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21st Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues: Intellectual Property Frontiers

Friday, February 28th

Symposium Schedule

Topics and Speakers:

Patent Reform Legislation

Panelists:

• Michelle Armond, Partner, Armond Wilson LLP
• David Jones, Executive Director, High Tech Inventors Alliance
• David J. Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP and Former Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• Moderator: David O. Taylor, Co-Director of the Tsai ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ for Law, Science and Innovation and Professor of Law, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Dedman School of Law

Emerging Issues in AI and Law

Panelists:

• John Daley, Founder, Helmguard UK
• Nik Guggenberger, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
• Sean Fulton, Of Counsel,  DLA Piper
• Moderator: Sari Mazzurco, Assistant Professor, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Dedman School of Law

Luncheon and Keynote: A Fireside Chat with The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn '76

• The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn, Senior District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• Moderator: The Honorable Stacey G. White, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Fashion and IP

Panelists:

• Christopher Buccafusco, Edward & Ellen Schwarzman Distinguished Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
• Jeanne Fromer, Vice Dean, Intellectual Life; Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Intellectual Property Law, NYU Law School
• Aman Gebru, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
• Moderator: Shani Shisha, Assistant Professor, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Dedman School of Law