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The Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property (JTIP), in conjunction with The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, proudly presents the Eighth Annual JTIP Symposium, to be held on Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8.

Thursday night’s session will be held on Northwestern’s Chicago campus in Wieboldt Hall Room #540, 340 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Friday’s sessions will be held at the Northwestern University School of Law, 375 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.

In honor of the Tenth Anniversary of JTIP, this year’s Symposium brings together students, academics and practitioners from across the country to discuss legal topics at the forefront of technology and intellectual property.

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Thursday, March 7th
6:00pm - 7:00pm    Cocktail Reception and Networking
Wieboldt Hall Room 540

7:00pm - 7:30pm    Dinner
Wieboldt Hall Room 540

7:30pm - 8:30pm    Opening Remarks and Keynote
Wieboldt Hall Room 540
   Hank Barry, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Palo Alto, California

Friday, March 8th
8:15am - 8:45am    Check In (w/ Continental Breakfast)
Lowden Hall

8:45am - 10:15am    Net Neutrality: Government Overreach or the Key to Innovation?
Lincoln Hall
   Lee Selwyn, Economics & Technology
Hal Singer, Navigant Economics
Robert Frieden, Penn State Law School
Jeffrey Armstrong, McDonnel Boehen Hulbert & Berghoff

10:30am - 12:00pm    The Past, Present, and Future of Social Media
Lincoln Hall
   Jonathan DeMay, Condon & Forsyth
Andrea Matwyshyn, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
John Hines, Clark Hill/Northwestern Law
Bradley Shear, Shear Law Office
Christopher Butts, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff

12:00pm - 12:45pm    Lunch and Networking
Law School Atrium

12:45pm - 2:30pm    Litigating the Meaning of FRAND
Lincoln Hall
   Latonia Gordon, Director, Standards Policy, Microsoft
Alden Abbott, Director, Global Patent Law & Competition Strategy, Blackberry
Mark Snyder, Corporate Litigation, Qualcomm
Jorge L. Contreras, American University College of Law, Contreras Legal Strategy LLC
Chris Carani, McAndrews, Held & Malloy
Jason Sheasby, Irell & Manella

2:30pm - 4:30pm    Cocktails and Networking
Thorne Lobby

Registration for the event can be found here.

Thank you to our sponsors:
Platinum Sponsor: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Academic Sponsor: Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth

Browse the contents of NJTIP Annual Symposium:

NJTIP Annual Symposium
Agenda