Looking forward to joining our friends at the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on patent law and practice. On the panel with me are Jessie Suen (Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP) and Emily Tait (Jones Day).
With events of this past week still fresh in our minds, the opportunity to come together to find common ground and understand different stakeholders’ perspectives could not have come at a better time. Nor could we have chosen a better partner in IIPSJ, who has built for itself a reputation as a trusted voice of inclusiveness in social, cultural, and economic life.
We are honored that Hon. Richard Linn will be delivering the keynote address and Hon. Paul Michel will deliver the opening remarks. They will join experts from academia, practice, civil society, industry, and government online on Friday, September 11, 2020, for what promises to be a riveting and one of the most-needed conversations of our times.
Please save the date. I hope to see you there.
Details here: https://bit.ly/iipsj2020
This year, I’m pleased we can offer our popular annual IP-focused ethics event online, making it more affordable, accessible, and attractive for the community in Chicago and beyond to join us. With a week to go, we have more than double the number of registrants compared to last year’s seminar! We are also excited to host a virtual reception after the event where attendees can meet and mingle with our speakers in small group and one-on-one settings.
In addition to keynote speakers Gene Quinn (IPWatchdog) and John White (PCT Learning Center), we have Alex Menchaca (McAndrews), Emil Ali (Carr Butterfield), Melissa Anyetei (Mayer Brown), Richard Beem (Beem Patent), Kenny Matuszewski (Neal Gerber), and Erin Clifford (Clifford Law), Bill McGrath (Davis McGrath), and Kyle Serilla (UIC John Marshall).
Looking forward to seeing you next Friday!
Register here: https://bit.ly/ipethics2020_f
IP Ethics Seminar – Program Details Now Available!
Thanks to Albert Keyack for inviting me to join Kilburn & Strode’s online roundtable on invention capture in the Covid-19 era! Albert cohosted the event with his colleagues Freddy Thiel and Matt Kilner.
Register for this in-depth program covering a variety of topics on ethics and professionalism that are relevant to IP lawyers. Attendees will learn about the types of ethical issues that arise in daily practice, as well as fundamental principles, rules, and insights to help them handle these issues. https://bit.ly/3d5xnv4
Save the date for our 64th Annual IP Conference – Friday, November 13, 2020! Chair of our advisory board and former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel will deliver the keynote address.
This year’s recognition continues an eighty-year tradition of offering our students the best quality IP education available. Law students aspiring to an IP-focused career, as well as law and non-law students aspiring to specialize in other areas, know the UIC John Marshall experience offers them an important competitive advantage. With the steadfast support of the university and Law School, we strive not only to observe the IP world around us but also to continue to be a constructive player in it.
Now in its 11th year, we’ll be offering an ethics seminar focused on intellectual property law. We’ll be taking that seminar online this year! We hope that as with our recent conference on digital platforms, this new format will allow many more people to benefit from the insights that our conference faculty will share on Friday, June 5, 2020.
Earlier this week, I posted the first part of our tribute to Michele Bridges, our former Executive Director, featuring former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Michel and former Center Director Richard Gruner: https://bit.ly/3aug7PB. During her time with us, Michele touched many other lives, including those of students, adjuncts, and partners both in the U.S. and abroad. A few wrote to us. With their permission, I am pleased to share their tributes.