In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting our panels. Here’s our panel on “Global IP Issues.” Looking forward to it!

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

Topics include:

· IP & popular culture: #US fair use and lessons from #Singapore’s legislative amendments.

· The process and result of EU copyright harmonization and the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

· Toward a global FRAND solution.

· The World Trade Organization waiver and COVID19.

· Recent innovation and IP policies in #China, their impact on companies and scientists.

Moderator/Panelist:

Mark Cohen (University of California, Berkeley – School of Law)

Panelists:

Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj (O.P. Jindal Global University)

David Tan (NUS Faculty of Law)

Eleonora Rosati (Stockholms universitet)

Runhua Wang (University of Science and Technology Beijing)

In the lead-up to our 65th Annual IP Law Conference, I want to take a moment to say a special “thank you” to our sponsors and institutional partners. We appreciate your support and encouragement. Your partnership with our conference makes it even better. https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/

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.)