8:45-9:15 Registration

9:15 Introduction and Welcome

Introduction to Intellectual Property

9:30 -10:30 Overview of Trademark Law and Domain Name Issues

Philip G. Hampton, II, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, LLC; Washington, D.C.

10:45 - 11:35 Overview of Copyright Law

Professor Steven D. Jamar, Howard University School of Law, downloadable paper and supporting documents

11:35 - 12:30 Overview of Patent Law

Tom Peterson, Banner& Witcoff, Wash. D.C
Angela S. Robinson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Wash. D.C

Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property

9:30 - 10:30 Inequitable Conduct, Fraud and Patent Practice

Esther H. Lim, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Wash. D.C.

10:40 - 11:30 Update on Copyright Law

Katherine C. Spelman, Steinhart & Falconer, LLP; San Francisco, California

11:30 - 12:30 Negotiating a Publishing Contract: Strategic Objectives and Ethical Considerations

Sha-Shana N.L. Crichton, Crichton & Associates, Washington, D.C.

11:35 - 12:30 Update on Trademark Law

Elke F. Suber, CIGNA Technology and Business Law, Philadelphia, PA

12:30 Luncheon & Keynote Speaker

The Hon. Judge Paul R. Michel
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

 

Copyright/Trademark

2:15 - 3:30 Protecting Copyright and Trademark Rights in the Internet Market Place

Daniel C. Glazer, Shearman & Sterling, LLP; New York, NY
Professor Lateef Mtima, Howard University School of Law
Elke F. Suber, CIGNA Technology and Business Law, Philadelphia, PA

3:35 - 4:30 Music: From the Basics of Licensing to the Latest MP3 Issues

Dean Garfield, Stanley Pierre-Louis
David Sutphen, RIAA, Washington, D.C.

4:30 - 5:30 Practicing in the Public Interest: Reshaping IP Policy in a Digital World

Robert Kasunic, U.S. Copyright Office
Michael Shapiro, U.S. PTO

Patent

2:15 - 3:00 Patents and A Technology-Driven Corporation

Dr. Raymond S. Parker III, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bridgewater, New Jersey

3:00 - 3:45 A Patent Litigatorís View of The Doctrine of Equivalents and Prosecution History Estoppel

Errol B. Taylor, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto; New York, NY

4:00 - 4:45 The In-house Expectations of Outside Patent Counsel

Robert P. Hart, Chief IP Counsel, Harman Interníal Indust., Inc., Northridge, California

4:45 - 5:30 Pitfalls in Patent Drafting and Prosecution

Thomas Irving, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Wash. D.C.