Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy - Schedule

 

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SYMPOSIUM CHAIR: Jeffrey M. Samuels, David L. Brennan Professor of Law and Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology, The University
of Akron School of Law

8 - 8:45 a.m. REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:45 - 9 a.m. WELCOME
Dr. Luis M. Proenza
, President, The University of Akron
W. Mack Webner, Esq., Senior Partner, Sughrue Mion, PLLC
9 - 9:45 a.m. PATENT LAW DEVELOPMENTS
Professor Timothy Holbrook
, Emory Law
9:45 - 10:30 a.m. COPYRIGHT LAW DEVELOPMENTS
Robert W. Clarida
, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. COFFEE BREAK
10:45 - 11:30 a.m. TRADEMARK LAW DEVELOPMENTS
Professor Mark Janis
, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AMERICA INVENTS ACT
Professor David Hricik
, Mercer University School of Law
12:45 - 1:45 p.m. LUNCH
Lunch sponsored by: Ulmer & Berne, LLP
Featured Speaker:
Honorable David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce
for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
2 - 3:15 p.m.

PANEL DISCUSSION: POST-GRANT REVIEW AT PTO UNDER AMERICA INVENTS ACT
Moderator: Professor Jeffrey M. Samuels, The University of Akron School of Law
Panelists:
Michael R. Dzwonczyk, Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Honorable Paul R. Michel, former chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Susan P. Pan, Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Harold C. Wegner, Foley & Lardner

3:15 - 3:30 p.m. BREAK
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL IP DEVELOPMENTS
Moderator: Professor A. Samuel Oddi, The University of
Akron School of Law
Panelists: Richard J. Gilbey, Gilbey Delorey, Paris
Alan Kasper, Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Professor Ming Yang, Peking University School of Law,
Beijing, China
Dr. César Callejas Hernán, National University of
Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

PANEL DISCUSSION: IP AND THE INTERNET
Moderator: Professor Ryan Vacca, The University of Akron School of Law
Panelists:
Professor Jacqueline D. Lipton, Case Western Reserve
University School of Law
Mark V.B. Partridge, Partridge IP Law
Michael D. Stovsky, Ulmer & Berne

5:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT

6.25 hours of CLE Credit will be available.

Co-sponsored by:

The University of Akron School of Law Sughrue Mion, PLLC

The University of Akron

Akron, OH 44325
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