IP and IT Conferences

Law Review Symposium
Big Brother in the 21st Century? Reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
February 24, 2012

Location
University of San Francisco, Fromm Hall
2130 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA 94117

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“Copyright and Human Rights in the Information Age: Conflict or Harmonious Co-existence?”
Szeged, Hungary
February 25, 2012
University of Szeged, Faculty of Law
6720 Szeged, Tisza L. krt. 54.HUNGARY

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Friday, 3/9/12, Touro Law Center’s Institute for Business, Law and Technology is hosting “Real World Business Privacy: A Conference on Data Privacy & Protection Rules for Every Company.” In addition to panelists from top law firms, our conference includes a morning keynote from Janis Kestenbaum, Senior Legal Advisor to FTC Commissioner Ramirez, and a luncheon keynote from Kevin S. Law, President and Chief Executive Office of the Long Island Association. Up to 5 CPE (certified privacy education) credits may be available for attendees.

If you or anyone you know would like more information about our conference, please visit Touro’s Web site at:

http://www.tourolaw.edu/conferences

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Detroit MI

The 2012 Symposium is titled “The Future of Intellectual Property” and will take place on March 9, 2012 at the Detroit Athletic Club. It will consist of four panels covering the topics of: The Future of Copyright Law, The Future of Trademark Law, The Future of Patent Law, and The Future of International Intellectual Property Law.

Currently our list of distinguished speakers include:

•Jessica Litman, John F. Nickoll Professor of Law – University of Michigan Law School
•Glynn S. Lunney, Jr., McGlinchey Stafford Professor of Law -Tulane University Law School
•Marybeth Peters, Former United States Register of Copyrights
•Myra J. Tawfik, Professor of Law -University of Windsor School of Law (Windsor Law)
•Peter K. Yu, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law -Director, Intellectual Property Law Center – Drake University Law School
The moderator for the 2012 Symposium will be:
Michael P. Brennan, Principal – Harness Dickey

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Symposium Description
In celebration of its fifth anniversary, the Drake Intellectual Property Law Center is proud to present the 5th Anniversary Gala symposium. This event brings to the Drake campus judges, academics, practitioners and alumni in the intellectual property field.

February 20: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Legal Clinic
Drake Law School
Des Moines, IA

Symposium Organizer
Prof. Peter K. Yu, Drake University Law School

Distinguished Keynote Speaker
Chief Judge Randall Rader, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Confirmed Participants
• Prof. Margo A. Bagley, University of Virginia School of Law
• Gregg C. Brown, Esq. (PH’1978, LW’82), Vice President, Intellectual Property Legal, Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
• Prof. Sarah Burstein, University of Oklahoma School of Law (beginning fall 2012)
• Kirk Goodwin, Esq. (LW’99), Senior Counsel, Patents, Whirlpool Corporation
• Jeffrey D. Harty, Esq., Partner, McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC & Adjunct Professor, Drake University Law School
• Prof. Rita S. Heimes (LW’93), University of Maine School of Law
• Prof. Christopher M. Holman, UMKC School of Law
• Donna E. Johns, In-house Counsel, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. & Adjunct Professor, Drake University Law School
• Prof. Shontavia Johnson, Drake University Law School
• Prof. Benjamin Liu, John Marshall Law School
• Wendy K. Marsh, Esq. (PH’1990, LW’94), Shareholder, Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell & O’Brien, PC
• Daniel McCracken, Esq. (LW’06), Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Philip Petti, Esq. (LW’85), Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, USG Corp.
• Dana Rewoldt, Esq. (LW’87), Sr. Patent Attorney, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.
• John A. Rissman, Esq. (LW’78), Managing Partner, Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio LLP, Boston
• Prof. David Schwartz, Chicago-Kent College of Law
• Edmund J. Sease, Esq. (BA’64, LW’67), Partner, McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC & Adjunct Professor, Drake University Law School
• Prof. A. Christal Sheppard, University of Nebraska College of Law
• Kent Stevens, Esq. (AS’81, LW’84, GR’84), Special Counsel, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, D.C.
• Peter C. Stomma, Esq. (LW’91), President. Boyle Fredrickson SC, Milwaukee
• Todd A. Van Thomme, Esq. (LW’97), Partner, Price Heneveld LLP, Grand Rapids
• Gregory G. Williams, Esq., Member, Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC, Cedar Rapids

CLE credits will be provided. The registration fee is $100, which includes breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks. To register for the event online, please visit here.

For more information, contact Melanie Carlson at 515-271-2141 or melanie.carlson@drake.edu.

31st Annual Congress of
the International Association for the Advancement
of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP)
Chicago, July 29 to August 1, 2012

Conference website at http://www.atrip2012.com/index.html

10th International Open and User Innovation Workshop
July 30-August 1, 2012
Harvard Business School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Workshop website: http://userinnovation.mit.edu/conf2012/

The Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property Seventh Annual Symposium: Beyond IP: How Intellectual Property and Technology Influence Other Areas of Law

Thursday, February 23-Friday, February 24, 2012

Northwestern University School of Law, 375 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago IL, 60611

The Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, in conjunction with the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth presents the Seventh Annual JTIP Symposium on Beyond IP: How Intellectual Property and Technology Influence Other Areas of Law, a two-day conference for academics, practitioners, and students to discuss current IP and technology law topics.

PANEL TOPICS:
- Climate Change and Clean Technology Incentivization
- Technology and Government Surveillance in the Post-9/11 World
- Copyright and the Future of the Entertainment Industry

The symposium will feature an opening address by Stuart Graham, Chief Economist, United States Patent & Trademark Office, who will speak on the passage of the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act and the effects that it will have on our patent system and our economy.

