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The New York City Bar Association’s Council on Intellectual Property is delighted to announce its first ever Intellectual Property Institute. This full day program will provide a comprehensive overview of recent trends, developments, and cutting-edge issues in today’s intellectual property practice.

The Institute will include discussions across multiple New York based industries, including publishing, artificial intelligence, media, and theatre.

Practice areas include trademark, copyright, First Amendment and defamation, rights of publicity and patent law.

Program Fee:
$399 Member | $499 nonmember

Ashima Aggarwal
Associate General Counsel and VP, John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Jason Aylesworth
Sendroff & Baruch, LLP

Megan K. Bannigan
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

John F. Belcaster
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
NextCapital

John Blackburn
Former Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, Air Marshall (Retired), Chair, Institute for Integrated Economic Research – Australia

Katherine M. Bolger
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Commodore Peter Bowers
Royal Australian Navy

Alex V. Chachkes
Setty Chachkes PLLC

Azza Jayaprakash
Counsel, Intellectual Property Cadre, Office of the USD (Acquisition & Sustainment)

Umair Kazi
Director of Policy & Advocacy, The Author’s Guild

James R. Klaiber
Linklaters

Katherine Larsen
Deputy General Counsel, Litigation at Thomson Reuters

Fern A. Lavallee
Jones Day

Janet Linn
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Adriana S. Luedke
Associate General Counsel, Lockheed Martin Corporation

James R. Major
Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Scott M. Martin
Deputy General Counsel, EVP
Paramount Pictures

Matthew Schafer
Vice President, Assistant general Counsel, Litigation
Paramount Global

Gianni P. Servodidio
Jenner & Block LLP

Seth Stuhl
Vice President, Business Affairs & Legal Counsel
Disney Theatrical Productions

Suzanne Telsey
Associate General Counsel
McGraw Hill LLC

Roland Trope
Trope and Schramm LLP

9:00 am– 9:10 am
Welcome, Introduction & Program Overview

9:10 am – 10:10 am
IP Rights in Government Contracting – New Changes
The panel will address the special issues of IP rights that arise in US Government contracts and the unusual challenges in negotiating IP rights for acquisitions of systems and services that include AI. The panel’s primary focus will be on that portion of the USG that invests heavily in AI — namely, the DoD.
Panelists: John Blackburn, Peter Bowers, Azza Jayaprakash, Fern A. Lavallee, Adriana S. Luedke & Roland Trope

10:10 am – 10:15 am
Break

10:15 am – 11:15 am
Fair Use/First Amendment
Jack Daniels v. VIP Products and other recent First Amendment and fair use decisions impacting the fair use landscape.
Panelists: Megan K. Bannigan, John F. Belcaster, Scott M. Martin & Gianni P. Servodidio

11:15 am – 11:20 am
Break

11:20 am – 12:20 pm
Patent Scope in the 21st Century
Recent trends in Patent law, including “functional claiming” and the Supreme Court’s recent Amgen v. Sanofi decision on patent enablement regarding the scope of a patent.
Panelists: Alex Chachkes, James Klaiber, Janet Linn & James Major

1:10 pm – 2:10 pm
Publishing
Recent IP issues facing the publishing industry.
Panelists: Ashima Aggarwal, Umair Kazi & Suzanne Telsey

2:10 pm – 2:20 pm
Break

2:20 pm – 3:20cpm
Theatre
Discussion of recent IP-related issues facing the theatre industry, featuring in-house practitioners and representatives from production houses, entertainment firms, and industry interest groups.
Panelists: Jason Aylesworth & Seth Stuhl

3:20 pm – 3:30 pm
Break

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Defamation
Discussion of modern anti-SLAPP law, defamation and the First Amendment.
Speaker: Katherine M. Bolger, Nate Boyer, Katharine Larsen & Matthew Schafer

New York: 7.0 Total: 1.0 Skills & 6.0 Professional Practice
New Jersey: 7.4 General
California: 6.0 General
Pennsylvania: 6.0 General
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

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Sponsoring Association Committees:
Art Law, Amelia K. Brankov Chair
Council on Intellectual Property, Nicole Haff, Chair
Fashion Law, Amanda B. Agati & Sindy Ding-Voorhees,  Co-Chairs
Federal Courts, Richard Hong, Chair
Sports Law, Bonnie L. Jarrett & Joshua Fox, Co-Chairs

Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | ybalashchenko@nycbar.org