CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

IL CLE Credit: 7 hours (pending)

General Registration (no CLE credit): Free

Government Attendees: Free

General Registration (CLE credit): $60

Free for UIC students, faculty, adjunct professors, staff, IP Center advisory board members, and IIPSJ guests.

Limited scholarships available for 2018–2020 JMLS/UIC graduates; non-UIC students, faculty, staff; and need-based attendees.

Institutional Partners:

Schedule

8:40 – 8:45 am ET  Welcome
Daryl Lim, Professor of Law & Director, Center for IP, Information and Privacy Law, UIC John Marshall Law School

Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law; Founder and Director, Institute for IP and Social Justice

8:45 – 9:00 am Opening Remarks
Hon. Paul Michel (Ret.), Former Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Advisory Board Chair, Center for IP, Information and Privacy Law, UIC John Marshall Law School

9:00 – 10:30 am Session 1: The Pandemic: Revealing Disparities in Access to Health
Topics include the role of IP in mitigating the disproportionate impacts on marginalized communities, redressing related disparities in health care access and underlying health conditions, and the need for systemic improvements.

*Moderator:

Esther Lim, Partner, Finnegan Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Panelists:
Margaret Chon, Donald And Lynda Horowitz Professor for The Pursuit of Justice, Seattle University School of Law

Paul Coletti, Associate Patent Counsel, Johnson & Johnson

Idris McKelvey, Vice President – Patent Group, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Hon. Paul Michel (Ret.), Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Advisory Board Chair Center for IP, Information and Privacy Law, UIC John Marshall Law School

Damian Porcari, Director, Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office

10:30 – Noon  Session 2: The Pandemic and Civil Society: Civic Engagement in the IP System

Topics include exploring the need to close the Digital Divide and counter the exacerbation of unequal access to knowledge and education, voting, employment mobility, health information, and other rights of citizenship.

*Moderator:

Deidre Keller, Dean, Florida A&M University College of Law

Panelists:

Chanelle Hardy, Strategic Outreach & Policy Partnerships, Google

Brian Howard, Research and Policy Analyst, ASU American Indian Policy Institute

Jaylen Johnson, Attorney Advisor, United States Copyright Office

Joshua Lamel, CEO, InSight Public Affairs

Noon – 12:30 pm  Virtual Reception

12:30 – 1:00 pm Keynote Address
Hon. Richard Linn, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Moderator: Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law; Founder and Director, Institute for IP and Social Justice

1:00 – 2:30 pm Session 3: Including Older Americans, Native Americans, and Americans with Disabilities
Topics include the barriers to healthcare, social and economic mobility, and democratic and cultural participation and autonomy of historically marginalized Americans, as well as their unique contributions to creativity, authorship, innovation, and other ecosystems governed by IP law in a remote/social networking-focused society.

*Moderator: Ronald Katz, Counsel, GCA Law Partners, LLP

Panelists:

Irene Calboli, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law

Christine Farley, Professor of Law & Faculty Director – Program on Information Justice and IP, American University Washington College of Law

Sandra L. Howard, American Indian Studies Graduate Student, University of California, Los Angeles

Qudus Olaniran, , Senior Attorney, Microsoft

Blake Reid, Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Law School

2:30 – 2:45 pm Virtual Reception

2:45 – 4:15 pm Session 4: Reconceptualizing the Rightsholder/IP Consumer Symbiosis after Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org
Topics include the importance of dispelling the “rightsholder vs. the public” misconception of the IP ecosystem in achieving post-pandemic IP Social Justice.

*Moderator:

Brett Frischmann, The Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

Panelists:

Kevin Amer, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office

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

Colleen Chien, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law

Karyn Temple, Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel, Motion Picture Association

4:15 – 4:45 pm Social Justice in the Time of Coronavirus – The Road Ahead

Panelists:

Cheryl Leanza, Policy Advisor, UCC OC Inc.

Daryl Lim, Professor of Law & Director, Center for IP, Information and Privacy Law, UIC John Marshall Law School

Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law; Founder and Director of the Institute for IP and Social Justice

Tony Sebro, Deputy General Counsel, Wikimedia Foundation

4:45 – 5:15 pm Closing Remarks and Virtual Reception

* Moderators are also panelists.