1 Week to Conference!

Just one week to go before our 63rd Annual IP Conference. Thanks to our speakers, sponsors, and attendees, we're excited that this may be the best year yet for what is probably the oldest IP conference in the world.

Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez Visits Chicago

Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez visited Chicago to meet with alums and share news from the Farm this evening. In a wide-ranging Q&A session, she responded to questions about key challenges facing the Law School, its clinical programs, and other new developments there.

The ITC: An Insider’s View

We were delighted to host Judge Essex, who delivered a public lecture titled "The ITC: An Insider's View.

Don Dunner

When I became Director in 2015, we reconstituted our advisory board. Those of us who knew Don agreed from the start that he was the obvious choice to be Chair.

Panel topic descriptions now available. Last chance to register!

Panel topic descriptions now available. Last chance to register!

UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law’s 8th Annual IP Scholars’ Roundtable

Delighted to speak at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law’s 8th Annual IP Scholars’ Roundtable. Over two days, scholars from across the U.S. and Canada debated the legal implications of their research on commerce, social justice, creativity, innovation, culture, and more. See details here: http://bit.ly/2LVScyu.

Franklin Pierce IP Library

Visiting UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law’s IP Library was one of the highlights of my trip there.

#TeamUICJohnMarshall.

#TeamUICJohnMarshall.

Working Visit to Bloomington

Wrapped up a fruitful trip to Indiana University (Bloomington). Over lunch, Prof. Mark Janis who heads the Center for IP Research and I discussed how we can co-host a couple of events, alternating between Chicago and Indianapolis/Bloomington.

IU Bloomington

Loved IU (Bloomington) Maurer School of Law's framed pictures of students and faculty, emphasizing the fact that individuals count. Notice also how the faculty portrait encapsulates the uniqueness of each law professor who taught there.