Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Law and Policy
Program Schedule

Tenth Annual Sughrue IP Symposium

8 – 8:45 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast


8:45 – 9 a.m.
Welcome

Dr. Luis M. Proenza,
President, The University of Akron
John Mion, Esq.,
Senior Partner, Sughrue Mion, PLLC

9 – 9:45 a.m.
Patent Law Developments

Professor R. Carl Moy,
William Mitchell College of Law

9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
Copyright Law Developments

Robert W. Clarida, Esq.,
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman

10:30 -10:45 a.m.
Coffee break


10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
The Trademark Law Revision Act at Age 20

Moderator:
Dolores Hanna
Panelists:
Guy M. Blynn, Esq.,
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Jerome Gilson, Esq.,
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Sharon Marsh,
Deputy Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO
W. Mack Webner, Esq.,
Sughrue Mion, PLLC

11:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Trademark Law Developments

Professor Jeffrey M. Samuels,
The University of Akron School of Law

12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
Lunch Sponsored by: Ulmer & Berne, LLP

Featured Speaker: James A. Baker,
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Parker-Hannifin Corporation

2 – 3 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Patent Law Practice in Times of Change and Uncertainty

Moderator:
Alan J. Kasper, Esq.,
Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Panelists:
David L. Adour, Esq.,
Senior Counsel, IBM
Michael Dzwonczyk, Esq.,
Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Susan Pan, Esq.,
Sughrue Mion, PLLC

3 – 3:15 p.m.
Break


3:15 – 4:15 p.m.
The Federal Circuit at Age 25

Donald R. Dunner, Esq.,
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Professor Craig A. Nard,
Case Western Reserve University School of Law

4:15- 5:15 p.m.
Ethics

William LaMarca,
Associate Solicitor, USPTO

5:15 p.m.
Adjournment

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