Join us for our Digital Platforms Conference (Completely Online)!

Join us for our Digital Platforms Conference (Completely Online)!

Spring 2020 Newsletter

I’ve included a link to our Center’s spring newsletter, which highlights our recent activities, as well as announcements of what lies ahead http://bit.ly/2TzvlwA.

Digital Platforms Conference: Press Release

Just over a week to go! Full press release here: http://bit.ly/2TAUWUA Register here: http://bit.ly/2vESzYM

Chris Carani & Design Law Conference 2021

On March 13, 2020, senior counsel from familiar names such as Facebook, Twitter, and Uber will join FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, Professor Danny Sokol (Florida), Jim Foote (President & CEO, CSX), as well as other leading practitioners, inhouse counsel, economic consultants, and academics at UIC John Marshall Law School to debate key intellectual property, privacy, and antitrust issues surrounding digital platforms.

IPLAC Board of Managers celebrates Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier

On March 13, 2020, senior counsel from familiar names such as Facebook, Twitter, and Uber will join FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, Professor Danny Sokol (Florida), Jim Foote (President & CEO, CSX), as well as other leading practitioners, inhouse counsel, economic consultants, and academics at UIC John Marshall Law School to debate key intellectual property, privacy, and antitrust issues surrounding digital platforms.

Digital Platforms Conference (Mar. 13) – Thank you sponsors!

On March 13, 2020, senior counsel from familiar names such as Facebook, Twitter, and Uber will join FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, Professor Danny Sokol (Florida), Jim Foote (President & CEO, CSX), as well as other leading practitioners, inhouse counsel, economic consultants, and academics at UIC John Marshall Law School to debate key intellectual property, privacy, and antitrust issues surrounding digital platforms.

UIC Engineering

IP law and engineering have many points of synergy. With John Marshall Law School now one of UIC's 16 colleges, the time is ripe to explore how we can offer course, certificate, and degree tie-ups at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive education levels that maximize those points of synergy.

AlixPartners

Enjoyed meeting up with Anne Gron and Pablo Florian over lunch. Anne heads AlixPartners' Chicago Office and Pablo serves as Alix's Director. We had a frank and wide-ranging discussion, including on digital platforms and antitrust. Delighted that Anne accepted my invitation to speak at our upcoming conference on March 13. Looking forward to welcoming them both to UIC John Marshall Law School. Details here: http://bit.ly/2vESzYM

Campus Promotion & Tenure Committee

Honored to be the Law School's inaugural Provost-nominated member to serve on the Campus Promotion & Tenure Committee. Over three days of intense meetings, the Committee carefully mulled over numerous applications that could be career-changing in every case. We were ably assisted in this task by Vice-Provost Nancy Freitag and her team consisting of Malia Heath, Faizan Abid, and Delores Shields-Lewis.

Antitrust & IP: Does It Need to Be Retooled? [Video]

Pleased to share the keynote address by Hon. Diane Wood, Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit. The keynote address, titled "Antitrust & IP: Does It Need to Be Retooled?" was delivered at the 63rd Annual IP Conference on Nov. 1, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGniEr1JkXg&t=15s