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY INCENVITIZATION: Panelists will address the intersection of climate change policy and clean technology innovation. The panel will discuss political barriers to passing a strong climate change policy and what measures can be taken in order to deploy clean technologies in order to mitigate climate change. The panel will feature members of government agencies and lobbyists for cleantech incentives.

Moderator: Howard Learner (Environmental Law & Policy Center)
Panelists: Patrick G. Gattari (MBHB); Patrick Von Bargen (Quinn Gillespie & Associates); Brad Klein (Environmental Law & Policy Center)

COPYRIGHT AND THE FUTURE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY: Panelists will discuss the intersection of copyright law, specifically with respect to the entertainment industry, and recent legislation proposed by Congress to curb copyright infringement on the Internet. Questions posed to the panelists will include: Do copyright laws adequately protect creators in industries so heavily dominated by consumer interest? Is consumer innovation and subversion of the copyright laws forcing companies to rethink their copyright policies, as well as their business models? Is illegal activity to credit for such new developments such as the licensing regimes of Netflix and Spotify, and would it have been better to adjust copyright laws earlier in order to incentivize such moves in the market place earlier, rather than criminalizing consumers?

Moderator: Professor Peter DiCola (Northwestern Law School)
Panelists: Andrew Bridges (Fenwick & West LLP); Michael Carrier (Rutgers School of Law); Greg Kot (Chicago Tribune; Sound Opinions); Nicole Reifman (MBHB); Matthew Sag (Loyola University Chicago Law School)

KEYNOTE LUNCHEON ADDRESS: Jerome Reichman, Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

Professor Reichman will discuss the issue of compulsory licensing under the TRIPS agreement, specifically with a focus on the growing debate around pharmaceutical patents and access to necessary medicines in developing countries.

TECHNOLOGY AND GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE IN THE POST-9/11 WORLD: Panelists will discuss the intersection of technological development and criminal law in light of cases such as United States v. Jones and address whether the government can legally use advances in technology to track citizens without a warrant for lengthy periods of time. Questions posed to the panels will include whether the government can tap into information gathered by wireless providers without a warrant and in the face of an affirmative desire not to be tracked, whether the phone companies should be held liable, and whether society accepts such background risks by opting into using new technologies. Furthermore, the panel will discuss implications for the future of privacy, considering advancing technology.

Moderator: Professor Ronald Allen (Northwestern Law School)
Panelists: Cindy Cohn (Electronic Frontier Foundation); Steve Leckar (Shainis & Peltzman, Chartered); Adam Schwartz (American Civil Liberties Union of IL); Jason Weinstein (United States Department of Justice)

FURTHER INFORMATION: For additional information, including a full agenda and registration please visit: http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/njtip_symposium

SPONSORS: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP; Fenwick & West LLP; McDermott Will & Emery; Northwestern Intellectual Property Law Society and the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth.

The Information Economy Project at George Mason University proudly presents an Innovation and Intellectual Property Conference.

The Digital Inventor: How Entrepreneurs Compete on Platforms

Friday, February 24, 2012
An Innovation and Intellectual Property Conference
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Va.
Orange Line Metro (Va. Sq.-GMU)

The assembly line of our knowledge-based economy begins with technology discovery and ends with the moving target of a consumer market. Connectivity is funded and rewarded through exchanges of time, money, and digital goods. The conversation in this conference will identify key priorities in technology policy for innovation, network investment, and content delivery models. Articles will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy.

8:30 am Breakfast Reception

8:45 am Welcoming Remarks
Daniel Polsby, Dean, George Mason University School of Law
Thomas Hazlett, Prof. of Law & Economics, George Mason University

9:00 am Breakfast Keynote: Design, Institutions, and the Evolution of Platforms
Richard Langlois, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

9:30 am Platforms, Modularity, and Complementary Goods
Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School, Multi-Sided Platforms
Salil Mehra, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Platforms and the Choice of Models
Joshua Wright, George Mason University School of Law (moderator)

10:30 am Industry Keynote
Donald Rosenberg, Qualcomm, Inc.

11:00 am Patent Litigation: Software Patents, Licensing, and Mobile OS Platforms
Anne Layne-Farrar, Compass-Lexecon, The Brothers Grimm Book of Business Models: A Survey of Literature and Developments in Patent Acquisition and Litigation
James Bessen, Boston University School of Law, The Private Costs of Patent Litigation
Adam Mossoff, George Mason University School of Law (moderator)

12:00 pm Luncheon Keynote: Why “Walled Gardens” Isn’t Inconsistent with Open Innovation: Understanding How Ecosystems “Management” Promotes Progress
David Teece, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

1:30 pm Adjourn

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Reserve your seat via email: iep.gmu@gmail.com or fill out our online form. Virginia CLE credits are pending; CLE registration will be $50 for GMU Law alum and government employees, $80 for general registration, and $100 at the door.

The Law School of the University of Geneva organizes an international IP conference on the topic
IP in the pharmaceutical industry on Friday February 10 which could be of interest to some of you (representatives of WIPO, WTO, WHO and of the industry will speak).

The detailed program is available at: http://www.unige.ch/droit/jdpi/programme_en.html

Full-time academics are welcome to attend the event for free (please send an email with your full contact details to nicole.crausaz@unige.ch to register).

On-line registration is otherwise available at: http://www.unige.ch/droit/jdpi/inscription_en.html
Best regards

Jacques de Werra
School of law
University of Geneva