TIPLA Events: Historical Information: November, 2006

Fall 2006 Symposium

The Fall 2006 Symposium was held on November 16 and 17 at the offices of Waddey and Patterson in Nashville. Tennessee prevailed over Vanderbilt in Nashville on November 18, 2006.

PROGRAM

Thursday, November 16, 2006

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Cocktail buffet reception at the offices of Waddey and Patterson

Friday November 17, 2006

8:00 – 8:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 am	Patent Prosecution in the Growing Markets of China and India Susan Fentress and Cara Baer (Butler, Snow)
9:30 – 10:30 am	Integrating IP analysis/legal analysis into a company's product development process Slide show Tracy Edmundson (DeRoyal Industries, Inc)
10:30 – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 – 11:15 am	Practical and Ethical Issues relating to the Expanded Waiver of Privilege Triggered by Reliance on Opinions of Patent Counsel - Risks and Mitigation Strategies Mark Patterson (Waddey & Patterson)
11:15 – 11:45 am	Ethics in Patent Prosecution Peter Brewer (Baker, Donelson)
11:45 am – 12:30 pm	Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 pm	Hot Topics in U.S. Patent Prosecution Patrick Horne & Roby Robinson (Luedeka, Neely & Graham)
1:15 – 1:45 pm	The obviousness issue presented by the KSR Int'l v. Teleflex case W. Edward Ramage (Baker, Donelson)
1:45 – 2:30 pm	IP Asset Management and Audits in a Sarbanes Oxley Environment Glen Perdue (Crowe Chizek and Company)
2:30 – 3:30 pm	Ethics & Intellectual Property Richard Myers (Stites & Harbison)
3:30 – 3:45 pm	Break
3:45 – 4:45 pm	Recent Developments in Patent Law Steve Stark (Miller & Martin)

Note: During Lunch new officers were elected and a general business discussion was conducted by past-president Jack Waddey. See the website www.tipla.net for current officers.

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