All Program Meetings are 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Check-in/CLE sign-in begins at 5:30 p.m.
Post Program Reception begins immediately after the Program Meeting.

Date

Topic

Chairs/Vice-Chairs

Location/Host (Co-Sponsor)

Thursday
9/28/17

Do You Get the Joke??
Paradigm Shift for Trademark Parody?
(Presentation re Louis Vuitton v. My Other Bag)

Mark Feldman

Monica Thompson

DLA Piper

Thursday
10/19/17

#sponsored: native advertising @FTC
(Presentation re influencers and branders in social media and the FTC)

Wasim Bleibel

Jessica Bahr

Locke Lord

Monday
11/13/17

Are IPRs Slicking Away?
(Presentation re Oil States Energy v. Greene’s Energy)

Eugene Goryunov

Damon Gupta

Kirkland & Ellis

Tuesday
12/12/2017

Holiday Party

The Walnut Room at Macy’s
Linn Inn

Thursday
1/11/18

Increasing Early Opportunities for Young Lawyers and Lawyers of Gender and Racial/Ethnic Diversity in IP Litigation
(Presentation re encouraging gender, age, and ethnic diversity)

Amanda Streff

Julianne Hartzell

Mayer Brown

Thursday
2/15/18

Let’s Make a Deal: Judicial Perspectives on Settlement Conferences
(presentation re IP mediation/settlement)

Craig Leavell

David Schwartz

Faegre Baker Daniels

Thursday
3/15/18

Welcome to the Heartland! – Evolving Law on Patent Venue
(Presentation re TC Heartland)

Margaret “Peg” Duncan

Katherine Minarik

McDermott Will & Emery

Thursday
4/12/18

Advocacy Challenge

Markman

Janet Pioli

Trevor Copeland

Dirksen Federal Building

Brinks Gilson & Lione

Thursday
5/17/18

Practical and Ethical Issues Related to IP Litigation Financing and Insurance Coverage: “Show Me the Money!”
(Presentation re IP litigation financing)

Paul Margolis

Chris Freeman

Jenner & Block