Upcoming Events
Second International Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable
—April 19-20, 2013
Internationally known scholars will present their works-in-progress on international and comparative intellectual property law topics.
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Past Events
IP Speakers Series: Neil Netanel
—March 14, 2013
Neil Netanel
Pete Kameron Endowed Chair in Law
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Neil Netanel teaches and writes in the areas of copyright, free speech, international intellectual property, and telecommunications law and policy.
IP Speakers Series: Brenda Simon
—February 28, 2013
"The Implications of Technological Advance for Obviousness"
Brenda Simon
Associate Professor of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Brenda Simon teaches and writes in the areas of intellectual property and bioethics.
IP Speakers Series: Brett Frishmann
—February 7, 2013
"What's a Name Worth? Experimental Tests of the Value of Attribution in Intellectual Property"
Brett Frischmann
Professor of Law
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Brett Frischmann’s expertise is in intellectual property and internet law. After clerking for the Honorable Fred I. Parker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and practicing at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, DC, he joined the Loyola University Chicago law faculty in 2002. He has held visiting appointments at Cornell and Fordham. A prolific author, whose articles have appeared in Columbia Law Review, Cornell Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, and Review of Law and Economics, among other journals, Professor Frischmann has focused recently on the relationships between infrastructural resources, property rights, commons, and spillovers. He is currently writing a book on these topics to be published by Oxford University Press.
Third Annual University of San Diego School of Law Patent Law Conference: The Future of Patent Law Remedies
—Jauary 17–18, 2013
"The Future of Patent Law Remedies" addressed landmark changes in patent law remedies taking place at the Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, and globally.
The opening evening of the event—co-hosted with SDIPLA—was a reception for Judge Jimmie V. Reyna of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and included remarks by well-known professor and Supreme Court advocate, John F. Duffy, University of Virginia School of Law, and subsequent commentary by Judge Reyna.
Friday, January 18, was a CLE that included a series of panels and presentations by Judge Reyna, patent pilot participants Judges Marilyn L. Huff and Janis Sammartino, as well as prominent corporate and law firm counsel, and academics. Attendees were given ample opportunity to participate in the discussion during the presentations and in numerous breaks.
Second Annual University of San Diego School of Law Patent Law Conference: The Future of Patent Law
—Jauary 19–20, 2012
The University of San Diego, School of Law, is pleased to present “The Future of Patent Law,” which will address the America Invents Act and other landmark changes in patent law taking place at the Federal Circuit, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and globally.
The opening evening of the event on Thursday evening, January 19, at the House of Blues in downtown San Diego, will be a musical performance by Chief Judge Randall Rader of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and his band DeNovo, with an introduction by Dean for IP Studies, George Washington University Law School & former solicitor general of the USPTO, John Whealan.
Empirical Studies in Intellectual Property
—December 3, 2010
This conference provided practitioners with an overview of the data and empirical analysis available from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the federal courts, academia and private industry. The session included a series of panels and presentations by prominent Federal Circuit and local judges, corporate and law firm counsel, and academics.
