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.
The Spring 2009 Symposium is scheduled for May 14 and 15 at the offices of Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings 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.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Cocktail buffet reception at the offices of Waddey and Patterson |
| 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Optional dinner (please RSVP to – location to be announced) Please include $35 payment with registration. |
Friday May 15, 2009
| 8:00 – 8:20 am | Registration and Morning beverages and pastries |
| 8:20 - 8:30 am | Welcoming remarks Kenneth Hoffmeister, Pitts and Brittian, PC, Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | The Top 5 Copyright Decisions (of All Time) from the Sixth Circuit Samuel D. Lipshie, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Patent Reform in 2009 Jim Cartiglia, Waddey & Patterson PC, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Trademark Infringement and the On-Line World Carl Davis, III, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 - 11:30 | Patent Prosecution in Germany Dr. Michael Sawodny, Adolf, Lüchen Höflich, Germany |
| 11:30am - 12pm | Tafas v. Doll – Is it the End of the World as We Know It? Hon. Gary V. Harkcom, Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C., Reston, Virginia |
| Lunch (provided on-site) | |
| 12:45 - 1:45 | Small Business Development in Tennessee Gwin Scott, EmergeMemphis, Memphis, TN Beth Chase, C3 Consulting, LLC, Nashville, TN Patrick Geho, Tennessee Small Business Development Center, Murfreesboro, TN Dan Schmisseur, Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, Nashville, TN |
| 1:45 - 2:15 | A Tangled Web: Ethics, Deception, and IP Rights Brian S. Faughnan, Adams and Reese, Memphis, Tennessee |
| 2:15 - 2:30 | A Brave New Patent World: Responding to Creative Office Actions J. Kenneth Hoffmeister, Pitts and Brittian, PC, Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break |
| 2:45 - 3:15 | In re Bilski and its Effects on Patentable Subject Matter Joseph S. Bird III, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Birmingham, Alabama |
| 3:15 - 3.45 | Rationalizing the CAFC’s Inequitable Conduct Decisions of 2008 (Comparing Star Scientific and Eisai with Nilssen and Aventis) Joel Tragresser, Frost Brown Todd, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 3:45 - 4:30 | Recent Developments in Claim Construction Hemant Gupta, Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Memphis, TN |