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In
this issue:
- Members Make News
- Spring Conference
- WIPO Program
- L.E.I. Conference |
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Chair's Bulletin
The December 2004 issue of the Chair's
Bulletin is now available on the Section
website. The printed version was sent to members' mailboxes
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The 20th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference is the
gold standard of intellectual property law educational programming,
and offers something for all IP practitioners.
The educational programming has been extended to 2-1/2 days,
and will feature panel discussions on a broad range of IP-related
topics including:
- Database Protection
- ITC vs. Rocket Docket
- Negotiating Settlements
- Patent Reforms
- Political Parody
- Trade Secrets
The ABA Section of Science and Technology will again co-sponsor
the conference and will be presenting:
- Using Intellectual Property
to Combat Bioterrorism
- Privacy, Copyright, Security,
Advertising...
The Perfect Storm
- And co-sponsoring a number of
the other sessions
Thursday, April 14
Friday, April 15
For further information on the Conference and information
on registration, please go to www.abanet.org/intelprop/
spring2005
Date: January 12, 2005
Time: 11:30 - 12:30 EST
Participate by phone in a webinar to hear updates on the latest
brand infringement and theft trends on the internet. Find
out how to detect and put a stop to them. Attorneys and brand
managers are invited. Receive a complimentary white paper
upon registration, "Pursuing Brand Infringements Online."
Sponsored by MarkMonitor. Learn
more and register at www.markmonitor.com.
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WIPO
Program
Slated for March
The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) is offering a special half-day program on Mediation
and Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes to be held at the
United Nations Headquarters in New York on March 30, 2005. Co-sponsored
by the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, the program will
feature keynote speaker Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General of
WIPO and founder of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (http://arbiter.wipo.int/
center/index.html). Prior to the program, a special tour of the
UN Secretariat will be available to participants. Watch the Section
website for details as they become available.
Section Co-Sponsors
L.E.I. 2005 National CLE Conference
The Section is co-sponsoring
the L.E.I. 2005 National CLE Conference for Intellectual Property
Law. Earn 20-24 CLE credit hours in Snowmass Village in Aspen, Colorado.
See IP Flyer for full program details and
visit www.lawedinstitute.com
for registration, hotel, and travel information.
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Members
Encouraged to Make News
In an effort to stay abreast of the plethora of intellectual property
news occurring daily in every member's corner of the globe, the Section
would like to extend an open invitation to members to submit news
items for consideration in the publication of the Chair's Bulletin.
Please submit any timely, newsworthy information to barea@staff.abanet.org
for consideration in a future issue.
Help Jumpstart
Committee Activities at the Spring Conference
Join the Section April 14-16 at the 20th Annual Intellectual Property
Law Conference at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington,
VA, for an opportunity to meet with committee and division chairs
in person. This is the time for brainstorming and planning for the
rest of the year’s committee activities and projects. Section
members are invited to sign up for committees onsite if they haven’t
already done so, or they can access a committee
preference form directly from our website.
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