2010 Intellectual Property Symposium: The Domestic Impact of Intellectual Property in a Global Society

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Join the University of Baltimore School of Law, its Intellectual Property Law Journal, the Intellectual Property Law Society, and the International Law Society on Friday, March 26 for a half-day symposium on current issues in intellectual property law!  An agenda is below; please note that the agenda is subject to change. To register or for more information, visit the calendar entry for this event.

Please note: CLE accreditation will be available for practitioners licensed to practice in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Virginia (pending application approval by each state's CLE governing agency). After attending the full symposium, practitioners from these states will be provided with a Certificate of Completion and the governing CLE agency of each state will be notified of attendance as may be required by each state's rules and procedures.

8:30-9 a.m.

Registration/Continental Breakfast

9-9:15 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

9:15-10:30 a.m.

D. Beryl Gardner
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Gray Market Goods and Recording with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Where Section 526 May be Limited by Interpretation, What are the Alternative Measures for Trademark Enforcement

Joseph Karl Grant
Capital University School of Law

The Graying of the American Manufacturing Economy: Gray Markets, Parallel Importation, and a Tort Law Approach

A question and answer session will follow.

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m. -12:45 p.m.

Jim Adduci
William Sjoberg
Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, L.L.P.

ITC & Effective Section 337 Enforcement Before the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Michael E. McCabe, Jr.
Eric W. Schweibenz
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

The Growing Popularity of the International Trade Commission as a Preferred Forum for Enforcing U.S. Patent Rights

S. Alex Lasher
Alston & Bird LLP

The Evolution of the Domestic Industry Requirement in Section 337 Investigations Before the United States International Trade Commission

Janine A. Carlan
Arent Fox LLP

Remarks TBD

A question and answer session will follow.

12:45-1:30 p.m.

Lunch