ABA-IPL Spring Annual Meeting Materials

Wednesday, April 17

Plenary

IP Ethics Update at the USPTO: What Every Patent and Trademark Practitioner Needs to Know

• Professional Responsibility and Practice Before the USPTO
  • Teresa Stanek Rea, Mike McCabe, and Will Covey
• Presentation Materials
  • Will Covey

Thursday, April 18

Plenary 

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Hearing

• Hearing File One
• Hearing File Two

Copyright and Specialty Track

Deep Fakes, Copyright and the Right of Publicity

• From Deepfakes to Deepfame: The Complexities of the Right of Publicity in an AI World
  • Eliana Torres

Copyright Office Speaks

• CLE Resources From the United States Copyright Office  

Mock Presentation on Copyright Damages

• Presentation Materials

Trademark Track

Mark My Words: AI's Role and Key Ethical Considerations for Trademark Professionals

• Mark My Words: AI's Role and Key Ethical Considerations for Trademark Professionals
  • Christina Frangiosa, Matthew Asbell, Nehal Madhani, and Erik Pelton          
• Appendix 1: ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
• Appendix 2: Recent Ethics Opinions on Attorney Use of AI Tools
• Appendix 3: USPTO Supplemental Materials

Trademarks Too Big, Too Small. Supreme Court Reviews First Amendment Implications of Trademark Restrictions

• Trademarks Too Big, Too Small. Supreme Court Reviews First Amendment Implications of Trademark Registrations

  • Theodore H. Davis, Jr.

Cultural and Social Responsibility in Trademark and Branding: Avoiding Branding Pitfalls

• Presentation Materials

Daubert-Proofing Your Lanham Act Survey

• Presentation Materials

Trade Secrets and Patent Track 

Patentability of AI-Assisted and AI-Generated Inventions: Key Considerations

• Presentation Materials

Unified Patent Court — The First Year

• Presentation Materials
  

Damages Considerations for Patent Litigation in High-Tech Products

• Presentation Materials

Navigating AIA Trials in 2024

• Presentation Materials     

IP Expert Solutions Best Practices Presented By Round Table Group

• Presentation Materials
  • Russ Rosenzweig

Friday, April 19

Plenaries

Cell-Based and Alternative Proteins—The Future of Food!

• Presentation Materials

AI Ethical Competency: What Every IP Lawyer Needs to Know About Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law

• Generally Applicable Rules
  • Stephen Y. Chow

Copyright and Specialty Track

Copyright Roundup

• 2023 Copyright Developments
  • Joshua Simmons
• Most Interesting Copyright Cases of 2023

Understanding the Intellectual Property Landscape in Latin America From Copyright to Trademarks to Patents

•  Presentation Materials
                                  

Trade Secrets and Patents Track

Practical Drafting Tips Following Amgen v. Sanofi: Is 112(f) the Answer?

• Presentation Materials
• Amgen v. Sanofi
• Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 7
• Resources for Examining Means-Plus-Function and Step-Plus-Function              Claim Limitations
• The Antibody Patent Paradox
  • Mark A. Lemley and Jacob S. Sherkow

Trade Secrets: Keep It Simple, Keep it Safe

• Trade Secrets Under Pressure from the Winds of Public Policies
  • Ken Corsello
• Maintaining Trade Secrets Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Steven A. Caloiaro and Caleb Green

Trademark Track

Trademark Warriors Unleashed: Safeguarding Brands Beyond Borders

• Trademark Infringement Proceedings in Germany
  • Matthias Berger
• Safeguarding Brands
  • Moji Onabanjo