The Intellectual Property Law Institute is a space for the leading legal minds involved with intellectual property law, as it pertains to the LGBTQ+ community, to share ideas and network. Participants will share their collective wisdom and discuss cutting-edge legal strategies. To create an environment that encourages the free flow of information, registration is limited. The meeting will be closed and the proceedings will not be recorded. The Intellectual Property Law Institute is open to all, including law students.
The Intellectual Property Law Institute schedule for 2022 will be released closer to the event. Please check back in summer 2022!
2021 Program and Schedule
Friday, July 30, 2021 starting at 11am ET/10am CT/8am PT
Please note that the schedule below is listed in Eastern Time.
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 11:00am-11:05am | Opening Remarks (Brian Winterfeldt) |
| 11:05am-11:40am | Keynote Address David Gooder, Commissioner for Trademarks of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will provide an overview of key developments from the USPTO in 2021. |
| 11:40am-12:30pm | Legislative and Regulatory Updates for Brand Owners 2021 and 2021 have seen an unprecedented number of legislative and regulatory updates in the trademark and copyright space. The Trademark Modernization Act (TMA), passed in late 2020 and due to be implemented in late 2021, has the potential to change a number of requirements and best practices for trademark practice in the United States. The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act will provide a number of updates to copyright procedures, and the proposed Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-Commerce Act (SHOP SAFE Act), which has been introduced in Congress but not yet passed, seeks to reduce the impact of counterfeiting in digital spaces. This session will explore each of these impending and proposed pieces of legislation, and their impact on how organizations may protect their IP going forward. Download CLE Materials. Moderator: Brian Winterfeldt (Winterfeldt IP Group) Speakers: Patrick Flaherty (Verizon), Cam Gatta (Microsoft Corporation), Christina Mitropoulos (American Apparel & Footwear Association), David Rome (Winterfeldt IP Group) |
| 12:30pm-12:35pm | Break |
| 12:35pm-1:25pm | IP and the Public Interest in the COVID-19 Era To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, governments, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies worked tirelessly to create and distribute effective vaccines at an extremely rapid pace. However, invention in this time of crisis also poses interesting questions for the parties involved. Who will own the rights to the patents for the vaccines and related technology? How will governments, companies, and other organizations balance the public interest with the need to recoup substantial investments in developing new technology? How can the IP practitioners involved navigate these issues in a way that is both ethical and business-minded? Download CLE Materials. Moderator: David Tsai (Pillsbury) Speakers: Ross Allen (Cepheid), Angela Lim (Viz.ai, Inc.) |
| 1:25pm-1:35pm | Break |
| 1:35pm-2:25pm | Innovations in Digital Brand Protection The COVID-19 era resulted in a dramatic increase in online shopping and e-commerce, but also provided many new opportunities for scammers, counterfeiters, and other bad actors to increase the volume and sophistication of infringement. This session will explore how the digital brand protection landscape changed during the pandemic, and discuss strategies for developing and executing enforcement programs to combat these bad actors. Download CLE Materials. Moderator: Brian Winterfeldt (Winterfeldt IP Group) Speakers: Griffin Barnett (Winterfeldt IP Group), Fred Felman (Appdetex) |
| 2:25pm-2:30pm | Closing Remarks (Brian Winterfeldt) |