UA Hosts IP Law Symposium on March 15

Akron, Ohio, March 1, 2004 — Reform of our nation's patent system and willful patent infringement are two of the featured topics that will be highlighted at the Sixth Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy hosted by The University of Akron School of Law's Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology.

The daylong symposium, sponsored by Sughrue Mion PLLC, a Washington–based IP law firm, will be held on March 15 at The John S. Knight Center, 77 E. Mill St.

This year's conference will focus on new developments in the courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the Federal Trade Commission that are likely to have a significant impact on the practice of intellectual property law.

Distinguished speakers and topics include:

9—10:15 a.m.
Developments at the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Honorable Anne Chasser, commissioner for trademarks
Honorable Nicholas Godici, commissioner for patents

10:30—11:45 a.m.
Report of Federal Trade Commission on Competition and Patent Law and Policy
William Cohen, assistant general counsel, Federal Trade Commission
Q. Todd Dickinson, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, Washington D.C. and San Francisco
Jay Dratler Jr., Goodyear Chair in Intellectual Property Law, The University of Akron School of Law

11:45 a.m.—12:15 p.m.
Has the Sixth Circuit Abandoned Trademark Law: A Walk Down Memory Lane from White Castle to Tiger Woods
Joseph R. Dreitler, Jones Day, Columbus

12:30—1:45 p.m.
Luncheon Speaker
Timothy P. Trainer, International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition Inc.

2—3:15 p.m.
Willful Patent Infringement/Attorney-Client Privilege
Howard D. Gordon, Eaton Corp., Cleveland
Steven M. Gruskin, William H. Mandir, Robert M. Masters, Sughrue Mion PLLC, Washington, D.C.
John M. Vasuta, Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc., Akron

3:30—4:30 p.m.
Damages in Intellectual Property Cases
Michael H. King, McGuire Woods, Chicago
Shirley Webster, InteCap Inc., Houston

4:30—5:15 p.m.
Judicial Developments Affecting Trademark Law
Gary D. Krugman, Sughrue Mion PLLC, Washington, D.C.

For more information on the program and registration, contact Misty Franklin at 330-972-6456 or e-mail: misty@uakron.edu.

Sughrue Mion PLLC serves clients worldwide in all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, Internet, trade secret and unfair competition law. It sponsors the annual intellectual property law symposium in memory of Richard C. Sughrue, who founded the firm in 1957.

Return...