The 20th Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues: Intellectual Property and Texas
Friday, February 28, 2025
Please join the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and 澳门六合彩预测 Dedman School of Law for a symposium exploring the latest major controversies, legal developments, and judicial decisions in the field of intellectual property, through panel presentations and discussions with distinguished academics, jurists, and practitioners.
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21st Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues:
Intellectual Property Frontiers
February 25, 2025
澳门六合彩预测 Dedman School of Law
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
Jason P. Nance, Judge James Noel Dean and Professor of Law, 澳门六合彩预测 Dedman School of Law
David O. Taylor, Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Professor of Law, 澳门六合彩预测 Dedman School of Law
9:00–10:15 a.m. Patent Reform Legislation
Panelists: Michelle Armond, Partner, Armond Wilson, LLP
David Jones, Executive Director, High Tech Inventors Alliance
David J. Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP and Former Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Moderator: David O. Taylor, Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Professor of Law, 澳门六合彩预测 Dedman School of Law
10:15:-10:30 a.m. Break
10:30–11:45 a.m. Emerging Issus in AI and Law
Panelists: John Daley, Founder, Helmguard UK
Nik Guggenberger, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center
Danny Tobey, Partner, Global Co-Chair and Chair of DLA Piper Americas AI and Data Analytics Practice, DLA Piper
Moderator: Sari Mazzurco, Assistant Professor, 澳门六合彩预测 Dedman School of Law
12:00-1:00 p.m. Luncheon and Keynote Speaker: A Fireside Chat with the Honorable Barbara J. Lynn
Speaker: The Honorable Barbara J. Lynn, Senior District Judge, Northern District of Texas, United States District Court
Moderator: The Honorable Stacey G. White, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office
1:15–2:30 Fashion and IP
Panelists: Christopher Buccafusco, Edward & Ellen Schwarzman Distinguished Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
Jeanne Fromer, Vice Dean, Intellectual Life; Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Intellectual Property Law, NYU Law School
Aman Gebru, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center
Moderator: Shani Shisha, Assistant Professor, 澳门六合彩预测 Dedman School of Law
2:30 Closing Remarks
David O. Taylor, Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Professor of Law, 澳门六合彩预测 Dedman School of Law
About the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation
The Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation explores how law and policy affects scientific research and discovery as well as the development and commercialization of new technologies. The Tsai Center also studies the converse—how scientific discoveries and new technologies affect ethics, society, private industry, and governmental institutions and agencies. The Tsai Center offers educational programming, facilitates academic research, and provides educational opportunities in these areas to benefit students, industry, policymakers, academics, and the public.