August 08, 2018

Business Law Program to Host Annual IP Fall Forum September 28

Co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property Section of the Oregon State Bar, the Business Law Fall Forum, “The Procedure of IP,” will take place from 8:30am to 6pm on Friday, September 28 at the Lewis & Clark Law School campus.

Co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property Section of the Oregon State Bar, the Business Law Fall Forum, “The Procedure of IP,” will take place from 8:30am to 6pm on Friday, September 28 at the Lewis & Clark Law School campus.

This forum will explore the various ways in which the laws of Civil Procedure and Intellectual Property intersect. Speakers will cover preclusion in the context of administrative proceedings, the territorial scope of IP claims and remedies generally, equitable estoppel within copyright cases, jury instructions in copyright cases, and the standards for infringement and burdens of proof in copyright cases.

Lewis & Clark Law faculty presenters will include Kay Kitagawa & Andy Johnson-Laird IP Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui and Lydia Pallas Loren, Henry J. Casey Professor of Law.

Presenters from across the country will include:

  • Daniel J. Gervais, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School and Director of the Vanderbilt Intellectual Property Program
  • Ira Steven Nathenson, Professor of Law and Founding Director, Certificate in Intellectual Property Law at St. Thomas University School of Law
  • R. Anthony Reese, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at UC Irvine School of Law
  • Zahr Said, Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law
  • Christopher Jon Sprigman, Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, Co-Director at Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy
  • Marketa Trimble, PhD, Samuel S. Lionel Professor of Intellectual Property Law at University of Nevada William S. Boyd School of Law
  • Molly Shaffer Van Houweling, Harold C. Hohbach Distinguished Professor of Patent Law and Intellectual Property and Co-Director at UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology

  • Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Associate Professor at the Texas A&M University School of Law.

Registration is open now and offers optional meals.

For more information, visit the event webpage or contact Linda D’Agostino-Long at (503) 768-6639.