Brown Bag Lunch with Prof. Buccafusco
Thurs., Oct. 27, 2011
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Room 370
Professor Buccafusco joined the Chicago-Kent faculty in 2009 and was voted Professor of the Year by the Student Bar Association for 2009-10. He teaches torts and copyright law. His research interests include intellectual property law, behavioral law and economics, law and psychology, and legal history. His recent work focuses on psychological challenges to legal notions of rationality and on the application of happiness research to the law. His published articles have appeared in the Columbia Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review (twice), California Law Review, Cornell Law Review, and Georgetown Law Journal.
Chicago-Kent IP Management & Markets Event: Community Trademark and International TM Registration Workshop
Fri., Oct. 28, 2011
9:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Room TBA
The IPMM program is hosting a Community Trademark and International TM Registration workshop on Friday October 28th. The workshop will be headed by Volker Spitz. Volker is a well-respected German IP attorney, and CEO of Brandstock, a company that performs a number of pan-European and global ip management services. The workshop will give a very good overview about both systems and explain the link between the two systems and the pros and cons of each. The workshop will be held from 9-12 am in Room 345.
Please send an email to Rosa Mustari (rmustari@kentlaw.edu) if you plan to attend.
Patent Wars Symposium
Wed., Nov. 2, 2011
5:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Patent Wars Symposium at Chicago-Kent College of Law is an event to discuss current trends in IP law, namely, the recent paradigm shift in patent strategy and valuation in mobile device companies.
Panelists:
David Ruder: Vice President, Corporate Development; RPX Corporation
Ragnar Olson: Partner; Global IP Law Group
John Paniaguas: Partner; Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Pat Burns: Shareholder; Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
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Brown Bag Lunch with Prof. Lee
Thurs., Nov. 10, 2011
Lunch time
Room TBA
Professor Lee will be discussing his paper: “Copyright, Death, and Taxes.”
Professor Lee teaches international intellectual property law, copyright law, and trademark law. He joined Chicago-Kent's faculty in 2010 as a professor of law and director of the Program in Intellectual Property Law.
Professor Lee's research focuses on the ways in which the Internet, technological development, and globalization challenge existing legal paradigms. He also writes extensively about the Framers' understanding of the Free Press Clause as a limit on using the Copyright Clause to restrict technologies. In addition to numerous articles, he co-authored a leading casebook with Daniel Chow titled International Intellectual Property: Problems, Cases, and Materials (West Group 2006).
GastroIntellectual Property Law Symposium
Wed., Nov. 16, 2011
6 to 9 p.m.
Chicago-Kent College of Law
To what extent should intellectual property law be used to protect food innovations?
Panelists:
Chef Homaro Cantu: Executive Chef, Moto Restaurant; Chairman and Founder, Cantu Designs; named inventor on multiple food-related patents; world-renowned molecular gastronomist
Prof. Jackie Leimer: Distinguished IP Practitioner-in-Residence, Chicago-Kent; Former VP and head of IP law at Kraft Foods
Prof. Christopher Buccafusco: Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent; research includes food and the law; author of works on the copyrightability of recipes
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Please visit the IPLS website for information on other upcoming events.
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