TIPLA Events: Historical Information: April, 2004

TIPLA sponsors two Symposiums a year for patent attorneys, patent agents, trademark attorneys, and copyright attorneys. Each symposium includes lectures by Tennessee attorneys and others who speak on topics of interest to those who practice patent, trademark, copyright, and IP law in general. In the past, distinguished judges have appeared, as have officials from the Patent and Trademark Office.

Spring 2004 Symposium

The Spring 2004 Symposium was held on April 22 at the Tennessee Bar Center and April 23 at the Doubletree Inn in Nashville.

The Spring 2004 Symposium allowed attendees to earn up to 2 hrs CLE credit.

PROGRAM

Thursday, April 22 Tenn. Bar Center

1:00	Copyright, Danny Awdeh
1:30	Trademark, John Williams
2:00	Trade Dress, Chuck Young
2:45	Patent Pros, Ed Landquist
3:15	Patent Lit, Lea Speed
4:00	IP & the Internet, Chris Sloan
4:30	Trade Secrets, Doug Halijan

Friday, April 23 DoubleTree Hotel

8:30	Opinions & Willfulness, Peter Brewer
9:20	Trademark Update, Valerie Johnson
10:20	Protecting Licensing Revenue through Risk Management, Craig Carothers
11:10	Intern'l Patent Issues, Jim Cartiglia
1:00	View from Capitol Hill, Dana Colarulli
1:50	Trademark Fair Use & Likelihood of Confusion, Steve Roth
2:50	Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in IP Litigation, Jack Waddey
3:40	Claim Construction, Mark Graham
4:40	Ethics, New PTO Ethical Rules, Richard Myers & Randy Michels