IPWatchdog: What Mattered in 2019

IPWatchdog's Dec. 31 post carried reflections by industry insiders on the biggest IP moments in 2019. I identified three moments. Full post here: http://bit.ly/2QBNBTf

Shanghai

Looking forward to joining Hugh Hansen and He Jing at Shanghai Jiao Tong University's KoGuan Law School next week. The Law School, one of China's oldest and largest, counts law schools at Emory, Cornell, Iowa, and the National University of Singapore among its institutional partners.

# new year, new look

The world can truly be a small place today. I wanted to refresh the look of my website and puttered around online for someone who could help. A third-party digital platform that works like Amazon.com connected me to a freelancer in Nepal. The platform rates service providers, provides a secure messaging system, and holds payment in escrow so each side can trust that payment will be made at the appropriate time. Technology allowed two complete strangers to overcome the challenges posed by time, space, and trust. While face time remains important, this project reminded me that there is more that we can do together, both professionally and personally, regardless of who we are or where we might be. For those interested in checking out the refreshed site, welcome in! lawdaryl.com #newyearnewlook

Non Obvious with Hugh Hansen: Renata Hesse

Enjoyed Hugh Hansen's interview with Renata Hesse. The interview traces Renata's life and professional journey. It also provides interesting insights, some rarely heard, on the institutions and issues that lie at the heart of competition and innovation policy. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6g8TeIbR60

Digital Platforms Conference – March 13, 2020

We're excited to announce our inaugural digital platforms conference. We expect a good group of representatives from tech companies, practice, academia, and government. The conference will cover 4 broad areas: intellectual property, digital transformation in the supply chain/IoT, antitrust, and privacy issues. The event is scheduled for Friday, March 13. More details to come. Hope to see you then!

FALP 2020

The Faculty-Administrator Leadership (FALP) program at the University of Illinois at Chicago offers tenured faculty on-campus mentorship, off-campus exposure, and shadowing opportunities to understand administrative and leadership issues at a university-wide level.

Photo highlights from 63rd Annual IP Conference

Thank you again to the speakers and attendees who traveled from near and far to join us for our 63rd Annual IP Conference! I'm delighted to share photo highlights from the day. http://bit.ly/358t3aY

NAPP writes on Takeaways from AI Roundtable

Delighted to share the first in a series of posts by Jessie Suen, who represented the National Association of Patent Practitioners at our recent roundtable on AI. In these posts, she discusses her takeaways (subject to the Chatham House rules in place during the roundtable). http://bit.ly/2sKcFzh

Happy Thanksgiving!; Remembering Don Dunner

Happy Thanksgiving! Some in the IP community shared with IPWatchdog what or who they were thankful for. Some extolled IP education, others identified strong leadership at the USTPO and IP associations, the patent bar, inventors, as well as developments in Europe and China. These were all well-chosen. For me, 2019 will always be connected with Don Dunner's life and legacy.

IPWatchdog covers 63rd Annual IP Conference, Participants share their key takeaways

We were honored to have IPWatchdog cover our 63rd Annual IP Conference. A special thanks to participants who shared their takeaways from the event. It is encouraging to hear that the Conference continues to serve its core mission in bringing together leaders from government, the judiciary, academia, practice, nonprofits, interest groups, and students, to build bridges and make meaningful progress together toward overcoming the challenges we face. http://bit.ly/2OLYscc