The TIPLA Spring 2008 Symposium is scheduled for May 1 and 2 at the offices of Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC, in Nashville. Boult, Cummings' office is located at 1600 Division Street, Suite 700, Nashville, Tennessee.
Download the Brochure (and Registration Form) for the CLE Seminar. The Brochure is in Adobe Acrobat pdf file format. If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed on your system, download the Acrobat Reader from here.
After the regular session of TIPLA, a vote was taken for retaining the current officers and board members. The motion passed and the current officers and board members will serve through 2008.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
| Cocktail buffet reception at the offices of Waddey and Patterson |
| Optional dinner (please RSVP to Jim Roberts – location to be announced) Please include payment with registration. |
Friday May 2, 2008
| Welcoming remarks Ken Hoffmeister – President of TIPLA; Pitts & Brittian, PC; Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Discovery Documents, Trial Exhibits and the Copyright Act Sam Miller; Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; Memphis, Tennessee |
| IP Valuation Issues Arising in M&A Transactions Erick Asmussen; GrafTech International Limited; Parma, Ohio |
| Operation of the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility Nancy Jones; Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility; Nashville, Tennessee |
| Recent Developments in Patent Claim Construction Andy Thomson; Waddey & Patterson, PC; Nashville, Tennessee |
| Taxation of Intellectual Property Transfers Dan Gottfried; Day Pitney, LLP; Hartford, Connecticut |
| Lunch |
| The IP Landscape: Practice and Career Trends Jane Allen; Counsel on Call; Nashville, Tennessee |
| The Patent Reform Act Kenneth D. Wilcox; Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.; Alexandria, Virginia |
| Ethical Issues Arising From the Naming of IP Firms Tom Kulaga; Knox Patents: Kulaga Law Office, PLLC; Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Managing Metadata in Documents Elena Babaeva; Waller Landsden Dortch & Davis, LLP; Nashville, Tennessee |
| Recent Developments in Trademark and Copyright Law Cara R. Baer; Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC; Memphis, Tennessee |
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.