TIPLA Events: March, 2007

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 2007 Symposium

The Spring 2007 Symposium was held on March 29 and 30 in Nashville in the large conference room of Boult Cummings Conners & Berry.

The fee for the Symposium is $120 for TIPLA members and $150 for non-TIPLA members.

PROGRAM

Thursday, March 29, 2007

5:00 pm- 7:00 pm

Cocktail buffet reception

Friday, March 30, 2007

8:00 - 8:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 am	Franchise Law, Grady Garrison (Butler, Snow)
9:00 - 10:00 am	IP Audits, Paul Kruse (Bone, McAllester, Norton) and Peter Brewer (Baker Donelson)
10:00 -10:30 am	Break
10:30 - 11:00 am	Patent Issues at Federal Express, Chris Cherry (Federal Express)
11:00 - 11:30 am	Patent Infringement Actions and Adequate Pre-filing Investigations John G. Jackson (Chambliss, Bahner, & Stohpel)
11:30am -12:30pm	Lunch
12:30 -1:15 pm	Ethical Considerations under the Changing Rules at the USPTO Ken Hoffmeister and Jake Horton (Pitts & Brittian)
1:15 - 1:45 pm	Update on KSR Int'l v. Teleflex case Jim Cartiglia (Waddey & Patterson)
1:45 - 2:30 pm	Copyright Update, Dorothy Campbell (Capitol Records Nashville) & Larry Cannon (Lifeway)
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 - 3:30 pm	Hot Topics In Patent Preparation & Prosecution David Lynch (Chambliss, Bahner, & Stohpel)
3:30 - 4:30 pm	Recent Developments in Patent Law Ed Lanquist (Waddey & Patterson)

After the presentations, a short discussion was held with respect to a proposal by the TBA for a Tennessee Attorney Certification for Intellectual Property Attorney. See the News page for updates on this issue.

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