Topic:  Strategies for the protection of brands in Europe, and the impact of Brexit

Slides: November 2016 Brown Bag CLE Materials

Speaker: Please join us as speaker Julius Stobbs gives a presentation on current trends in protecting brands in Europe, and the anticipated impact of Brexit.

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Topic:   Recent Developments in Patent Law and What to Expect in the Coming Year from the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit and PTO

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Speakers: Please join us as speakers Peter E. Heuser and Brian G. Bodine discuss patent law developments.

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Topic:   In search of (a narrower) meaning

Slides: August 2016 Brown Bag CLE Materials

Speaker: Please join us as speaker Nika Aldrich gives a presentation on a developing trend in the Federal Circuit’s patent claim construction cases.

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Topic:   Trademark Oppositions and Cancellations: Procedures, Advantages, and Pitfalls

Slides: July 2016 Brown Bag CLE Materials

Speaker: Please join us as Salumeh Loesch gives a presentation on Trademark Opposition and Cancellation procedures.

Trademark litigation presents a number of challenges: damages are difficult to prove and the cost of litigation is high. Trademark oppositions and cancellations before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board present an inexpensive alternative in some situations. Salumeh Loesch will discuss: (1) trademark opposition and cancellation procedures; (2) differences between trademark litigation and trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings; and (3) the benefits of and reasons to pursue an opposition or cancellation.

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Topic:   What You Need to Know About the Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

Slides: June 2016 Brown Bag CLE Materials

Speakers: Elizabeth Milesnick and Bruce Rubin of Miller Nash Graham & Dunn

President Obama is expected to sign the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), an overwhelmingly bipartisan effort to provide a federal law civil claim for misappropriation of trade secrets, passed by Congress at the end of April 2016. Although the bill is based largely on the Uniform Trade Secrets Act that has been enacted, mostly uniformly, in almost all states, including Washington and Oregon, it has key new provisions, including the drastic new remedy of ex parte seizure orders executed without notice to a new employer.

If you represent companies with trade secret data, human resources professionals, or employees with access to sensitive information, you won’t want to miss this presentation.

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Topic:   Attribution and Destruction: Rights for Visual Arts and Federal Law

Slides: Download May 2016 Brown Bag CLE Materials

Speaker: Please join us as Professor Lydia Pallas Loren presents on the Visual Artists Rights Act.

In 1990 Congress passed the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) granting creators of works of visual art certain rights of attribution and integrity. Often referred to as “moral rights” in Europe, the scope of the rights granted by VARA are uniquely American, seeking to balance the rights of property owners with the rights of creative individuals. Professor Loren will cover the basics of VARA as well as a range of VARA cases including recent litigation involving murals that have been destroyed or painted over.

If you represent artists, art purchasers and owners, or are involved in due diligence reviews of real estate purchases, you won’t want to miss this presentation.

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Topic:   Fair Use: Old Factors, New Facts and New Challenges

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Speakers: Please join us as speakers Kohel Haver and Sean Clancy give a presentation on fair use under copyright law, including an examination of key details in cases you might have missed and recent cases you should know about. In light of these developments, the speakers will examine the balance of preserving intellectual property rights against re-appropriation of those rights use under the fair use doctrine. Read more ›