1E: Trademarks
Topics include the SHOP SAFE Act; the protection of well-known marks post Bayer v. Belmora; Kaisha v. Lotte and trade dress functionality; new trends in bad-faith trademarks in China; Iancu v. Brunetti; and trademark trolling.
William K. Ford University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Graeme Dinwoodie Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology Marshall Leaffer Indiana University Maurer School of Law Yongjian Lei WANHUIDA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Yvette Liebesman Saint Louis University School of Law
Amy Ziegler Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

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Back in October, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law’s Center for Intellectual Property (“IP”), Information, and Privacy Law organized and virtually hosted its International IP Practice Seminar. The Seminar, co-organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Kuhnen & Wacker, brought together international policymakers and practitioners to discuss the worldwide landscape of the most cutting-edge IP issues from a comparative perspective. Each speaker brought unique national and international perspectives across industries, technologies, and IP subject matter to the discussion.  Adam Ernette (UIC) reports on the seminar.  https://bit.ly/3FpYizT

When IPWatchdog, Inc invited me to share my wishes for the new year, I selected these:

1) A détente between the US and China, and that what we can do through “big-tent” IP conferences, institutional partnerships between IP stakeholders, and a resilient and proactive network of people-to-people ties can make a difference,

2) A Singapore-style copyright exception for text and data mining to promote the growth of AI industries in the US while protecting the rights of content owners here, and,

3) That multilateral and regional organizations will regain their relevance in helping establish relevant, responsive, and balanced worldwide IP norms. Key issues like access to vaccines and treatments, cross-border forum shopping in standard-essential patent litigation, the protection and enforcement of AI-related technologies, and emerging issues like non-fungible tokens and virtual spaces like Facebook’s metaverse demand coherent and balanced answers on a global scale.

You can read my full contribution and others from Alden Abbott Mercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University Nick Aries Bird & Bird Megan Bannigan Debevoise & Plimpton Aziz Burgy Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP Julie Burke #IPQualityPro James De Vellis Foley & Lardner LLP Marla Grossman American Continental Group Thomas Isaacson Polsinelli Blair Jacobs McKool Smith Efrat Kasznik Foresight Valuation Group Stephen Kunin Maier & Maier, PLLC Scott McKeown Ropes & Gray LLP John Rogitz ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES University of Illinois Chicago School of Law here: https://bit.ly/3FPH9QO

Jointly organized by the Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development (CFRED) at CUHK LAW and the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University School of Law, this workshop brings together intellectual property and other legal experts to examine the emergence of anti-suit injunctions in patent litigation in China. Conducted in a roundtable format, the event aims to foster a dialogue among participants from China, the United States and other parts of the world. https://www.law.cuhk.edu.hk/app/events/workshop-on-anti-suit-injunctions-and-frand-litigation-in-china-online/

IPWatchdog, Inc has published a special report on our recently concluded 65th Annual IP Law Conference.
The report features views from former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Michel, former USPTO Director and Irell & Manella LLP Partner Andrei Iancu, and Brad Watts, Minority Chief Counsel for the US Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on IP on recent IP nominees, effecting change in patent eligibility, and what it takes to get IP policy right.
In addition, you can also read reflections from our esteemed conference faculty. Do check it out!
https://bit.ly/3I70XAM