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Day One - Thursday, March 13, 2014
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Copyright, Trademark, and Publicity Rights Program
Chair: Esther H. Lim, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Co-Chair: Lateef Mtima, Director of IIPSJ and Professor of Law - Howard University School of Law
Administrative Chair: Tashia Bunch, IIPSJ Chair of Professional and Public Programs - Howard University School of Law
Administrative Co-Chair: Dr. John R. Whitman, Visiting Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Leadership - College of Business Administration of The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Morning Program
8:45 - 9:00 Introduction and Welcome
Caron St. John, Dean of the College of Business Administration - The University of Alabama in Huntsville
9:00 - 10:00 Trademarks Year In Review
Panelists:
Stacy Stewart, Counsel - Cantor Colburn, LLP
Anna Balishina Naydonov, Associate - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
10:00 - 11:00 Whose Line is it Anyway? The Inherent Struggle Between Federal Copyright v. Contracts Rights in Software Distribution
Stephen H. Hall, Partner - Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Morning Break 11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:15 Ethics in IP Representation & Litigation - Means to Control the Patent Trolls
William Thomashower, Partner - Schwartz & Thomashower, LLP
Microsoft IP & Social Justice Luncheon 12:15 - 2:00
(Program Presentation: 12:45 - 1:45)
Intellectual Property Social Justice: Civil Rights and Economic Empowerment in the 21st Century
Panelists:
Honorable Sue Bell Cobb - Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice (Ret.)
Honorable Marvin Wiggins - Alabama Circuit Court
Loren Mulraine, Associate Professor of Law - Belmont University College of Law
Dr. John Whitman, Visiting Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Leadership - College of Business Administration of The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Professor Lateef Mtima, Director - Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice, Moderator
Afternoon Program
2:00 - 3:00 Athletes’ Rights of Publicity in Videogames
Panelists:
Ronald Katz, Partner - Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Ben Obomanu, NFL Player - Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets
3:00 - 4:00 The (Dys)Functionality Doctrine
Panelists:
Philip Hampton, Partner - Haynes & Booth LLP
Toni Hickey, Senior Counsel - Global IP Transactions & Strategy, Cummins, Inc.
Jonathan Goins, Partner - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Afternoon Break 4:00 - 4:15
4:15 - 5:15 Recent Development in Entertainment Law: A Social Justice Perspective
Loren Mulraine, Associate Professor of Law - Belmont University College of Law
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Program Sponsors: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Google, Inc.; Manatt, Phelps & Phelps, LLP; Microsoft Corporation; and Sughrue Mion PLLC
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