AT-IP
List Serve Intellectual Property Committee Antitrust Section
The AT-IP List Serve, the Intellectual
Property Committee's email list serve is an important part of
our efforts to use electronic communications to serve our members.
You can send a link to this webpage to any of your colleagues
who may be interested in joining the AT-IP List Serve and our
efforts to improve the Intellectual Property Committee's Electronic
Communications. We are interested in your views on how our Committee
can more effectively use electronic communication to serve your
needs.
Edward G. Biester, III
Duane Morris LLP
Co-Coordinator-Electronic Communication
One Liberty Place
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7301
(215) 979-1162
(215) 979-1020 (fax) egbiester@duanemorris.com
Joining
the Intellectual Property Committee
If
you are interested in the intersection of antitrust and intellectual
property, we strongly urge you to join the Intellectual Property
Committee. If you are a member of the Antitrust Section of the
ABA, you can become a Member of the Intellectual Property Committee
by completing a simple on-line Antitrust
Section Committee Enrollment Form.
If you are a member of the Antitrust
Section, there is no additional charge to join the Intellectual
Property Committee.
If you are a Member of the ABA,
but not a member of the Antitrust Section, you can easily join
the Antitrust Section by completing another on line application.
It is only $40.
Joining
the AT-IP List Serve
If you are not a member of the AT-IP List
Serve, you can join by filling out this SUBSCRIBE
form.
However if you are a member and you want to
unsubscribe to the list, you can do so by filling out this UNSUBSCRIBE
form.
Posting
Information on AT-IP List Serve
After you join, you can post questions, comments,
or any information that our members would be interested in by
sending a note to AT-IP@mail.abanet.org
or if you wish to preserve anonymity, you may forward your note
to either of us and the item will be posted. We believe that
it is particularly helpful to inform our members about new matters
(enforcement actions, court decisions, speeches, press releases,
and news articles) relating to antitrust and intellectual property
by simply sending a note to AT-IP@mail.abanet.org
with the matter described in the subject line and a hyperlink
to where the matter can be located on the internet.
Articles
You may send us any articles that you believe
should be published in our electronic newsletter. For our electronic
newsletter, timely succinct analysis is more important than
detailed academic review. For example, on April 2, 2001 the
FTC issued an administrative complaint against Schering-Plough
Corporation, Upsher-Smith Laboratories, and American Home Products
Corporation. Those companies were charged with entering anticompetitive
agreements aimed at keeping low-cost generic drugs off the market.
A concise article (1-3 pages) simply explaining the administrative
complaint and providing a little background on recent enforcement
initiatives would be most valuable if it could be promptly distributed
after the administrative complaint. You can even contact us
before you write anything and describe what you would like to
prepare and the expected timeframe (ideally completed within
a few days of the event).
Intellectual
Property Committee Website
The Intellectual Property Committee Website
starts with the
Mission of the Committee. The Intellectual Property Committee’s
website also has contact information for the Committee
Leadership; information on past and future Programs;
descriptions of Committee
Publications;Committee
Newsletters; and a large number of hyperlinks to Internet
Resources relevant to antitrust and intellectual property.
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