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MEDIA CONTACT: Pat
Vaughan Tremmel at (847) 491-4892 or p-tremmel@northwestern.edu
September 23, 2003
Symposium Examines Property Rights Cases
CHICAGO --- The effects of recent Supreme Court decisions on intellectual
property rights will be the focus of the 16th Annual Symposium on
Intellectual Property Law and the Corporate Client, from 1 to 5 p.m.
Oct. 2 at Northwestern University School of Law, 357 E. Chicago Ave.
Punitive damages in the State Farm case will be among the symposium’s featured
issues, examined by a federal judge and leading lawyers with perspectives of
the court, the corporate counsel and the trial lawyer.
Titled “New Intellectual Property Strategies for Corporate Counsel,” the
symposium will bring together authorities in a rapidly changing field to discuss
practical implications of three major Supreme Court decisions in 2003 -- Moseley
v. Victoria’s Secret Catalogue, Dastar v. Twentieth Century Fox and State
Farm v. Campbell.
The program is being chaired by David Hilliard of the Chicago law firm Pattishall,
McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson.
In the panel discussion on the State Farm case, Suzanne B. Conlon, U.S. District
Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, will present the court’s
view; Daniel M. Stock, Managing IP Counsel-Litigation for Ford Global Technologies
Inc., will present the corporate counsel’s view; and William L. Niro, of
Niro, Scavone, Haler & Niro in Chicago, will present the trial lawyer’s
view.
IP lawyers and in-house counsels at top U.S. corporations also will discuss new
theories on settled doctrines, such as abandonment, and responses to new technologies
and international business opportunities.
“Corporate legal departments face the challenge of protecting their rights,
while seeking ways for their companies to expand business,” said David
Van Zandt, dean of Northwestern University School of Law. “This symposium
takes a practical approach to many of these issues with a stellar faculty of
leading authorities in this growing field.”
As a program sponsored by the Northwestern University School of Law, the Symposium
on Intellectual Property Law and the Corporate Client is accredited in most states
with mandatory continuing legal education requirements. Tuition is $200.
For more information, go to www.law.northwestern.edu/contexec or call (312) 503-8932.
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