June 10 | Learn about IP industry-related mental health and DEI insights!

Join us on June 10 to learn the latest IP industry-related developments in mental health and DEI!   Details below: Noon | Welcome . Adam Ernette, IP Law Fellow, Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, University Illinois Chicago School of Law . Gary Friedlander, Senior Vice President; Deputy General Counsel (International), TransUnion; Advisory Board Member, Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, University Illinois Chicago School of Law 12:15 – 1:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion 1 "Mental Health and Wellness"   Topics include: . Balancing billable and non-billable hours as a junior associate. . Becoming a community or thought leader in your practice area. . Managing success and failure. . Transitions to partnership, in-house, and leaving the legal profession. . Working remotely and abroad.   Moderator/Panelist: Adam Ernette, IP Law Fellow, Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, University of Illinois School of Law   . Rachel Carnaggio, Partner, Holland & Hart LLP . Rachel Hunnicutt, Attorney-Advisor, FDA Regulatory Law Division, JAG, U.S. Army Medical Research & Development Command . Kenneth Matuszewski, Associate, Goldberg Segalla . Dr. Rita Sanzgiri, Patent Attorney (Life Sciences), Eli Lilly Company . Dardoh Skinner, Associate, Pirkey Barber PLLC   2:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion 2 "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion"   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, Attorney, Chiacchio IP, LLC   . Laith M. 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, Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP . Maureen R. Smith, Partner, Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP Registration: https://bit.ly/uic_ip_ethics2022

News | Gary Friedlander (’87), TransUnion Senior VP, to Lead IP Program

Delighted to share the good news that effective July 1, Gary Friedlander (JD 1987), currently TransUnion's Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel – International will lead UIC Law’s Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Technology Law. For over two decades, TransUnion has relied on Gary’s counsel on national and international matters, including those involving IP, technology and privacy law. Our IP community and partners will benefit from the goodwill and rich experience he accrued advising a multibillion-dollar global corporation. Equally important, Gary is an alumnus with deep affection for the law school and its traditions, even as he remains attuned to its current priorities. I look forward to supporting Gary and cheering him on as he transitions into a role in which he is well-placed to succeed. Press release: https://bit.ly/3lhkGDU Photo: My first meeting with Gary in 2017, arranged by Erik Fagrelius, to discuss deepening the IP program's ties with Gary and TransUnion (https://bit.ly/3sD3hJA).

August 11 | Thinking Internationally about IP and Dispute Resolution: What Every Lawyer & Corporate Counsel Should Know

Delighted to partner again with the World IP Organization and the IP Office of Singapore to provide a forum for practitioners, policymakers, civil society representatives, academics, students, and the broader stakeholder community to learn and debate the latest trends in IP and dispute resolution globally. In complementing other events that narrate current doctrinal developments, this seminar focuses instead on often overlooked strategies in domestic and cross-border IP dispute resolution, as well as innovative legal solutions and the challenges that remain. Join us on Thursday, August 11, for a two-hour CLE program featuring experienced speakers from government, international organizations, academia, and industry. I will moderate a conversation covering a wide range of topics, including: . The role of expert evidence and IP specialist mediators. . International IP organizations and government IP offices as drivers of dispute resolution innovators. . Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, data security, AI and other emerging issues. . Standard essential patents: Dispute resolution models and unintended consequences. . Views from the trenches and command posts: Dos and don'ts. Details here: https://bit.ly/uic_ip_dr

Antitrust | 22nd Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium

Congratulations to Christine Chabot, Max Huffman, Matthew Sag, Spencer Waller, and their team for another splendid #antitrust colloquium, now in its 22nd year. The annual event brings together government enforcers, practitioners, corporate counsel, and academics. It is unique in connecting in-depth antitrust research with practice and policymaking. The legal profession would benefit from more events fostering synergies like this one, which does it so well. After a long hiatus, I enjoyed catching up with friends and colleagues. It was also a treat to hear warm applause from a live audience and the chatter of the crowd during breaks, familiar sounds muted for too long but which are now emerging both here and elsewhere once more. Program details: https://bit.ly/39dK7U2 Allen P. Grunes Greg Day Sarah Oxenham Allen Hetal Doshi Maciej Bernatt James Thuo Gathii Andre Fiebig Stacey Dogan Jennifer Dixton Steve Calkins

Antitrust | 29th Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference

Honored to moderate an important conversation on antitrust developments at the Emily C. and John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School 's annual #intellectualproperty law and policy conference this week. My thanks to panelists Angela Huyue Zhang Thibault Schrepel #tomnachbar #billkovacic #eleanorfox Damien Geradin. The screenshot captures an intense moment during our session! In a wide-ranging discussion, the panel debated whether European Commission #digitalmarketsact was a #papertiger, comparisons with #gdpr, the challenge of regulating with inadequate resources, the chances the #US has the appetite for a similar endeavor, the impact on #innovation, and how qualitative market definition can help #antitrust analysis. We also heard about the latest on #computationalantitrust and #blockchain, how rank-and-file staff can tamper with wild ideological adventures by political appointees, and how #china is recalibrating its approach to regulating #bigtech. We are in unchartered and turbulent waters. We also face common challenges and need to work together to find common solutions. The conference is famous as a safe space for hard conversations. In a fraught environment where geopolitical norms and supply chains are fraying, we need events like this conference and what it represents more than ever before.

