Committee to Meet Saturday, September 3rd at 10:00 am at Naples Ritz Carlton

The IP Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar will be meeting this Saturday, September 3rd at the beautiful Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida. The meeting will begin at 10:00 am and end at 12:00 pm.

The meeting will include a trademark & copyright case law update by Carly Hammond which will include an overview of the recent decision in Disney v. Marvel Comics.

Leading green technology attorney Michael Tschupp will give a one hour CLE entitled “Green IP: An Overview of Green Initiatives in Patent, Trademark & Copyright Practice.” One hour of Florida Bar pre-authorized CLE credit will be available which can be used for purposes of seeking IP certification (and/or recertification).

For additional information, please kindly email [email protected].

Dates & Location for Third Annual IP Symposium Announced

The IP Committee of the Business Law Section is happy to announce that it will be hosting its Third Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law on March 1 & 2, 2012 in Downtown Orlando at the newly refurbished DoubleTree Hotel located at 60 South Ivanhoe Blvd., Orlando, Florida 32804.

The symposium steering committee is being co-chaired by Michael Colitz Jr. and Woody Pollack.

Other members of the steering committee include Robert Thornburg (Committee Chair) Ury Fischer (Committee Vice Chair), Leora Herrmann (Committee Vice Chair), Amber Davis, Cinan O’Brien, Erica Cipparone, Dineen Wasylik, and Kimra Major-Morris.

Keynote speakers and presentation topics will be announced soon.