IP Section Calendar of Events

2024 CLE Calendar

January 25, 2024 (Noon, On-line Zoom) CLE Credit: 1.00 hr

"Generative AI Tools Panel"

Puja Detjen, Patterson Sheridan (Moderator), Cameron Smith, Texas Tech

Rachel Greene, Greene IP, David Ashton, Patterson Sheridan

The panel will discuss the implementation of generative AI tools and other patent drafting tools and a discussion on the metes, bounds, and ethics of these tools in current practice.

February 22, 2024 CLE Credit: 1.00 hr (ADM Live or On-Line Zoom)

5-6pm CLE: "Recent Developments at the ITC"

The DBA IP Section will be hosting distinguished guests from the ITC for an evening networking reception

and panel discussion, including:

The Hon. MaryJoan McNamara, Administrative Law Judge

Erin Joffre, Chief of Staff to ITC Chairman

Margaret MacDonald – Director, ITC Office of Unfair Import Investigations.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Terry Wikberg, Holland & Knight LLP.

4pm to 5pm: A networking reception will be held at the Arts District Mansion on Feb. 22, 2024 with

Guest Speakers (cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served).

March 28, 2024 (Noon) CLE Credit: 1.00 hr

"The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board from January 2023 to Date

John Cone, Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC

The presentation will discuss decisions of the TTAB in both ex parte and inter partes proceedings on issues including priority of rights, distinctiveness of marks, likelihood of confusion, cancellation of registrations based on fraud and failure to function as a trademark.

April 25, 2024 (Noon, Zoom) CLE Credit: 1.00 hr.

"Best Practices for PTAB Appeals"

Presenter: Linda E. Horner, Acting Senior Lead Administrative Judge with Patent Trial and Appeal Board

The presentation will discuss best practices for PTAB appeals, including how to best prepare your case for appeal, your options after final rejection, and engaging in persuasive oral advocacy decisions of the TTAB.

Click here for PPT slides.

May 23, 2024 (Noon, Live ADM and Zoom Hybrid) CLE Credit: 1.00 hr

Speaker: Kevin J. Meek, McDermott Will & Emery LLP (Austin, TX)

Topic: A survey of selected recent copyright decisions in the appellate and trial courts that intellectual property practitioners should know. Click here for PPT presentation.

July 9, 2024 (Noon), CLE Credit: 1.00 hr

Joint Business Litigation & IP Section Presentation

"Parallel Litigation in Multiple Jurisdictions in Commercial and IP Cases"

Speakers: Judge Barbara Lynn -- United States District Court for Northern District of Texas, Professor Paul George -- Texas A&M Univ. School of Law, Megan Hoyt, Assistant General Counsel at HomeVestors, Inc., Moderator: Justin Cohen, IP Litigation Partner at Holland & Knight

July 25, 2024 (Noon) CLE Credit: 1.00 hr. (Virtual)

"A Super Trendy Talk"

Speaker: Rudy Fink, The Davis Firm, P.C.

Topic: An insightful look at the long-term trends defining the current practice of law, the intellectual property sphere (from types of IP cases being filed to appellate court workloads), and ultimately shaping our professional futures.

August 22, 2024 (Noon) CLE Credit: 1.00 hr

"Software Licensing – From Proprietary to Open Source"

Time and Location: 12:00pm-1:00pm (Virtual)

Speaker: Irene Kosturakis, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, BMC Software, Inc.

Topic: Learn about the challenges and nuances specific to the licensing of open source software.

Link to Paper Here.

September 23, 2024 (Monday, Noon), On-line, CLE Credit: 1.00 hr

"What the USPTO’s AI Guidance Says About the US Copyright Office’s AI Guidance"

Time and Location: 12:00pm-1:00pm (Virtual)

Speaker: Chad Rutkowski, BakerHostetler

Topic: A Compare and Constrast of the AI Guidance from the US Patent and the US Copyright Office

October 2024 (Noon, In Person)

CLE Credit Ethics: 1.00 hr

"Ethical Considerations in Your IP Practice"

Speaker Panel

Brian Kearns, Ericsson

James Harrison, Futurewei Technologies

Matt Acosta, Platt Richmond PLLC

Palak Bhakta, Blackberry Ltd.

Robert H. Johnston III, Johnston IP Law, PLLC

Srini Chakravarthi, Slater Matsil LLP

December 12, 2024 (Hybrid, Noon) CLE Credit: 1.00 hr

IP Section Annual Meeting/CLE

“Primer on Advertising Law for IP and Trademark Attorneys”
Speakers: Craig Carpenter and Sophilia Wu, BakerHostetler

CLE

Noon CLE meetings are typically held at the Belo Mansion on the fourth Thursday of every month (with some exceptions).

For in person/live meetings, the members usually participate in a pre-meeting network activity 30 minutes before the CLE presentation begins.

We also host periodic breakfast CLE roundtable discussions at a North Dallas location on important IP topics.

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