Save the Date for the IP Committee Meeting at the Annual Meeting

Boca Raton Resort and Club Registration opens today for the The Florida Bar’s annual meeting from June 24-27, 2015. The meeting will be back in Boca this year, at the beautiful Boca Raton Resort and Club.

Check out the Florida Bar’s event page for more information as it develops.

The IP Committee will meet and offer a CLE during its meeting at the Annual Meeting. If you are interested in presenting CLE at the meeting, please contact our CLE Vice Chair, Kimra Major-Morris.

Symposium to Explore Issues with Intellectual Property Damages

Cherry Bekaert

In the last panel of the day for the 6th Annual Intellectual Property Symposium, Peter Gampel and Lisa G. Miller of Cherry Bekaert will provide an in-depth look on intellectual property damages. Because our speakers are accounting and valuation professionals, they intend to look at issues that arise in litigation and offer tips on analyzing damages in the current legal climate.

The IP Symposium is only a week away. Have you registered? Be sure to register for the Symposium, and reserve a room at the Riverside Hotel, 620 East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 by calling 954-467-0671 and asking for the FLORIDA BAR room rate. The Symposium is March 5-6, 2015 [.pdf of brochure] See you in Fort Lauderdale next week!

Insiders to Analyze the Limelight Networks v Akami Decision

How will the Supreme Court’s decision in Limelight Networks v. Akami [.pdf] affect patent litigation? The IP Symposium will explore this question and more with a terrific panel of speakers who were deeply involved in the litigation. The panelists include:

Aaron M. Panner, Counsel to Limelight Networks; Partner, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, PLLC
Ginger D. Anders, Amicus Curiae, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice
Thomas Saunders, Counsel for Akamai, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP

The panel will be moderated by Joseph R. Englander.

Only 3 weeks left! Be sure to register for the Symposium, and reserve a room at the Riverside Hotel, 620 East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 by calling 954-467-0671 and asking for the FLORIDA BAR room rate. The Symposium is March 5-6, 2015 [.pdf of brochure] Don’t miss it.

Symposium Panel to Study the Effect of the ABC v. Aereo Decision

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in ABC v. Aereo, Inc. [.pdf] will have far reaching effects, and the 6th Annual Symposium will have a terrific panel of insiders to discuss its ramifications. The panel will include:

Mitch Stoltz, Amicus Curiae for Aereo, Inc., Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Elizabeth Valentina, Parent Company of Petitioner, VP of Content Protection Litigation, Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.

The Panel will be moderated by Committee Chair Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik.

Space is filling up! Don’t wait until the last minute to register for the Symposium, and reserve a room at the Riverside Hotel, 620 East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 by calling 954-467-0671 and asking for the FLORIDA BAR room rate. The Symposium is March 5-6, 2015 [.pdf of brochure]

Navigate the USPTO Like an Insider

Mary Boney DenisonThe second panel at the 6th Annual Intellectual Property Symposium will provide attendees with the inside scoop with Tips for Navigating the USPTO. The committee is pleased to have Mary Boney Denison, who effective January 1, 2015 was named Commissioner for Trademarks at the USPTO, as our speaker.

This is a must-see presentation — be sure to register for the Symposium, and reserve a room at the Riverside Hotel, 620 East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 by calling 954-467-0671 and asking for the FLORIDA BAR room rate. The Symposium is March 5-6, 2015 [.pdf of brochure] Don’t wait to book your room!

Don’t Miss the Symposium Discussion of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank

The first panel at the 6th Annual Symposium will be a discussion of the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. Pty. v. CLS Bank [.pdf].

The speakers will include:
Constantine Trela Jr., Counsel to Alice Corp., Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Brian M. Buroker, Counsel to CLS Bank, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

The panel will be moderated by committee vice chair Woody Pollack.

Be sure to register for the Symposium, and reserve a room at the Riverside Hotel, 620 East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 by calling 954-461-0671 and asking for the FLORIDA BAR room rate. The Symposium is March 5-6, 2015.