The American Bar Association’s Outsourcing Task Force is conducting a survey on outsourcing. The objective of the Task Force, at the Request of ABA President-Elect Steve Zack, is a Report with Recommendations to the House of Delegates on the subject at next year's Annual Meeting.
An important means of collecting input from a broader cross section of the ABA is an online survey, which can be accessed at: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229LAVJNGRM.
As input from the broadest possible range of American lawyers is critical, the Task Force would greatly appreciate if every member could take a moment to complete this survey.
Immediate Past Section Chair Gordon Arnold is a member of the Task Force and serves as its Liaison to the Section of Intellectual Property Law. He strongly encourages all to complete this survey.
Online registration for the 25th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference is now available at www.abanet.org/intelprop/spring2010. All Section members are encouraged to participate and register for the the conference, which features 2-1/2 days of CLE programming, committee roundtables, networking opportunities, and a special 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner Dance. Watch the Section website for complete program schedule and information as it becomes available in the coming weeks.
The Nominating Committee, appointed by Section Chair Don Martens, welcomes suggestions of members for nominees for the 2010-2011 ABA year for the offices of Chair-Elect, Vice Chair, Secretary, Financial Officer, Publications Officer, Membership Officer, Section Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates (term expiring in 2013), and four new members of Council for four-year terms expiring in 2014. Under the Section Bylaws, Section Chair-Elect Marylee Jenkins will automatically assume the office of Section Chair on September 1, 2010.
The nominees will be voted on at the Section’s business meeting, Saturday, August 7, 2010, at the ABA Annual Meeting at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco.
Please contact the Chair or any member of the Nominating Committee, set forth below, before November 30, 2009 with your suggestions:E. Anthony Figg, Chair
Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, PC
202-783-6040
Fax: 202-783-6031
efigg@rothwellfigg.com
Pamela Banner Krupka
Krupka Law Group, P.C.
310-889-1990
Fax: 310-889-1995
pbk@krupkalaw.com
Lisa Dunner
202-298-6002
Fax: 202-403-3030
ldunner@dunnerlaw.com
Ralph Oman
202-261-3339
Fax : 202-261-3333
roman@law.gwu.edu
Mark Whitaker
202-383-7222
Fax : 202-318-8723
whitakerm@howrey.com
(To register for these ABA-IPL CLE teleconferences visit www.abanet.org/cle/calendar.html)
Tuesday, Dec. 1
1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
The Google Book Settlement - Where Are We?
(The first in a series of teleconferences, the Landslide Teleconference Series, inspired by a current article from the Section’s flagship magazine, Landslide ® . Read the article from Landslide’s September/October issue “Fair or Foul? The Unanswered Fair Use Implications of the Google Library Project”.)
Nearly a year has passed since Google and the representatives of two classes of plaintiffs - authors and publishers - announced a settlement over Google’s alleged copyright infringement in its ambitious Library Project. Numerous objections have arisen over the the proposed settlement terms, not only from authors and publishers who are not represented in the settlement negotiations, but also from the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ’s objections focus principally on compliance with class action civil prodedure (FRCP 23) and antitrust concerns. This one hour program will address these two aspects of the settlement, and the speakers will opine on the merit and weight of these concerns. The program will also cover the international and domestic policy implications of the settlement, which has drawn objections from certain foreign rights-holders and policymakers. The settlement seems likely to influence the future direction of the U.S. copyright policy debates, including the long debate over a potential orphan works amendment to the Copyright Act, all of which will be covered by the speakers.
Monday, Dec. 16
1:00 - 2:30 pm ET
The State of Patent Damages Law After Lucent v. Gateway
“Mr. Lincoln’s Patent”, a program held at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, is available to watch at no charge on the Section website. Find the link to the video on the Section homepage. The program takes a 21st century look at the patent Abraham Lincoln received for an innovation that lifts boating vessels over sandbars, and includes a discussion of whether Lincoln would be considered a non-practicing entity today. The program was produced as a part of the Lincoln Bicentennial. Dan Stowell, Director of The Papers of Abraham Lincoln organization, is a featured speaker on the panel.
Become an ABA-IPL Committee Voting Member
Take advantage of an opportunity to participate in developing Section policy and sign up as a voting member of your committee. Voting members will be asked to study the policy issues of the committee and vote on the reports in a timely and responsive manner. Any lawyer member of a committee is welcome to sign up to be a voting member of the committee.
Committee members that choose not to enroll as a voting member can still participate in all other committee activities and receive any committee information.
Details of Committee Voting Membership:
Committee activity is the engine that drives the Section. Section members are encouraged to participate more fully in Section activities by joining one or more of our more than 60 committees, each dealing with a special aspect of the law as it relates to intellectual property under the statutes, common law and the provisions of international treaties. The Committees are organized into eight major divisions in order to deal most effectively with the extensive, highly specialized matters that command Section attention. To review the committees’ scopes and activities, visit the committees page on the Section website at www.abanet.org/intelprop/committees.html, and locate a division and click on that division, which will bring up a list of committees in that division. To join a committee online, click on that committee’s page, and then locate the “Join Our Committee” link on that page.
More than just continuing legal education... a unique IP experience
Watch for complete conference and registration information on our website as it becomes available.
25th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference
Online registration now open
Special 25th Anniversary activities planned, including a gala dinner on Friday, April 9! Mark your calendar and plan to attend this signature gathering of prominent intellectual property lawyers.
New in 2010– tours offered for spouses, families and guests.
April 7-10, 2010
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel
Arlington, Virginia
2010 commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, which will be held April 7 - 10 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia.
25 years of providing quality CLE programming on the most recent developments in IP law.
Gain a year’s worth of CLE credits during the conference’s two and one-half days of quality IP programming with pre-eminent moderators and speakers at the forefront of IP law. A complete list of CLE programs and events will be available soon at www.abanet.org/intelprop.
There will also be special networking opportunities for young lawyers, women in the profession, and corporate counsel. And once again, the conference will feature the popular special evening reception at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s historic Dolley Madison House..