I. Spring Semester Events
The law school and CIPR hosted several events during the spring semester relating to IP and Law and Technology.
International IP Attorney and Mediator Avi Ordo Meets with Students
Early in the semester, Avi Ordo, Partner with S. Horowitz & Co., joined students for an informal discussion. Mr. Ordo, a prominent attorney from Israel with more than thirty years of experience, spoke to the significant amount of work he has done in IP mediation.
Design Patent Obviousness: LKQ v. GM En Banc at Federal Circuit
On February 5th, the en banc Federal Circuit held oral argument for the appeal in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. It is rare that the Federal Circuit takes a case en banc, and even more rare for it to be a design patent case. This was only the third time in the history of the court and a topic worthy of discussion!
Professor Janis along with Christopher V. Carani of McAndrews, Held & Malloy, co-moderaterated a panel with Counsel for GM, Joseph Herriges, (Fish & Richardson) and Counsel for LKQ, Prof. Mark McKenna (UCLA School of Law). This panel of experts convened on February 8th shortly after the oral arguments to discuss the issues at play in the case, potential outcomes and share their insights and observations from the courtroom.
Planning by IP Theory. Webinar hosted by AIPLA.
Legal Perspectives in Cybersecurity and Informational Privacy: A Talk with Andrew Tannenbaum
Law & Technology Practitioner in Residence Talk: Legal Perspectives in Cybersecurity and Informaitonal Privacy with Andrew Tannenbaum
In partnership with the Cybersecurity & Privacy Law Association, CIPR was pleased to welcome Andrew Tannenbaum, General Counsel of Barclays Execution Services (BX) and Lecturer in Law at Columbia, to speak as a part of the Law & Technology Practitioner in Residence series in February. The discussion was moderated by Professor Asaf Lubin, Tanner Wilburn, President of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Law Association along with Karlie Hinton, President of the Intellectual Property Association. Conversation covered topical issues at the intersection of privacy, cybersecurity, AI, intellectual property and business among other topics.
CIPR Cermony of Appreciation for Adjunct Professors
CIPR was thrilled to hold a ceremony on February 20th to honor five individuals who have committed significant time and energy through the years providing support to the Center and our Maurer students.
Joined by Dean Ochoa, we were honored to thank Greg Castanias, Don Knebel, Brad Maurer, Robert Meitus and Jessica Van Dalen for thier years of service.
Copyright Law in the Age of AI: A Collaboration with Jacobs School of Music
In collaboration with the Jacobs School of Music, Maurer held a panel conversation on copyright law in the age of AI on March 29th. Maurer Law professors Marshall Leaffer and Michael Mattioli were joined by industry professional Chris McMurty of Artist Growth as well as Miriam Lord, Associate Register of Coprights and Director of Public Information and Education from the U.S. Copyright Office on this panel moderated by Adjunct Professor Robert Meitus. Discussion surrounded questions about liability of using copyrighted works to train AI models, the copyrightability of works created by AI, and potential legislative, regulatory, or normative solutions to these issues.
This panel was a part of a larger event held by the Jacobs School of Music.
A video of the panel is available here:
COPYRIGHT LAW IN THE AGE OF AI - Algorhythms Summit
Finnegan Firm Visit from Four Maurer IP Alumni
In early April, CIPR hosted a visit from the firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Alumni Kassandra Officer ’14, Kenneth Guerra ’19, Ryan McDonnell ’18 and Melanie Magdun ’21 returned to Maurer to meet with students and share a lunch talk about Finnegan and their experiences as IP practitioners.
We thank them all for their time! It great to see all of them back in Bloomington.
Film Industry & Law: A Conversation with Angelo Pizzo & Matthew Dresden
Bloomington’s own Angelo Pizzo, screenwriter and producer best known for “Hoosiers” and “Rudy", visited Maurer on April11 to talk about his personal experiences in film production and distribution. The discussion was moderated by Maurer Adjunct Professor Matthew Dresden, attorney practicing entertainment and IP law who taught our IP Practicum course Legal Aspects of Independent Filmmaking this spring.
This event was organized partnership with Maurer’s Sports & Entertainment Law Society student group.
A Conversation with Judge Pauline Newman
On April 11th, Professor Greg Castanias arranged for students and faculty to share a conversation with Judge Pauline Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Called the “heroine of the patent system,” in addition to “the Federal Circuit’s most prolific dissenter” Judge Newman’s storied career has spanned forty years and innumerable accolades. She shared stories of her professional life in the science, patent and legal fields, including her involvement in the commission that led to the creation of the Federal Circuit, before her ultimate nomination to that Court in 1984. This was certainly a once-in-a-lifetime chance to share time, thoughts and insights with a judicial legend.
We thank Judge Newman for her time and Professor Castanias for arranging the event!
