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The advent of the Internet and the emergence of E-commerce as driving forces of the U.S. economy have sparked new challenges to the nation's intellectual property laws. Over the past few years, the courts and Congress have grappled with a host of new issues prompted by these developments. These issues include patent protection for methods of doing business; the application of copyright law to on-line service providers; the registration of domain names; and increased protection for databases. These and other issues were explored in depth during this one-day conference.
The University of Akron School of Law's Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology sponsored its second annual conference on March 13, 2000. The program focused on major issues affecting e-commerce, and was attended by over 100 attorneys from regional firms and corporations.
Major issues discussed at the conference were the patenting of methods of doing business, recent federal copyright and trademark legislation relating to liability of on-line service providers and "cyber-squatting," and case law developments concerning the allocation of rights between authors and publishers. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Attorney/Advisor Lynne Beresford discussed the use and registration of domain names and provided an update on developments affecting the administration of the domain name registration system. The conference also included a spirited panel discussion among senior executives of e-commerce business, a venture capitalist, and The University of Akron College of Business Administration faculty.
The University of Akron President, Dr. Luis M. Proenza, presented "welcoming" remarks, in which he noted that the University has the second largest patent portfolio on any school in Ohio and, relative to input, the most productive portfolio. U.S. Congressman Thomas Sawyer was the featured luncheon speaker.
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