The Center for Intellectual Property Law is presenting its 58th annual IP Conference Feb. 28, 2014, featuring keynote speaker Maria A. Pallante, U.S. Register of Copyrights.
Pallante has served as the 12th Register of Copyrights and director of the United States Copyright Office, since June 1, 2011. She is held in high regard by Copyright Office stakeholders–from multinational businesses to individual citizens. She has been lauded for her understanding of the role that the Copyright Office plays within the mission of the Library of Congress.
The daylong program, co-chaired by James Muraff of Neal Gerber & Eisenberg and Charles Shifley of Banner & Witcoff, will be divided into sessions.
Panelists for “Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law” are Adam G. Kelly of Loeb & Loeb LLP discussing patents; Janet A. Marvel of Pattishall McAuliffe discussing trademarks; William H. Frankel, of Brinks, Gilson & Lione speaking on copyrights; R. Mark Halligan of Nixon Peabody LLP speaking on trade secrets; and Professor Doris Estelle Long, Center director, giving an update on international IP.
The session “One Man’s ‘Patent Troll’ Is Another’s ‘NPE’” examining patent issues will feature Kevin May of Neal Gerber & Eisenberg; Anthony Brown of Cascades Ventures; Robert P. Greenspoon of Flachspart & Greenspoon LLC; Ken Rudofski, assistant general counsel for IP at Coriant; and Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
Robert A. Armitage, consultant for IP strategy and policy, will address “Making Sense of Prior Art Under the AIA,” Michael R. Fleming of Miles & Stockbridge PC and a former chief administrative patent judge at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office joins with A. Justin Poplin of Lathrop & Gage for “Speaking about Post-Grant Trial Proceedings in the U.S. Patent Office.”
Neil C. Trueman of Powell Gilbert LLP in London will address “Transforming European Patent Litigation: What U.S. Patent Prosecutors, Litigators, and Corporate Counsel Need to Know About the Unified Patent Court.”
The discussion on “How to Successfully Prepare and Litigate Trademark Dilution Cases” will feature Monica L. Thompson of DLA Piper; “Sirius Turtles: The Awkward State of Pre–1972 Sound Recordings” presented by Kevin C. Parks of Leydig, Voit & Mayer; “Copyright and New Digital Technologies — A Close Look at WNET v. Aereo” with Steven L. Wiser of Thorelli & Associates; and “The TV Show Format: Is It Just a Glass House?” with Jerry Glover of Leavens, Strand, Glover & Adler.
Sponsors for this program are: Banner & Witcoff; Brinks Gilson & Lione; Lathrop & Gage; Loeb & Loeb; Neal Gerber & Eisenberg; Pattishall McAuliffe; Nixon Peabody LLP; and Patent Docs Blog.
