IP Certification

by | Jan 4, 2007 | Uncategorized

Dear IP Committee Member:
On July 6, 2006, the proposed Standards for Certification as a Board Certified Intellectual Property Lawyer were approved by the Florida Supreme Court. Congratulations to the IP Committee for the years of hard work invested in attaining Board Certification for our practice area.  It is anticipated that the first examination for Board Certification will be held in October, 2007.  The Application for Board Certification in Intellectual Property Law has been posted by The Florida Bar on its website at
http://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/PI/CertSect.nsf/9736b6935363096385256fd4005e5cea/79e88f175562f769852571d30050c699?OpenDocument

The Application filing period opens on December 31, 2006, and the Application must be filed by February 28, 2007.  Note that a requirement for Board Certification is 45 hours of CLE in the area of Intellectual Property during the previous three (3) years (July 1, 2004 – July 31, 2007).  Several IP CLE courses will be offered over the next six months to provide an opportunity for CLE as well as to provide information regarding the Board Certification examination.

Jeanne Seewald, Chair

EASL Seminar at Midyear Meeting

by | Jan 4, 2007 | Uncategorized

sponsored by the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Committee on Friday, January 19, 2007, during the mid-year meeting of The Florida Bar. 
EASL Seminar
Co-Chairs Jeff Grubman and Julee Milham

IP Rocks: Intellectual Property and the Entertainment Business

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Late Registration

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Piracy – It’s A Small World After All
Rob McNeely, The McNeely Law Firm, Tallahassee, FL, Moderator
L Carlos Linares Jr, RIAA, Washington DC
Ricardo Dopico, Estefan Enterprises, Miami, FL
Leora Herrmann, Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin, Miami, FL

2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Florida’s New Trademark Act and Other IP Laws That Snuck By (Ethics and All)
Michael B. Chesal, Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin, Miami. FL
David Ellis, Largo, FL

3:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m – Break

3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m
What’s In A Name? What Happens to the Trademark When the Band (or Any other
Business) Breaks Up
Jeffrey Grubman, Boca Raton, FL Moderator
Leslie Lott, Lott & Friedland, Coral Gables, FL
Timothy Warnock, Bowen Riley Warnock & Jacobson, Nashville, TN
Jorge Hernandez-Torano, Holland+Knight, Miami, FL

Attendees are invited to attend EASL’s reception after the program.

Member of the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section: $70.00
Non-section member: $85.00
Full-time law college faculty or full-time law student: $50.00
Persons attending under the policy of fee waivers: $25.00

Contact Angela Froelich at 850-342-8060 x15633 to register