In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting one or two panels a day. Here’s our panel on “#Vaccines, #intellectualproperty, and #GlobalEquity.”

https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/

Topics include:

· The current state of play in #vaccinewaiver negotiations.

· Why aren’t the existing legal provisions on #compulsorylicenses enough?

· The role of #IP in vaccine rollout to developing countries.

· TRIPs and its contribution to global equity.

· Shifting from polarisation of views to nuance and shaping the IP system to meet societal needs in a pandemic best.

Moderator/Panelist:

Gwilym Roberts (Kilburn & Strode)

Panelists:

Sapna Kumar (University of Houston Law Center)

Bhanu Sadasivan (McDermott Will & Emery)

Corey Salsberg (Novartis)

Antony Taubman FRSA (World Trade Organization)

Peter Yu (Texas A&M University School of Law)

Thank you, Patent Docs (https://lnkd.in/ddCrkT9C) for being a Silver Sponsor!

Join us this Thursday and Friday for our 65th Annual #IP Law Conference and meet Patent Docs’ Kevin Noonan. He will be participating in our “Global Patent Issues” plenary session.

https://lnkd.in/d6aFSgtC

Topics include:

• Anti-suit injunctions and international comity.

• UPC and UP: Now what?

• Do American patents matter anymore?

• The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)’s Renewing American Innovation Project

• Developments and strategies in deploying IP-centric strategies for asset-based lending, debt and equity financing, and revenue factoring.

• The state of the Federal Circuit: Change and continuity?

• China’s great Federal Circuit experiment: Has it worked?

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting one or two panels a day. Here’s our panel on “Copyright: The New Normal.”
https://lnkd.in/d6aFSgtC
Topics include:
· #NFTs in #art and #esports
· Exterritorial damages in copyright law.
· Memes on Instagram: Fair use or no use?
· Substantial similarity post-Skidmore: No “Stairway to Heaven?
· Sidestepping synch rights and music covers on TikTok
Moderator/Panelist:
Sean O’Connor (George Mason University – Antonin Scalia Law School)
Panelists:
Tom Cotter (University of Minnesota Law School)
James Gatto (Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP)
Jonathan Jennings (Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP)
Bill McGrath (Davis McGrath)
Kevin Parks (Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.)

An enjoyable afternoon with Marshall Leaffer, his students, and his colleagues at Indiana University Maurer School of Law discussing how #ArtificialIntelligence can help #simplify #trademark #confusion. Thank you for your excellent questions and comments!

Rahaf Alrehaili Trevor Coval Seth Niemi Ryan Waite Mariah Davis Chris McMillan Alexander Mischke Michelle Abramczyk Lily Wang Marcus Hoekstra Mark D. Janis

Thank you, Kirkland & Ellis for being a Bronze sponsor! Join us in November for our 65th Annual #IP Law Conference and meet Kirkland & Ellis ‘s Partner Ellisen Turner. He will be speaking on the “Forces of Change” panel.

Topics include:

Inclusive job growth, opportunity, and access to innovation through policy.
Diversity/women in IP: Weighing the significance of Judge Cunningham’s appointment.
How big law can do more to tackle the lack of minority representation in the IP industry.
Trade-secret/know-how gap that is currently reflected in vaccine nationalism.
Patent working and disclosure requirements.
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#vaccine nationalism #trade secrets  #federal circuit #diversity
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law