"Diversity, Equity & Inclusion" #ethics #intellectualproperty #dei #mentalwellness https://bit.ly/3QcMoQ8 Topics include: . In-house and law firm DEI initiatives: One-size-fits-all? . Measuring success in DEI initiatives . The role of bar associations in DEI initiatives . The Mansfield Rule: What attorneys need to know Moderator/Panelist: Kyle Serilla, CIPP/US, Attorney, Chiacchio IP, LLC . Laith Abu-Taleb. Abu-Taleb, Chief Strategy Officer & General Counsel, Mori . Esther Lim, Partner & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP . Idris McKelvey, Vice President - Patent Group, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. . Daniel R. Saeedi, CIPP/US, Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP . Maureen R. Smith, Partner, Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Few professors have lived through an institutional change as significant as those of my colleagues and me at an institution known for 120 years as the John Marshall Law School. In 2019, we became UIC John Marshall Law School, Chicago’s first and only public law school and the 16th college of an R1 university with 34,000 students. The merger opened up new avenues to collaborate across departments. It also gave faculty from the law school unprecedented access to university level-leadership mentorship opportunities and decision-making. I had the honor and privilege of experiencing both - with the faculty administrator leadership program for two years and, concurrently, with the university promotion and tenure committee for three years. Grateful for the opportunity to catch up over lunch with Nancy Freitag, who served as Vice-Provost for Faculty Affairs and Jamie Friedman Chriqui, who served as Committee Co-Chair. No one did more than the two of them to make deliberations of the hundreds of candidate applications we received over those three years fair, efficient, and even enjoyable. We have all moved on since. Nancy now serves as Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the College of Pharmacy, and Jamie serves as Senior Associate Dean at the School of Public Health. As for me, I look forward to working with my new colleagues both within the law school and across the Penn State community in the next chapter of my career.

Uncertain trademark infringement rules cause negotiations to break down, harming both brand owners and potential licensees. They also act as a drag on dispute resolution, compliance, and social equity. The rational response must be a call for clarity in the law. Whether the courts’ analysis of confusion will evolve in the future depends on how quickly they can absorb and apply new research. Judges and lawyers are very busy people. They usually focus on the task at hand using the tools at hand, which is completely understandable. This is where publications like World Trademark Review (WTR) are crucially important because they distill new knowledge and make them accessible to judges and lawyers - both digestible and within their radar. Kudos to WTR Senior Reporter Victoria Arnold-Rees for her article "Three tips for US litigants: court rulings on likelihood of confusion unpicked," for doing precisely that. She does an exemplary job navigating through complex legal doctrine and empirical data to offer stakeholders the most relevant and immediately applicable insights. You can read Victoria's piece here: https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/three-tips-us-litigants-court-rulings-likelihood-of-confusion-unpicked (Subscription required) and my article here: https://bit.ly/3PO0zLr