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Symposium On Emerging Intellectual Property Issues
Symposium On Emerging Intellectual Property Issues
Join us for the 2008 Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues
presented by the SMU Dedman School of Law, Haynes and Boone, LLP, and
The Ware Firm in Dallas, Texas.
This Symposium will address the latest theories and practices important
to the development of intellectual property law and explore emerging
issues of intellectual property law through discussions with distinguished
academics, jurists and leaders in the industry. You are invited to
attend and participate in this year’s Symposium.
Date: March 28th, 2008
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Location: The Hillcrest Room, Underwood Law Library, SMU Dedman School of Law
Information: (214) 768-3341 or smulaw@smu.edu
Schedule:
8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks & Introductions
John B. Attanasio, Dean, SMU Dedman School of Law
Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Symposium Chair & Professor of Law,
SMU Dedman School of Law
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Patent Protection, Litigation and Licensing Latest Challenges: At Home
and Abroad
Benjamin Bai, Jones Day
Marc L. Delflache, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Bart Showalter, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Stephen Stein, Thompson Knight LLP
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Second Life, Avatars & Social Networks: Opportunities and Liabilities
Corinna Ulrich, Expedia Inc.
John Keehler, The Richards Group
Raymond Ku, Professor of Law and Co-Director of Center for Law, Technology
and the Arts, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Johnita Due, CNN
Lackland Bloom, Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch & Speaker
The Federal Circuit and Licensing Law Jurisprudence: Its Nature and
Influence
Robert Gomulkiewicz, Professor of Law & Director of Center for Intellectual
Property Law and Policy Graduate Program, University of Washington School
of Law, Former Associate General Counsel, Microsoft
Introduction by Donald Puckett, The Ware Firm
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Trade Secrets and the Internet: Protection, Policy and Conflicts
Li Chen, Sidley & Austin LLP
Jill Louis, FedEx Kinko’s
Thomas Melsheimer, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Outsourcing Services, Information and Technology: Present and Future
Business Practices and Legal Concerns
Randy Colson, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Jennifer Schlosstein, Expedia Inc.
John A. Funk, Morgan Lewis
Jayanth K. Krishnan, Research Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law
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