator: Idris N. McKelvey, Vice President – Patent Group – The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Howard University School of Law Class of 2005
Njeri Mutura, Senior Corporate Attorney, Legal Affairs Lead – Microsoft
Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property – Freddie Mac
Carrie Sindelar, General Counsel, Intellectual Property Operations – Honeywell International Inc.
Mina Stricklin, Assistant General Counsel – Design Patent – Nike
3:35-3:40
Break
3:40-4:40
Racism and Branding
Moderator: Shelley Fullwood, Supervising Trademark Attorney – NCCU Law Intellectual Property Clinic
William Thomashower, Counsel – Pryor Cashman LLP
Makalika Naholowaa, Chief of Staff for the General Counsel – Microsoft
W. LaNelle Owens, Assistant General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property – Thrasio, LLC; Howard University School of Law, Class of 2004
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