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Spring CLE Program: The
17th Annual April
11-12, 2002 |
| About the Program |
The past year has been marked by important changes and developments in many aspects of Intellectual Property law and practice. In an area of the law already fraught with complexity, IP practitioners are faced with an array of new issues and areas of practice, with both national and international dimensions. The broad diversity of the practice, its accelerating rate of change, and its growing international dimensions place ever-increasing demands on the knowledge and skills of these practitioners.
To allow intellectual property law practitioners to maintain and update their professional skills, the Section of Intellectual Property Law of the American Bar Association is presenting this 17th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference.
The program will address recent developments, prosecution, litigation and licensing issues and observations by judges of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Recognizing the ever-increasing challenges and necessity of protecting and enforcing IP rights in other countries, the program will also offer two panels that focus on the worldwide protection of intellectual property assets.
Speakers include representatives from copyright industries, practitioners from the U.S. and abroad, and key policymakers from the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The program is organized to allow registrants to attend sessions tailored to specific areas of practice (patents, trademarks, and copyrights) and to attend sessions focusing on the problems and issues related to breaking areas of 21st century IP law and practice. The program faculty will prepare papers on the topics covered. A CD-ROM will be prepare from these papers and provided to all conference registrants.
There will be a luncheon both days of the program, which will allow registrants an opportunity to network with other members of the intellectual property law profession. An opportunity to relax and socialize will also be provided at a hosted reception on Thursday afternoon, following the afternoon sessions.
The ABA Section of Intellectual Property's Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference has been widely recognized for its quality, and in recent years has received over 600 attendees annually.
The 2002 conference will provide opportunities to learn from leading practitioners and to meet others in the intellectual property law profession. This program will be an intense two-day session emphasizing education on all aspects of the profession.
Special One-Day Program Preceding the Spring CLE Program
A separate one-day program entitled Practical Tips on Patent Practice, on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 (also at the International Trade Center), will precede this year's conference. The Young Lawyers Committee of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property sponsors this program. For information and a registration form for this program, visit our website at www.abanet.org/intelprop, or e-mail us at intelprop@abanet.org. This program will also offer CLE credit.Teleconference CLE Credit Available
For those unable to attend the 17th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in person, selected sessions will be made available via live teleconference. Registrants for teleconference sessions will be eligible for CLE accreditation in those states that allow for teleconference credits. Teleconference sessions this year will focus on international aspects of intellectual property law-Enforcing IP Rights Abroad and Securing IP Rights Abroad. See the program schedule for day, time and topic information.Course Materials available on CD-ROM
This year, the course materials will again be produced in CD-ROM format. The CD-ROM of materials will be usable by all computers with a CD-ROM drive, and will not require any special software on the users' computer. CD's will be mailed in advance of the conference to all pre-registrants who have registered by March 27. For those who register beyond March 27, the CD's will be available onsite. A limited number of printed course material sets will be available for an additional fee to those who request this in advance on the registration form. Materials will also be posted on the Section website, available for viewing by conference registrants in advance of the conference. A web address will be provided to registrants along with their confirmation letter.2001-2002 ABA-IPL Section Officers
Charles P. Baker, Chair, New York, NY
Mark T. Banner, Chair-Elect, Chicago, IL
Robert W. Sacoff, Vice-Chair, Chicago, IL
Joseph M. Potenza, Secretary, Washington, DC
Mark K. Dickson, Financial Officer, Menlo Park, CA
John K. Uilkema, Section Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, San Francisco, CA
Jack C. Goldstein, Section Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, Houston, TX
Edward G. Fiorito, Immediate Past Chair, Dallas, TXProgram Chair
Robert O. Lindefjeld, Pittsburgh, PA
Program Vice-Chair
Adriana S. Luedke, Washington, DC
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