Conference: Junior IP Scholars Workshop

The 2017 Junior IP Scholars (JIPSA) Workshop will be held at Gonzaga University School of Law from June 2-3, 2017.

This workshop offers a friendly and informal environment in which junior faculty can discuss their IP scholarship. If you have held a full time academic position for 7 years or less, and if your scholarship deals with IP law, then you are invited to participate in JIPSA workshops.

Email Jessica Kiser at kiser@gonzaga.edu for more information and to be included on future emails.

Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law. 

Conference: Copyright Society of the USA

The Copyright Society of the USA hosts their Annual Meeting from June 4-6 in Philadelphia, PA.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law. 

Call for Proposals: Intellectual Property Scholars Conference

The Intellectual Property and Information Law Program at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law will host the 17th Intellectual Property Scholars Conference on August 10-11, 2017 in New York, NY.

IPSC 2017 will accept presentation requests on all IP-related topics, including, but not limited to, copyright, trademark, patent, design patent, trade secret and right of publicity. All presenters and attendees are requested to remain for the entire conference.  Submissions to present or to attend are due by May 12, 2017.

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Topics: Call for Proposals; Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law. 

Symposium: 2-17 GW IP Law

The George Washington University Law School presents the 2017 GW IP Law Symposium on May 16, 2017.

Join in-house counsel from major corporations and members of the judiciary, academia and private practice as they explore these issues at the ninth annual Symposium on Intellectual Property. The program, presented by The George Washington University Law School, Mayer Brown and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, will feature interactive panel discussions of hot topics and recent developments in patent law, including:

• From the Bench: Litigating Patent Cases in the Federal Courts
• Patent Trial and Appeal Board Proceedings
• Section 101: Latest Jurisprudence and Can It Be Fixed?
• Intellectual Property Disputes in the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law. 

Conference: Building an EU Unitary Copyright

The European Copyright Society presents Building an EU Unitary Copyright on May 12, 2017, at SciencesPo in Paris. The workshop will “explore, how, and how far, EU copyright law should move from a series of directives harmonizing national law to a single EU copyright title, that is, a unitary copyright applicable and enforceable throughout the EU (parallelling the EU titles in trade mark and designs law).”

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law. 

Conference: Intellectual Property and Information Law National Conference

University of Houston Law Center’s Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law presents its National Conference in Houston, TX on June 3, 2017.

The Summer 2017 Conference will focus on “Patent Law and Progress” by exploring current trends and future directions in an area of intellectual property law that holds increasing importance in the globalized economy.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law. 

Conference: Blurred v. Bright: The Changing Analysis of Copyright Infringement in Music

Silicon Flatirons and Colorado Law present Blurred v. Bright: The Changing Analysis of Copyright Infringement in Music on March 23, 2017, 1-5 pm.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law. 

Symposium: Forgotten IP Cases

The Syracuse University College of Law hosts a symposium, Forgotten IP Cases, on April 22, 2017, at Syracuse’s Washington, DC, campus.

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Topics: Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law. 

Fellowship: Bournemouth University’s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management

Bournemouth University’s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM) invites applications for short-term residential fellowships (2 weeks to 2 months), to carry out independent research and study at Bournemouth University.

The application deadline is February 28, 2017.

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Topics: Fellowships; Intellectual Property Law.

Call for Papers: The Internet of Things, Smart Contracts and Intelligent Machines

The 1st Future of Law Conference: The Internet of Things, Smart Contracts and Intelligent Machines will be held October 26-27, 2017 at the Singapore Management University’s School of Law.

The Conference aims to bring together the leading thinkers in academia and practice in the field of information technology law to discuss the legal and regulatory implications of recent technological developments. In particular, the first edition of the Conference will focus on the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchains and crypto-ledgers, machine learning, predictive analytics, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Augmented Reality.

Scholars who are interested in presenting their papers at the conference can submit their abstracts by April 15, 2017 by emailing their contact information including their academic affiliation, a short bio (not exceeding 300 words), a title and an abstract of their paper (not exceeding 500 words) as a Word or PDF attachment to CEBCLA at futureoflaw@smu.edu.sg.

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Topics: Calls for Papers; Conferences & Symposia; Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law; Technology Trends.