Key Current IP Issues | 29th Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference

Second plenary session at Emily C. and John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School annual conference: Lord Justice Arnold's proposition for global arbitration to resolve #FRAND #patent #jurisdiction disputes; Renata Hesse shares challenges of getting #SDO onboard; Jing He talks about technological decoupling and focus shift by Chinese businesses and, by implication Chinese law firms, toward #EU and away from #US as fallout of trade war, entities list, and other measures. All in all, a seismic shift is on the cards for the global patent order that mirrors the turbulent times we live in. A lighthearted moment when Judge Denny Chin referenced #jeremylin when underscoring the importance of promoting diversity on the bench and bar to make the more serious point that a judiciary that better represents the population it serves is more likely to do justice. bit.ly/fordhamip_2022

Director Vidal | 29th Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference

The Emily C. and John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School annual conference kicked off with government leaders' perspectives on IP. In some of her first public comments, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal noted, "we've laid a lot of groundwork in the last few years, but we need to connect the dots now." She spoke of the importance of collaborating across agencies and borders and shared her vision and goals for the agency. I sensed a deep willingness to listen, engage, and lead in tackling common challenges. I saw this willingness as well in Director Videl's response to an audience question about The New York Times op-ed on patents (https://nyti.ms/3L5Q8Ac), where she said, "I thought some of the ideas in the editorial had merit, and I will say just overall whether you're in the New York Times, whether you've just got a great idea, and you want to express it more privately, I want to hear all the good ideas, and I thought a lot of those were really good. So I think it's just part of a long continuing dialogue." bit.ly/fordhamip_2022

Antitrust | 29th Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference

Looking forward to joining the "antitrust delegation" at the Emily C. and John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School Annual IP Law & Policy Conference this week. The #antitrust-#ip relationship has been long and fraught with tension. Today's practitioners and policy-makers must navigate new overlays, including #datasecurity #privacy #china #digitalmarketsact #frand #antisuitinjunctions #blockchain #artificialintelligence global #arbitration. In debating these and other critical global issues, we have Hugh Hansen to thank for his 29 years of tireless leadership in establishing the #davos of the IP world and those of his team and sponsors over the years for supporting his work. The IP Center at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law is proud to be one of only two Institutional Partners associated with this annual flagship event. For more information about the conference, see https://bit.ly/fordhamip_2022. Renata B. Hesse Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Cordula Tellmann-Schumacher ARNOLD RUESS Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy Jorge Contreras University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Steven Geiszler Huawei David Por Allen & Overy Jyh-An Lee CUHK Faculty of Law Steve Akerley InterDigital, Inc. Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Damien Geradin GERADIN PARTNERS William Kovacic The George Washington University Law School Thomas Nachbar University of Virginia School of Law Angela Huyue Zhang HKU Law Eleanor Fox New York University School of Law

April 13 | Data access and interoperability

Delighted to join Professor Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid and the participants of "Competition Law in the Digital Era" in Israel virtually from Chicago. Data access and interoperability are hot button competition issues around the world. Politics, industrial policy, and history powerfully inform the approaches taken by European Union, China, and the US. I spoke about balanced rules for access to big data in the context of healthcare data and three lessons that Israel and the US can learn from pharmaceutical antitrust. We had a lively and wide-ranging Q&A session, and I enjoyed listening as the topics provoked discussion among the participants, including on the state of healthcare data portability in Israel. One participant asked me if I was optimistic about cross-border data portability. I replied that geopolitical trust is key, and the current climate will pressure governments to look inwards. However, even within each national system of laws, there are lessons to learn, even between seemingly different areas, such as access to healthcare data and biologics samples. Countries that succeed can offer models for like-minded partners to study and form a nucleus for dialogue and cooperation.

April 8 – 14 | Competition Law in the Digital Era

Looking forward to joining Ariel Ezrachi, Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, and my fellow seminar faculty for this year's edition of "Competition Law in the Digital Era." The seminar will cover competition law issues in #artificialintelligence #privacy #blockchain #nft #onlinetracking #discrimination #digitalplatforms #intellectualproperty #healthlaw #compliance and more. Michal Shapira Ono Academic College Fordham University School of Law Yale Law School Sam Estriecher New York University School of Law Yehuda Cohen Dr. Milly Perry The Israeli Chamber of Information Technology Mateusz Grochowski Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Professor Amir H. Khoury Tel Aviv University - The Buchmann Faculty of Law Judy Arad Carole Basri Peking University School of Transnational Law Pericles Law Center University of Illinois Chicago School of Law