64th Annual IP Conference – Registration now Open!

Registration is now open for our 64th Annual IP Conference on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. For the first time, it will be completely online and we look forward to welcoming you, wherever in the world you might be! With over 80 conference faculty, 14 sessions, virtual receptions, and an expected 500 registrants, it will be our largest and liveliest one ever.

Seeking IP Law Fellow – Nov. 2020

The IP Center at UIC John Marshall Law School is seeking to hire an IP Law Fellow, with a target start date of November 2020. I’ve included a link to the job description here: https://bit.ly/jmlsiplf2020 Please pass news of this opportunity on to those who might be interested. They should feel free to contact me if they have questions at daryllim@uic.edu. Thanks.

IP, Technology, and Social Justice in the Age of Coronavirus – Fri., 9/11

Please join us on Friday, September 11 for what promises to be an engaging and informative discussion on “IP, Technology, and Social Justice in the Age of Coronavirus.” We are pleased to co-organize this online conference with Professor Lateef Mtima and his team at the Institute for IP and Social Justice. Flier and registration details here: https://bit.ly/3hm79Xm.

AI @ NAPP 2020

Pleased to join the National Association for Patent Practitioners (NAPP) for their annual meeting today. Emily Tait (Jones Day), Jessie Suen (Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP), and I spoke about challenges and opportunities that artificial intelligence bring to patent practitioners. Highlights of my remarks included: 1. How Covid-19 supercharged the acceleration toward widespread AI adoption, and why this is a bipartisan, existential issue for the United States, 2. Why 70% of patent specialists put AI ahead of all other issues in terms of its likely impact on IP work in the next five years. 3. Determining who is an inventor and who owns AI-related inventions. 4. Patent eligibility: do's and don'ts, 5. Novelty and nonobviousness: dealing with prior art and inventiveness challenges, 6. Disclosure: dealing with the AI black box, 7. Patent professionals thinking outside of patent law: privacy, copyright, and antitrust issues. For my article on AI and IP, see: http://bit.ly/2vI1LIy NAPP's website here: https://www.napp.org/

IP Program Plans Several Programs and Initiatives for Fall 2020

For 80 years, our IP program has been at the forefront of bringing together stakeholders to make a real-world difference. Join us this fall for social justice, international IP, & our flagship annual IP conference. https://bit.ly/jmlsipfall2020

International IP Practice Seminar (Virtual) – Friday, October 16, 2020

International IP Practice Seminar (Virtual) - Friday, October 16, 2020

64th Annual IP Conference: Partial Faculty List and “Schedule at a Glance” Now Available!

Looking forward to welcoming newsmakers and leaders of the IP, privacy, and tech community virtually to UIC John Marshall's 64th Annual IP Conference on Friday, November 13, 2020. Partial faculty list: https://bit.ly/jmlsipconference2020faculty Schedule at a glance: https://bit.ly/jmlsipconference2020schg

AI@NAPP 2020!

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).

Save the Date: IP, Technology and Social Justice in the Time of Coronavirus

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

IP Ethics Seminar – See you next week!

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