Second Annual IIPSJ CLE
October 29, 2004
Schedule (pdf version)
9:00 a.m. Introduction and Welcome
Professor Spencer H. Boyer
IIPSJ Senior Scholar
Howard University School of Law
9:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Morning Sessions
Track A: Copyrights and Trademarks
9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Introduction to Copyrights and Trademarks
Phil Hampton
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP
Professor Steven Jamar
Howard University School of Law
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Update on Copyrights: Recent Cases and Developments
Kate Spelman
Piper Rudnick LLP
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Update on Trademarks: Recent Cases and Developments
Mack Webner
Sughrue Mion PLLC
Track B: Patent
9:15 - 10:15 a.m. Enforcement of IPR at the Border: The Ins and Outs of ITC Litigation
Christine E. Lehman
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Morality in Biotechnology: Patenting On Cloning and Stem Cells
Professor Margo Bagley
Emory University School of Law
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Update on Patents: Recent Cases and Developments
Thomas L. Peterson
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Jennifer M. Hayes
Sughrue Mion PLLC
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Luncheon
Keynote Luncheon Speech: "The Intrinsic Record: Is it Ready for Prime Time?"
The Honorable Richard Linn
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hosted by Sughrue Mion PLLC
2:00 - 5:30 p.m. Afternoon Sessions
Track A: Copyrights and Trademarks
2:00 - 2:45 p.m. Trademarks and the Internet: Initial Interest Confusion,the Anti-Cybersquatting Act and the UDRP
Dan Glazer
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Roberta Jacobs-Meadway
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
2:45 - 3:30 p.m. First Betamax, Now Groskster: Still Crazy After All These Years?
Sherrese Smith
The Washington Post
Tonya Evans
TME Law, LLC
Christopher Wolfe
Proskauer Rose LLP
3:30 - 3:45p.m. Break
3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Alternative Dispute Resolution Strategies in IP Cases
Gregory Nixon
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Michelle Larson
Larson & Associates, P.C.
Moderator: Marvin Johnson
Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. (JAMS)
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Negotiating IP Licenses: Strategic Objectives and Ethical Considerations (1 Hour Ethics Credit)
Shashana Crichton
Crichton & Associates
Jean Edwards
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Moderator: Samuel McClendon