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.
| Thursday, March 7th | ||
| 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
Cocktail Reception and Networking Wieboldt Hall Room 540 |
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| 7:00pm - 7:30pm |
Dinner Wieboldt Hall Room 540 |
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| 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
Opening Remarks and Keynote Wieboldt Hall Room 540 |
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| Hank Barry, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Palo Alto, California | ||
| Friday, March 8th | ||
| 8:15am - 8:45am | Check In (w/ Continental Breakfast) Lowden Hall |
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| 8:45am - 10:15am |
Net Neutrality: Government Overreach or the Key to Innovation? Lincoln Hall |
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Lee Selwyn, Economics & Technology Hal Singer, Navigant Economics Robert Frieden, Penn State Law School Jeffrey Armstrong, McDonnel Boehen Hulbert & Berghoff |
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| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
The Past, Present, and Future of Social Media Lincoln Hall |
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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 |
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| 12:00pm - 12:45pm | Lunch and Networking Law School Atrium |
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| 12:45pm - 2:30pm |
Litigating the Meaning of FRAND Lincoln Hall |
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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 |
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| 2:30pm - 4:30pm | Cocktails and Networking Thorne Lobby |
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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