The vision for this year's Intellectual Property Law Section CLE is 20/20!
Starting with North Carolina as an alleged pirate and ending with international perspectives, gain a broader understanding of how areas of intellectual property rights overlap.
Other topic highlights include a Section 101 update, the relationship of copyright to other types of intellectual property and trade dress protection.
INCLUDED SESSIONS
- When States are Pirates... Blackbeard, State Sovereign Immunity and the Taking of Intellectual Property
- The 2020 Intellectual Property Year in Review
- 2020 Section 101 Update
- The Relationship of Copyrights to Other Types of Intellectual Property
- Trade Dress and Design Patent: Strategies to Maximize Protection, and to Challenge and Defeat Infringement
- International Intellectual Property Perspectives
SPEAKERS
- Dr. Dirk Bröcher, Gille Hrabal, Germany
- Darrell A. Fruth, Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh
- Thomas L. Irving, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP, Washington, DC
- Sherry M. Knowles, Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies LLC, Atlanta, GA
- Robert D. Litowitz, Kelly IP LLP, Washington, DC
- Robert A. Monath, Law Office of Robert A. Monath, Raleigh
- Susan F. Olive, Olive & Olive PA, Durham
- Eric P. Stevens, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh
- Mary Pat K. Sullivan, Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh
- Ed Timberlake, Timberlake Law, Chapel Hill
PRODUCED
May 19, 2020
PLANNED BY
NCBA Intellectual Property Law Section
- Daniel I. Becker, Olive Law Group PLLC, Cary (Planner)
- Andrew T. Prokopetz, Cotton Incorporated, Cary (Planner)
- Erica B.E. Rogers, Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh (Planner)
APPROVED CREDIT
North Carolina: 6.50 MCLE/CPE Hours
PROGRAM PRICING
See pricing below. Discounts may be available for NCBA members who are students, law professors, judges or legal services/public interest attorneys. Call CLE at 800.228.3402 for details.
